There’s so much money sloshing around the system we’ve had to invent new asset classes (crypto, SPACs, art and music NFTs, meme stocks, sneakers, sports highlight videos, etc) to absorb it all.

There's so much money sloshing around the system we've had to invent new asset classes (crypto, SPACs, art and music NFTs, meme stocks, sneakers, sports highlight videos, etc) to absorb it all. — John Arnold (@johnarnold) March 14, 2021 OK, …

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How Much Does Mobile Data Cost Around the World?

by howmuch The GSMA estimates that 5 billion people around the world have mobile devices, and more than half of these devices are smartphones. According to Pew Research Center, rates of smartphone ownership vary between countries, as well as within countries. Not surprisingly, affordability …

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Slowdown looks it’ll be sticking around, banks are warning the equities rally hasn’t been matched by inflows into equity funds

pic.twitter.com/KmZDDBumGe — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 15, 2019 US manufacturing is no longer defying China's gravitational pull. The next few months are going to be tough. pic.twitter.com/reDIdP13vE — Ian Shepherdson (@IanShepherdson) March 15, 2019 https://twitter.com/tracyalloway/status/1106337655908794368 🌍On the subject on softer central …

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If The Economy Isn’t Collapsing, How Can Grounding 100s Of New Airplanes Around The World Not Cause Any Significant Airport Delays?

via silverdoctors: Hundreds of brand-spankin’ new, state-of-the-art planes have suddenly stopped flying, and no logistical hiccups? There’s an important reason for that… Hmm. Opinion? Why yes, this is. “Economic collapse”. That’s what people call it. But how do we know it’s real? …

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Zero evidence of a bull market. zero. its swinging around this range with a big lower low in between.

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1105869671474040833 I've done academic research on econ. growth for over 15 years, but I've never seen anything like this. The stagnated global productivity growth tells that something is seriously wrong in the world #economy . Why and what: https://t.co/qYfq55IsK2https://t.co/nGdvimiScd pic.twitter.com/O8ggSyuK30 …

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Visualizing Corruption Around the World

via visualcapitalist: Growing levels of public sector corruption can stifle a country’s economic growth while also chipping away at political freedom. Which parts of the world are perceived to be most corrupt – and further, how does this data differ between …

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