I looked at the numbers a week or so ago. Homicides involving knives are surprisingly consistent at 40% or so of the total year in, year out. To the extent that such crimes rise it is in proportion t… (View Post)

Trump signs order to create sovereign wealth fund that could buy TikTok Clearly a more important thing to do than international aid programmes or having an education department. (View Post)

I'm not sure Mexico did cave, as apparently Mexico "deployed" 15,000 troops to the border in 2019. I suspect that the Mexican government says things to shut up Trump, and maybe make a … (View Post)

Blanket tariffs are perhaps only second to rent control on the list of things that almost all economists agree are a bad thing. (View Post)

Buying a Tesla is now akin to getting a swastika tattoo, so even in France, where there are quite a lot of far-right nutters, you would expect sales to plummet. (View Post)