I know: this will seem like going out on a limb. This parallel between how things operate in Hilbert Space draws a straight line to how “news” operates. What it is, Homey Hilbert space is basically math’s way of describing an insanely vast, abstract “room” that can have not just the usual three dimensions like … Read More
News -a driver of immediate Future – doesn’t really matter, anymore. The reason is simple: in the X-post facto world, all pretext of logic has saddled up and left town. We are reduced to underlying (with emphasis on second syllable there) narratives duking it out in click-time. All of which doesn’t explain the why of how we got … Read More
Breaking or Broken? Durable Goods Just out: New Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in February, down four of the last five months, decreased $4.4 billion or 1.4 percent to $315.5 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This followed a 0.5 percent January decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.8 percent. Excluding defense, … Read More
Most of Easter – except for the scrubbing part which we’ll get to – was spent in this week’s Peoplenomics report. Which turned into a 46-page marvel of Depression research, how times have changed, and what “everything breaking at once” could look like. I’m exhausted. Since I promised to have shorter reports, let’s just hit the … Read More
The United States has been sold down the river by our own – mislabeled – “leaders.” We have (pardon this) all kinds of shit blowing up in the Middle East, and with the GovDown II in process and the whole airline industry on the ropes, the “Fools on the Hill” will be taking a couple … Read More
Unlike most sites, UrbanSurvival is an “idea ranch.” A concept that came out of a childhood where Pappy was called “the Encyclopedia” in our local fire department, and where Scrabble words (derivations and alt spellings) comprised the brain food on family road and camping trips. I come by this stuff honestly. Pause-n-Drop? I’d like to congratulate … Read More
Not to frame this in too much of a Peoplenomics / deep-thinking manner, but there are two ways one can generally view the world. And since I left the world of “tearing down the overnight wire” tasks, even before RSS appeared, that’s likely a good value proposition to ponder. Not just now – but likely for … Read More
Again, AI offered a warning to me about column length: “The piece has at least five columns’ worth of ideas trying to ride in one wagon.” Yes, perhaps so. But that’s the Muse for you. No, we are not going to share the 40-page ChartPack posted for Peoplenomics.com subscribers. But we will mention that one of … Read More
Breaking: NFIB Optimism Just out: The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell 0.5 points in February to 98.8 but remained slightly above the 52-year average of 98. The Uncertainty Index decreased three points from January to 88. The Employment Index ticked up nearly a point in February to 103.5, 3.5 points above its historical average … Read More
The early futures today are down. But in Europe, it’s a different tale. There, markets are up – not ginormously – but up, nevertheless. Why down on the futures, including gold and silver, then? Wasn’t our state-extreme variance trading model showing a rally is the more likely move ahead? Could be “mechanical short-covering.” See, when there is … Read More
I suppose we can begin at the beginning – which is the CPI figures just out from Labor. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased … Read More
Since hitting the 77 mark this month, I have cut myself considerable slack. Things like “pressure” to keep UrbanSurvival going, publish still more books, and doing more research. I mean, eventually time runs out and what we leave with is all between-our ears, anyway. Still, mornings like this? Good to sit in the recliner over at the … Read More
Full agenda today so here’s the snapshot. And Now Here’s Your Host: Wild George Pretend today I’m a “shock jock” – And you just tuned in to the Wild George Sez show. One of the few remaining English-language, non-thumping programs left on AM radio… He reads the headlines: “Challenger Job Cuts report is just out. But … Read More