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Alan H.

@demandside.bsky.social
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Covid began in 2020. Trump bungled it into a deep recession. Biden had the economy humming again on January 19, 2025. Trump Crash 2.0 might be two Covids deep. When the panic comes, there can be no bailouts.

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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Is there any making sense of stock prices. In the face of a global downturn, they have generally remained strong. A short look at the substructure, focusing on the "Fed put," the history of the Fed insuring financial markets against losses. aharvey.substack.com/p/whats-with...
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What’s with the stock market?
Is there any making sense of its continued strength?
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The economic meltdown we're facing will develop in seven stages - by Christmas, by which time things are going to be ugly. youtu.be/UunBWAzzr9c?...
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The economic meltdown we're facing will develop in stages - by Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Buffett Indicator divides the total value of the stock market by GDP. As Buffett says, it’s “probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment.” At its current level, the indicator is beyond the 200% threshold that is when investors are “playing with fire”. (ht
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Credit cards are already getting loaded up, ahead of the gasoline price shock. This is not good #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
How long will the Strait of Hormuz be closed? As long as Iran wants it closed. btw Closed only to the actors and allies of Israel and the US. After the unprovoked attack assissinating the Iranian leadership (and the bombing of a girls school). #economycharts
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AFT @aft.org · 18/03/2026
Are you in? Join us on March 28. Find an event near you: go.aft.org/nokings
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
From Ann Pettifor's latest piece annpettifor.substack.com/p/war-inflat... Notice the deterioration we experienced beginning in 1980.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Crude Oil 03/16/27 [6:38 PM ET] #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Pew Poll on Data Centers 03/16/26 #economycharts
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Remember how Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in 2023? Trump's cronies on the Fed want to make sure you don't.
prospect.org
Before every financial crisis, there is a concerted effort to argue that this time is different.
Efforts to whitewash recent banking history is an unnecessary sidebar that fuels culture-war grievances while an opportunity for real justice remains on the table.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Wealth by Percentile since 1990 Green is the top 0.1% Purple is the top 1% Orange (flat line at the bottom) is 50th percentile 20th percentile does not register #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable? MIT Sloan #economycharts mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
mitsloan.mit.edu
What happens when US economic data becomes unreliable | MIT Sloan
Sound economic planning and policymaking requires trustworthy data. Private data can serve as a complement but not fully replace official U.S. statistics.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Q4 2025 US GDP at a miserable 0.7 #economycharts
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Fight The Right… 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trump: ‘When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money’. Thousands killed, children orphaned, infrastructure destroyed, UN emasculated to enable US companies to make bigger profits - capitalism thrives on destruction. Trillions of atoms, billions of years of human evolution and the world got Trump.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Employment to Population Ratio #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gasoline (USD/Gal) 3/12/26 #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Natural Gas EU 3/12/26 #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
US Heating Oil 03/11/26 #economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
#economycharts
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Household Debt, Mortgage and Non-Mortgage 1980-2024
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you think federal debt is out of control, compare it to the wealth of the top 1%. It has exploded since 2009.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"When asset prices rise but sentiment remains depressed, it suggests that the benefits of economic growth are not being felt evenly (see Figure 1)." www.etftrends.com/etf-strategi...
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.businessinsider.com/paul-krugman...
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Nobel economist Paul Krugman says the Iran war could be the 'straw that breaks the camel's back' for a fragile US economy
Economist Paul Krugman sees the Iran conflict as a major threat to an economy that's already being strained by other forces.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 05/03/2026
Paramedics said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran was a so-called “double-tap” airstrike — a common tactic used by US, Israeli, and Russian forces by which attackers bomb a target and then follow up with a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.
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Iranian Girls’ Elementary School Massacre Was a Double-Tap Strike, Medics Say
The tactic involves bombing a target and then launching a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Global economy must not pander to “frivolous and destructive demands of the ultra-rich”. They fund political parties, profit from socially and ecologically destructive growth. UK example - deregulation, regressive taxation, concentration of wealth, inequalities, sewage in rivers.
theguardian.com
Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert
Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Big Oil is shamelessly arguing that they should be allowed to dump carcinogenic plastic pollution into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Bibi and Putin are in power only beause their countries are at war. Trump is playing that card now. His clown show magnified the deaths from Covid by one million souls. Imagine what it will do in a war.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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The Ghost of Mark Twain @ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Our Eyes are Open @thecookout.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
White men protecting dark secrets with soldiers’ lives.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Trump’s New Tariffs Are Also Illegal The 1974 Trade Act was designed to counter long-gone problems. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/26/t...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
FEDSPEAK: “.. the deterioration in private credit is accelerating.” This week: 1. Apollo/MidCap Financial div cut 2. KKR/FSK div cut 3. Blackrock/TCP capital div cut 4. Blue Owl conference call
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Cleanse your palate from the falsehoods and slop of Trump's SOTU. A short list of economic metrics compiled by Steve Rattner. The rot beneath the numbers, the metasticizing cancer of oligarchy and corruption, will show mure fully in 2026. It will not be pretty.
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Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 24/02/2026
With an industry-friendly administration full of private equity magnates, the push to offload private equity junk onto retirement savers & small investors is accelerating. We cannot afford to ignore the danger signs. New blog from AFR's Oscar Valdés Viera: ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/as-dark...
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As Dark Markets Flash Danger Signs, Wall Street Shifts its Sights to Your Retirement Savings - Americans for Financial Reform
By: Oscar Valdés Viera There is trouble brewing in opaque private markets. That’s why Wall Street firms are pushing full steam ahead to pull working families into these high-risk, high-fee…
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Grim but clarifying survey. Thank you. Household debt is millstone around the economy's neck. Macro and micro the same. There is no route to a healthy economy that does not reduce the debt load society-wide. We need to get ruthless, eschew the moralizing, and make structural changes.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Important words from inside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Q_...
youtube.com
S&P 500 Falls on Tariff Questions
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 21/02/2026
America's highest-earners are pulling away from the rest of us!
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Could Donald shoot HIMSELF on 5th Avenue and not bother his voters? At least importers will get fat refund checks. They can use them to help everybody get back to business. Maybe? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
politico.com
Trump signs order imposing ‘temporary’ 10 percent global tariff after Supreme Court ruling
The tariff, issued under a different authority than the one the Supreme Court just struck down, can last for 150 days.
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
In a 6-3 ruling, the court decided that a 1977 law designed to address national emergencies did not provide the legal justification for most of the Trump administration’s tariffs on countries across the world. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump illegally overstepped executive power with global tariffs, supreme court rules
Ruling is blow to Trump’s bold assertions of authority and topples key pillar of aggressive economic agenda
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
US Economy Grew at 1.4% Rate in Final Quarter of 2025, Well Below Expectations ground.news/article/us-e... #groundnews via @Ground_app
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US Economy Grew at 1.4% Rate in Final Quarter of 2025, Well Below Expectations
The core personal consumption expenditures price index was expected to increase 3% from a year ago in December, according to the Dow Jones consensus. Gross domestic product was projected to rise at a ...
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Alan H. @demandside.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Most AI projects fail to deliver, a survey from Fortune discovers. fortune.com/2025/05/09/k...
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As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver | Fortune
Just 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology.
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