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This Week In Techdirt History: July 9th – 15th

2 years 6 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, more police were admitting that FOSTA/SESTA made it harder to catch traffickers, while UK Parliament members were looking to enact a similar law of their own. California was cooking up its disastrous privacy bill, while we looked at the censorship potential of the EU Copyright Directive’s Article 13. […]
Leigh Beadon

Fed hikes haven’t slowed the economy—yet

2 years 6 months ago
Catherine Rampell says that if we achieve the coveted economic soft landing, it won't be because of anything radical we did: It will be because of boring, standard economic textbook fixes for inflation: i.e., supply shocks subsiding, fiscal support fading and, most controversially, interest rates rising. The Federal Reserve’s 10 rate hikes since March 2022 ...continue reading "Fed hikes haven’t slowed the economy—yet"
Kevin Drum

Andoe's Society Page: Dramatic Settings During the Greater Alton Garden Tour

2 years 6 months ago
I’ve long been passionate about the Greater Alton area, feeling it’s grossly underrated considering its striking topography, scenic river vistas, interesting characters and historic architecture. The Melvin Price Lock and Dam on the Mississippi makes the river more like a lake up there, dotted with recreational boats from the popular Alton, West Alton and Grafton Marinas and filled with numerous wooded islands with sandy beaches.  When friend and media personality Steve Potter told me about a Pride Garden Tour happening this past Sunday, I rounded up friends and made a day of it.
Chris Andoe