Analysis

Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel and Brent

Prices on Monday: Figure 1: Regular gasoline (blue), diesel (red), jet fuel (green) all $/gal. on left log scale, and Brent $/bbl f.o.b. (bold black, right log scale). Source: EIA via FRED, EIA.

Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Search Screenshot

If you were curious: Source: Commerce/BIS, accessed 11/12/2026, 1:45PM CST.

CRFB Tracks the Administration’s Forecasts So You Don’t Have To

It’s not pretty (CRFB): Source: CRFB. Here’s my comparison, against WSJ, SPF, Hassett, from August (w/o MSR forecast): Figure 1: Reported GDP (bold black), Administration’s FY2027 Budget forecast,...

El-Sayed Laughs at the Muslim Brotherhood Because It’s Mostly Dead, Despite the Propaganda

Broken since Egypt’s 2013 coup, the Muslim Brotherhood poses no threat to the West—yet Israel and the UAE keep its phantom image alive

My Barcelona talk on AI

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Thursday assorted links

1. New Texas A&M podcast: Economists Unscripted. 2. A new tool for AI-proof homework assignments. “It’s called https://deb8.tv — students get paired and have live video debates with one another.” 3....

Why Is Work Getting Worse?

Employees in the UK are much less happy with work than in the early 1990s, despite their positive views about having a job. What gives?

The Everywhere Rent Seekers

Zidar and Zwick have a good post on the political power of billionaires versus the power of many millionaires, based on their excellent book The Everywhere Millionaire. First, they point out that...

Links 11/12/2026