EIA Says US Crude Inventories Sink Further Markets

EIA Says US Crude Inventories Sink Further

Saudi Crude Exports Hit Five-Month High as Production Falls to Record Low Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of experience covering the global oi...

October 21, 2026
Saving for the machines Economy

Saving for the machines

From Jesús Fernández-Villaverde: When machines can perform a growing share of tasks, growth depends on two margins: how the task structure affects the returns to accumulating machines, and how strongl...

October 20, 2026
On Brazilian food Banking

On Brazilian food

Every now and then I will write a piece on food for Works in Progress.  Here is my piece on eating in Brazil: Brazil, like most large nations, also offers multiple cuisines. For instance you can go to...

October 20, 2026
What I’ve been reading Banking

What I’ve been reading

David Stuart, The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya.  The best book about the ancient Maya that I know of, and also a book about how we keep on discovering more about them.  “The model I...

October 19, 2026
*You Can See Everything* (no spoilers) Investing

*You Can See Everything* (no spoilers)

An excellent and also original movie, you all should see it.  There are different interpretations, but I read it as a story between two autistic people, and the bond they have but also the great diffi...

October 18, 2026
*This Beautiful Country* Investing

*This Beautiful Country*

The author is Edward Cutler and the subtitle is How Italy’s Nature Shaped its Culture and Civilisation.  This is an excellent book on how “the Italy you know” has been shaped by its natural environmen...

October 18, 2026