The upward trend in acres burned is shown below.
Still Crazy After All These Years
Although there is something to be said for consistency. For instance, I see someone blogging (!):
Why Did US Economic Policy Uncertainty Rise So Much During the Pandemic?
I was doing a review of measured economic policy uncertainty, and found an interesting divergence between the US and Europe:
PCE Price Index Overshooting … or Undershooting
William Luther at AIER asks “Is Inflation Merely Catching Up?“:
Guest Contribution: “The Virus, Vaccination, and Voting”
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 at Project Syndicate. The underlying econometrics are spelled out in “The Virus, Vaccination, and Voting: An Econometric Analysis.” I am grateful for the excellent research assistance of Randy Kotti.
“this [Covid-19] pandemic ain’t 1918–never was, never will be”
— Comment by rick stryker, August 19, 2020.
Covid-19 Forecasts, One Year Ago and Today
One year ago (7/29):
IHME Projections for Deaths per capita In One Month, Two Months
IHME updated its forecasts yesterday. First the time series for total excess deaths:
Danger: When a Classical Scholar(/Ideologue) Discusses Inflation
Victor Davis Hanson, writing in a data-free commentary published by the Independent Institute : NOTE as of 7/26, the Independent Institute’s version of the article has disappeared; I add here another copy of the article, at some site called “American Greatness“. 10/26/2021, MDC.
“Rising Rents Threaten to Prop Up Inflation”
That’s the title of a NYT article today.