February 2021 – Icarus Signals. The home of economic insight

Buffett Upbeat On U.S. And Berkshire, Buys Back Stock Even As Pandemic Hits Results

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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha.

Propaganda Crash: World Economic Forum Tweets “Lockdowns Improving Cities”, Then Deletes Admitting It Was Wrong

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If there was any doubt that economic lockdowns supposedly inspired by the Covid pandemic are the peak in globalist propaganda, it disappeared not so "quietly" once and for all at…

Economic Impromptus from the Ordinary Business of Life: A Trip to the Park

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“Political economy or economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life; it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with…

Frederic Bastiat
Quote for the Day
“At all events, let no one claim that because an abuse cannot be done away with, without inconvenience to those who profit by it, what has been suffered to exist for a time should be allowed to exist forever.”

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Central Banking and the Heavy Hand of the State

Posted on February 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

The evolution of the banking system, as I previously described it, was “ideal-typical.” The description’s purpose was to get at the essence of how monetary institutions work.

Scientists Discover ‘All-Natural’ COVID Treatment That Can Prevent ‘Cytokine Storm’ In Severe Patients

Posted on February 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

A team of scientists from Israel and Iceland has published a new report showing that an extraction of spirulina algae has the potential to reduce the severity of COVID-19 in…

Hong Kong’s Trading Tax Hike Spurred Markets Into A ‘Healthy Correction,’ Says Goldman Sachs

Posted on February 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

In its 2021-22 budget, the Hong Kong government announced that stamp duty on stock transfers will increase to 0.13% from 0.1%.

Allbirds Is Investing In A Plant-Based Leather Substitute, Plans Faux-Leather Shoe Drop In December

Posted on February 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding.

W. S. Jevons (1865) on the Limits to Renewables

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William Stanley Jevons’ The Coal Question (1865) explained how coal (and by implication, oil and natural gas) were uniquely suited for—and indeed, prerequisites for—the machine age.

China Wants Your Data — And May Already Have It

Posted on February 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Visitors walk past the giant word "Data" during the Guiyang International Big Data Expo 2016 in southwestern China. China says it's determined to be a leader in using artificial intelligence…