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Gonna Have to be a Big Revision to Change the Picture
“Artemisia” – An Opera
St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway and Fulton Street
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY, and Trinity Baroque Orchestra
March 7 and 9, 2019 at 7pm
Time’s Arrow
Laura Elise Schwendinger Artemisia
Trinity Wall Street presents Operas “Artemisia” and “Susanna”
March 5–9, 2019
St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway and Fulton Street
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY, and Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Free
Continuing the commitment to amplifying the voices of female artists across multiple mediums, this year’s Time’s Arrow festival juxtaposes old and new stories of the biblical figure Susanna. Exploring sensitive themes of our time, the festival includes the fully staged world premiere of the new opera Artemisia (composer Laura Schwendinger, librettist Ginger Strand and Stage Director Christopher Alden) and concerts of Handel’s Susanna as Trinity continues its presentation of the composer’s oratorios. Artemisia tells the story of the Baroque artist who portrayed herself as Susanna in her famous painting Susanna and the Elders.
Guest Contribution: “Bold Ideas are Not Always Better than Old Ideas”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A shorter version appeared in Project Syndicate on February 25th.
Continue readingIf a Recession Shows Up in 2020, Who Will Have Predicted It?
Recessions, once they are underway, happen fast — a lot faster than expansions. Who’s forecasting recessions, according to the WSJ February survey (the February Survey of Professional Forecasters has been postponed until March because of the data delays associated with the Trump government shutdown).
Continue readingThe VSD (“Very Stable Dollar”)
Is this what we want the Chinese to peg against?
Continue readingTime Series on Term Spreads, Yield Curve Snapshots
Part of the yield curve is already inverted.
Continue readingCrazy Definitions of Equilibrium Exchange Rates
“The Coalition for a Prosperous America” releases what it burbles as a “Groundbreaking CPA Study…” entitled “Quantifying Economic Growth and Job Creation from a Competitive Dollar”. Don’t be fooled by all the footnotes and the numbers. At the basis of the analysis is the aphorism: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”.
Continue readingIndustrial and Manufacturing Production Decline: Whence the Business Cycle?
Interesting news even as we are flying partly blind (some government series are still lagging).
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