Category Archives: Demographics

The Largest U.S. Cities by Population from 1790 to 2020

Posted on March 23, 2021 by macromon

Interesting graphic.  Watch Detroit and L.A.’s sharp ascent starting in the 1920s, which illustrates the auto industry’s outsize impact on the urban demographics.   Also, San Francisco’s ascent during/after the Gold Rush in the 1850s.

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Meine Fox News: Senicide, The Final Solution?

Posted on October 6, 2020 by macromon

Good, God! We have been writing for ten years about the coming “Clash of Generations” but we never, ever, in our wildest imagination believed it would result in an “elderly are expendable” vibe.  Senicide.  The word “senicide” — meaning the … Continue reading →

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Highest Paid Public-Sector Employee In Each State

Posted on November 8, 2019 by macromon

Though the following map doesn’t surprise us, it is a bit disheartening to see where our priorities lie.  Panem et circenses (bread and circuses), baby, even at the public Academy! If the data are true, there are only nine states in … Continue reading →

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The Clash Of Generations Is Here

Posted on June 30, 2019 by macromon

Don’t know if you caught the Democratic debate the other night, which featured Bernie and Joe, who could be the grandfathers of some of the younger candidates that were on stage, but it also confirmed the arrival of what we have … Continue reading →

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Who is Generation Z?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by macromon
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Why Markets Believe Fat Tails Are Fairy Tales

Posted on July 16, 2018 by macromon

Insana nails it. It is also called denial or the inability to distinguish between cyclical issues versus structural shifts, for example.   Such as using monetary policy to deal with demographic issues.   Stabilization policies or structural reform?   Call in the IMF … Continue reading →

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The Clash Of Generations Cometh

Posted on June 6, 2018 by macromon

You heard it here first, comrades! This is what millennials should actually be outraged about—paying into a system that will not exist when we retire and getting saddled with the debt run up by the boomers—instead of petty social justice … Continue reading →

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Watch This Space…

Posted on March 13, 2018 by macromon

Today’s special congressional election in Pennsylvania’s 18th could move markets, and we doubt it is central to traders radars.  Trump won this district by over 20 percent in 2016. The Democrat, Conor Lamb,  has pulled ahead in the latest poll and owns … Continue reading →

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Are Millennials Different?

Posted on March 11, 2018 by macromon

Business Insider counts the ways.   Click here for full article and here for some context by Pew Research: The millennial generation generally includes people born between 1981 and 1996. Through their sheer size, they’ve affected industries such as fast food, fast fashion, … Continue reading →

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SPD To Get German Finance Ministry

Posted on February 7, 2018 by macromon

Breaking. Angela Merkel has agreed with Social Democrats on a new coalition German government. Political leaders in Germany have reportedly reached a breakthrough in talks to form a new coalition government, following months of uncertainty after elections in September failed … Continue reading →

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