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This morning on Peoplenomics, the summer economics projects finally start coming out of the barn. The New Navigators is the first of four connected papers looking at succession, economic lifecycles, regional instability, big-city sustainability, and whether the familiar long-wave “clock” may be an output of the economy rather than a fixed period. Then we run … Read More
“Left onto the high-speed, contact ground point-niner.” That isn’t a bad way to mentally frame Life right now. We are “becoming more grounded” and “flying through summer” is in smoking (or muddy) ruins. Yet, the persistent illusion of a life/self divide persists. So we mine the “face of Reality” every day looking for The Gem. … Read More
Let’s keep the top of today’s column very much on point. Because their weird section is strange as hell… OK, Empire State Manufacturing Not exactly huge but worth making a note of: “Business activity grew strongly in New York State in August, according to firms responding to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The headline general business … Read More
Now that you know about the OTH news project: Compared with the earlier report today, the event topology — the ridge tops in the data — has changed. Two things: September 15 has emerged as the dominant candidate ridge, while the earlier November event cluster has pulled forward to October 31. February no longer qualifies … Read More
No, this isn’t “ShopTalk Sunday” any more. This is my “the Wall” – which was an online phenom before social media came along. (Tell me you’re older than that?) So, this morning we will highlight some Comments, update Peoplenomics Research Note # 2, and then our (snarky Sunday) BlinkLabNews.com outputs. Also – the Over the Horizon … Read More
Saturday’s Peoplenomics is a full plate. The new ChartPack looks at whether markets still have enough coherence to make one more run toward Labor Day, while the News Compressor hits the fast-moving risks in Hawaii, Hormuz, Ebola, earthquakes, weakening U.S. consumers, war fronts and an increasingly bubbly AI buildout. Then we get into the subscriber … Read More
Let me huff the whiteboard marker for a sec. (ah…all better!) Let’s begin – before “rolling retail” with a short economics discourse for the tuition-impaired who had to really work, instead. First bullet point: In economics, the phrase “shopkeeper economy” most precisely refers to a theoretical model developed by Daniel P. Murphy (2013). It describes … Read More
Peoplenomics is still down – when it returns will depend on what happens in Phoenix next. …your hosting server (az1-ss4-redact) in our Arizona data center) is currently affected by an active incident involving elevated ambient temperatures at the Phoenix data center facility. This platform-level issue is causing reachability and performance issues for servers on that … Read More
“Ah, my fellow digital teamsters”, I announced to the AI flock today. Not needing coffee, they were quick on the uptake: “Good morning, George. Digital Teamster has a damn nice ring to it. Not assistant. Not chatbot. Not “AI companion.” Digital Teamster: shows up before dawn, knows where the tools are, remembers what we were … Read More
Peoplenomics is a packed one. Reader reaction to Department 546: The Ancient Children has been terrific — including one fellow who says the book cost him most of a perfectly good Monday because he couldn’t put it down. Book One remains free to subscribers, and Book Two — the conclusion — is finished and should … Read More
Markets are still “backing and filling” as the approach of inflation data (CPI from U.S. BLS) pops tomorrow. For now, there looks to be “hope in the hinterlands” – those regions where massive corporates don’t own it all – yet. Today’s poster child for hope? A press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 11, 2026) – The NFIB Small … Read More
Here’s how our Sunday news distillation ended: “Watch Quake Risks August 12 brings a total solar eclipse across Greenland, Iceland and Spain near the Perseid meteor peak. Skip the Internet hype and think instead about land tides, crustal loading and stress. Coffee gone. Shop calls. Today? M 7.4 – 5 km S of San José … Read More
Most of our Peoplenomics content is hard-edge, nonfiction, forward-looking economics and strategic planning with contingencie3s and preparedness agendas. Today? Hot times and laboring computers under the A/C bubble and created something new. I do love to write, so here is my newest fiction piece. An antiaging/conspiracy/legal techno-thriller. If you don’t have a $40/year subscription, the … Read More