Never trusted the adwords “scam”. Now it seems neither does the government..

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 15, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, Latest News, Media, World economic impacts

https://apnews.com/article/google-antitrust-virginia-ad-tech-auction-0c3516bccd31570301f2c01be7d7c526

We found this fascinating as we consider ourselves media aggregators as the corollary example espoused here references newspapers when applied to the Ethereum “concept”

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 14, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, Fintech

“On the internet, controlling demand is more important than controlling supply.”— Ben ThompsonThe aggregators are coming for EthereumIs Ethereum a platform?For technology purposes, yes, of course — Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform that allows...

Ominous stats

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 14, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, Latest News, Media

https://mailchi.mp/wirepoints.org/pritzkernomics-13564444?e=67abcb8219

Unsustainable

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 13, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment

🇺🇸 USA national debt: 1930: $16 billion1940: $43 billion 1950: $257 billion 1960: $286 billion1970: $371 billion1980: $908 billion1990: $3.2 trillion2000: $5.6 trillion 2010: $13.5 trillion 2020: $27.7 trillion2023: $31.8 trillion 2024: $35.3 trillion — 🚨GlobalX...

Chicago in the urban death spiral..

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 13, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, Chicago centric content, consumer spending and sentiment

Record high vacancy all around the Loop. Residents leaving the City in droves. A meaningful real estate tax hike is the last thing Chicago needs. pic.twitter.com/Ag6acBoNmS — SafeSuburbsUSA (@SafeSuburbsUSA) September 13,...

HOUSING stuff

by Michael E Dehn | Sep 12, 2024 | 2024 election realities, Banking and Finance, Biden the miscreant, consumer spending and sentiment

This is absolutely insane: Over the last 5 years, the median US home price has skyrocketed by ~40% to $445,000. At the same time, the median size of a home has declined by ~130 square feet, or 7%. To put this in perspective, a home in the US would cost a median of...