CalPERS Consultant Global Governance Advisors Recommends Further Overpaying Grossly Underperforming CalPERS Staff

[ad_1] CalPERS is singlehandedly making a case against government by doing precisely what libertarians allege: abusing their control of public funds by overpaying themselves for shoddy work. As we will explain in more detail, CalPERS’ new compensation consultant, Global Governance Advisors, is enabling the giant pension fund’s staff in misappropriating from beneficiaries via the device […]

Why Birds Migrate Vast Distances – and How you Can Help During Their Breeding Season

[ad_1] Jerri-Lynn here. It’s spring migration season, with birds returning from winter sojourns in warmer climes to their summer breeding sites. The post includes some suggestions on how you can help the birds. By Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University Originally published at The Conversation Now that spring is in the […]

Monday 10am reading – big picture

[ad_1] I go to work in the morning train WFH wrote: • Are you rich?how rich is defined Many factors can influence perceptions of wealth. (US News) • About to generate nearly 10% of security investment The spike in consumer prices in March was the latest positive for buyers of U.S. savings bonds, the inflation-adjusted […]

Has the gasoline price shock already triggered demand destruction? Where will gasoline prices go?

[ad_1] Ive here. While I haven’t followed gasoline market conditions closely, it seems certain that the price trajectory will be higher. First, we’re taking some rest from China’s blockades, which cut China’s demand for oil and gas. But “Second” is a mixed item. Biden has authorized access to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a rate […]

China GDP growth beats expectations, but lockdown weighs outlook

[ad_1] China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, but official data showed a recent contraction in consumer activity as lockdowns to combat the spread of Covid-19 clouded the country’s growth prospects. China’s GDP grew by 4.8% year-on-year Expand 4% in the last three months of 2021. On a quarterly basis, GDP grew […]

Baby bust: Economic stimulus helps rebound post-coronavirus pandemic

[ad_1] Births in advanced economies have largely recovered to pre-coronavirus levels, an analysis by the Financial Times showed, and experts say the recovery is partly due to stimulus to lessen the economic impact of the crisis. Births began to plummet in late 2020 in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic, with people locked in their […]

‘Destructive hunger’: South American farmers seek to stop global food crisis

[ad_1] In addition to sugar cane and soybeans sprouting from his fields in the interior of the state of São Paulo, José Odilon de Lima Neto plans to sow different crops for the first time this year. “Due to the complexity of summer planting in Ukraine and Russia, there may be investment opportunities in wheat,” […]

It’s time for a new Bretton Woods system

[ad_1] U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen did something important last week, and it was mostly underrated. She reconnects trade with values. In a speech to the Atlantic Council in Washington, the secretary called for The new Bretton Woods framework And a shakeup of the IMF and World Bank institutions, both of which hold their annual […]

U.S. natural gas export boom moderates on cost and climate concerns

[ad_1] A vessel docked at a dock on the Louisiana coast is claiming its LNG cargo. Ice forms on pipelines when refrigerated fuel extracted from fields as far as Texas or Pennsylvania is sent to the insulated cargo holds of tankers for shipment overseas. Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass export terminal is one of seven export […]

UK households cancel record number of streaming subscriptions

[ad_1] British households have canceled a record number of video subscriptions as they curb non-essential spending in response to a tightening cost of living, fueling fears that the pandemic-fueled streaming boom is over. In the first three months of this year, consumers left about 1.5 million video-on-demand accounts such as Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus […]

UK braces for prolonged stagflation

[ad_1] The risk of prolonged stagflation in Britain increased after consumer prices surged more than expected and economic growth slowed to a crawl. Recent official and informal economic data fell short of analysts’ expectations, prompting many to warn of stagflation and even economic contraction in the second quarter of the year. Some experts say the […]

FirstFT: War and stagflation threaten world economy as Covid recovery slows

[ad_1] Good morning.This article is our live version First FT communication.Sign up for our Asia, Europe/Africa or America Get it straight to your inbox every weekday morning The double danger of slowing growth and high inflationOr stagflation, which will hit the global economy this year as Russia’s war on Ukraine intensifies recovery slows According to […]