Sunday links: real uncertainty
MarketsAre we finally seeing an opening for international diversification? (awealthofcommonsense.com)Don't let politics drive your decision making. (wsj.com)EducationAlaska's rural schools are crumbling. (npr.org)This school superintendent in Texas makes $870,000 a year to oversee some 1,000 students. (propublica.org)Social SecurityWhat it would take to reform Social Security today. (marketwatch.com)150 year olds are not receiving Social Security payments. (crr.bc.edu)SSA employees can no longer read 'general news' websites. (wired.com)Major Social Security legislation hasn't passed since 1983. (bostonreview.net)Policy50 thoughts on DOGE including 'DOGE in its Elon iteration is much more focused on two metrics: number of federal employees and dollars saved. ' (statecraft.pub)DOGE is eliminating IRS workers with specialized knowledge and expertise. (propublica.org)How DOGE cuts are affecting the VA. (nytimes.com)DOGE is cover to extend tax cuts for the wealthy. (johnrekenthaler.substack.com)These Congressional districts are most exposed to DOGE cuts. (axios.com)EconomyWhere GDPNow for Q1 2025 now stands. (econbrowser.com)No one really knows where tariffs stand. (ft.com)Economic policy uncertainty isn't going down. (econbrowser.com)As immigrant worker fear increases, labor shortages are looming. (nytimes.com)The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsTop clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)The 2025 UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook is out! (abnormalreturns.com)There's no such thing as excess savings when you are on your own. (abnormalreturns.com)You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaFor the UK, Europe suddenly looks like a lot better ally in the age of Trump. (chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com)Not everybody is happy about changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. (wsj.com)Don't underestimate how dumb things can get. (howardlindzon.com)
Markets
- Are we finally seeing an opening for international diversification? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Don't let politics drive your decision making. (wsj.com)
Education
- Alaska's rural schools are crumbling. (npr.org)
- This school superintendent in Texas makes $870,000 a year to oversee some 1,000 students. (propublica.org)
Social Security
- What it would take to reform Social Security today. (marketwatch.com)
- 150 year olds are not receiving Social Security payments. (crr.bc.edu)
- SSA employees can no longer read 'general news' websites. (wired.com)
- Major Social Security legislation hasn't passed since 1983. (bostonreview.net)
Policy
- 50 thoughts on DOGE including 'DOGE in its Elon iteration is much more focused on two metrics: number of federal employees and dollars saved. ' (statecraft.pub)
- DOGE is eliminating IRS workers with specialized knowledge and expertise. (propublica.org)
- How DOGE cuts are affecting the VA. (nytimes.com)
- DOGE is cover to extend tax cuts for the wealthy. (johnrekenthaler.substack.com)
- These Congressional districts are most exposed to DOGE cuts. (axios.com)
Economy
- Where GDPNow for Q1 2025 now stands. (econbrowser.com)
- No one really knows where tariffs stand. (ft.com)
- Economic policy uncertainty isn't going down. (econbrowser.com)
- As immigrant worker fear increases, labor shortages are looming. (nytimes.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 2025 UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook is out! (abnormalreturns.com)
- There's no such thing as excess savings when you are on your own. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)
