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>Not exactly. I just sent this link to my (Argentine) friends with a different observation. My observation was: The United States is starting to look like Argentina. As someone who…

I don't think you understand macroeconomics (or the undergrad level curves you're mentioning)

The F-16 is the most numerous fighter jet in existence today and some countries are replacing them with F-35s, so there are a few dozen F-16s that might be available soon for Ukrai…

Unless the country in question only consumes big Macs, using that index as a measure of inflation would be a terrible idea.

The main objective of the big Mac index is not to measure inflation, it's to measure purchase parity power by using the price of something that is available in almost every country…

Brace yourselves for people commenting with a lot of confidence in what they're saying, but without actually having read anything about the topic.

This is just... wrong, to put it mildly. When it comes to serious financial modeling in big firms, everything from PDEs and stochastic calculus to cutting edge forecasting models a…

I agree and I think that FE is a well designed entertainment product, considering the technology and budget limitations they have.

The problem with this comparison is that F1 cars have a lot more downforce (and therefore drag) than FE cars, which means that F1 cars have a relatively low top speed. Add to this …

It's one thing to say that every country experiences inflation a few times in history, which might or might not be the case, depending on your definition of high inflation. Argenti…

This is kind of already happening with services like Google cloud translation.

While I agree that there's a lot of marketing speak here, I have to note that: 1) You wouldn't expect zero margin, you would expect normal margin, that is, these companies should h…

This assumes that the only possible cause of inflation is fiscal deficit monetization. This is just wrong. You could have scenarios where the central bank does not change policy bu…