Ineteconomics

Consumer demand by America’s most affluent citizens is driving consumer spending, and consumer spending, in turn, is the main force keeping inflation so high
Here we are again.

The New York Review

A review of Perry Mehrling’s book, Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System, and an exploration Mehrling’s discussion of the 1982 correspondence between Charles Kindleberger and Ben Bernanke examining their theories concerning financial crises.

New research reveals that rising insurance costs, reckless building, regulatory inaction, and big banks' fossil fuel investments are driving a dangerous cycle that jeopardizes homeowners -- and financial stability for everyone.
Everyone’s freaking out about soaring homeowner’s insurance costs in the wake of devastating California fires. Right now popular anger focuses mostly on greedy insurance companies, but is that the whole story? Are they truly the main reason behind these rising premiums, or are other factors at play?