# econ (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover econ. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Compact Nightmare (Kondratieff Meets King) Plus “The Titor Template”](https://urbansurvival.com/a-compact-nightmare-kondratieff-meets-king-plus-the-titor-template/) _2026-08-22 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ A Compact Nightmare (Kondratieff Meets King) Plus “The Titor Template” Peoplenomics is unusually packed this weekend. The written side runs about 4,600 words, backed by a 40-page ChartPack — and for readers who don’t want to chew through the whole thing in one sitting, we’ve added a new Quick Read Coach pointing directly to the five charts that matter most. Markets first: the Bull may ... Read… ## [A Final Monday, Belief Bounce at Hand, Take the Day Hot](https://urbansurvival.com/a-final-monday-belief-bounce-at-hand-take-the-day-hot/) _2026-08-21 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ A Final Monday, Belief Bounce at Hand, Take the Day Hot A Schedule Note: This coming Monday will be our final “normal” UrbanSurvival column. If the cool weather shows up, I have at least a lifetime of piled-up projects to complete and there’s only so much Superman and that much Kryptonite. The 30+ pages of market analysis twice weekly and the in-depth research into whatever fills ... Read More For… ## [Illusion of Control – a Peoplenomics.com-like Public Side Update](https://urbansurvival.com/illusion-of-control-a-peoplenomics-com-like-public-side-update/) _2026-08-20 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Illusion of Control – a Peoplenomics.com-like Public Side Update Think “brown stuff” and fans, with us. We have two hot dates coming up in our Over-the-Horizon Software – one is a week out and another is mid-September. Today, markets are on the verge of negating the possible path higher (the Labor Day Rally) which we had been anticipating. But what has happened instead is ... Read More For more,… ## [Thurs: Datafication, OverTheHorizon, “Lala” Hank on Prepping IRL](https://urbansurvival.com/thurs-datafication-overthehorizon-lala-hank-on-prepping-irl/) _2026-08-20 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Thurs: Datafication, OverTheHorizon, “Lala” Hank on Prepping IRL Datafy U.S. futures pricing pointed to a down day ahead for markets. Europe was down, Japan’s Nikkei bounced, and we think this centers on Russia using ballistic missiles on Ukraine; intending to harden-up their game. So, oil prices and “the big question” (Where can AI find another planet worth of $20/month subscribers to keep the… ## [Markets Hold for Fed Mins, S/W Time Machine, 1st of Four Heavy Econ Papers](https://urbansurvival.com/markets-hold-for-fed-mins-s-w-time-machine-1st-of-four-heavy-econ-papers/) _2026-08-19 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Markets Hold for Fed Mins, S/W Time Machine, 1st of Four Heavy Econ Papers This morning on Peoplenomics, the summer economics projects finally start coming out of the barn. The New Navigators is the first of four connected papers looking at succession, economic lifecycles, regional instability, big-city sustainability, and whether the familiar long-wave “clock” may be an output of the economy… ## [Trade Data – Fed Pending – Marts in “Sort” – Vivid Dream Pointers](https://urbansurvival.com/trade-data-fed-pending-marts-in-sort-vivid-dream-pointers/) _2026-08-18 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Trade Data – Fed Pending – Marts in “Sort” – Vivid Dream Pointers “Left onto the high-speed, contact ground point-niner.” That isn’t a bad way to mentally frame Life right now. We are “becoming more grounded” and “flying through summer” is in smoking (or muddy) ruins. Yet, the persistent illusion of a life/self divide persists. So we mine the “face of Reality” every day looking for The Gem. ...… ## [Empire Stats, Split Markets, and Another Past Life Drops In](https://urbansurvival.com/empire-stats-split-markets-and-another-past-life-drops-in/) _2026-08-17 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Empire Stats, Split Markets, and Another Past Life Drops In Let’s keep the top of today’s column very much on point. Because their weird section is strange as hell… OK, Empire State Manufacturing Not exactly huge but worth making a note of: “Business activity grew strongly in New York State in August, according to firms responding to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The headline general… ## [An Additional OTHS Note](https://urbansurvival.com/an-additional-oths-note/) _2026-08-16 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ An Additional OTHS Note Now that you know about the OTH news project: Compared with the earlier report today, the event topology — the ridge tops in the data — has changed. Two things: September 15 has emerged as the dominant candidate ridge, while the earlier November event cluster has pulled forward to October 31. February no longer qualifies ... Read More For more, visit… ## [Reader Comments/Reports, Peoplenomics Research Update](https://urbansurvival.com/reader-comments-reports-peoplenomics-research-update/) _2026-08-16 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Reader Comments/Reports, Peoplenomics Research Update No, this isn’t “ShopTalk Sunday” any more. This is my “the Wall” – which was an online phenom before social media came along. (Tell me you’re older than that?) So, this morning we will highlight some Comments, update Peoplenomics Research Note # 2, and then our (snarky Sunday) BlinkLabNews.com outputs. Also – the Over the Horizon ... Read More… ## [Saturday Research Memos, Eyeballing Ahead](https://urbansurvival.com/saturday-research-memos-eyeballing-ahead/) _2026-08-15 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Saturday Research Memos, Eyeballing Ahead Saturday’s Peoplenomics is a full plate. The new ChartPack looks at whether markets still have enough coherence to make one more run toward Labor Day, while the News Compressor hits the fast-moving risks in Hawaii, Hormuz, Ebola, earthquakes, weakening U.S. consumers, war fronts and an increasingly bubbly AI buildout. Then we get into the subscriber ...… ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aFHrSnSVjTp8) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [Retail with a Side of Econ, WW III Weekend, Summer Problemology](https://urbansurvival.com/retail-with-a-side-of-econ-ww-iii-weekend-summer-problemology/) _2026-08-14 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Retail with a Side of Econ, WW III Weekend, Summer Problemology Let me huff the whiteboard marker for a sec. (ah…all better!) Let’s begin – before “rolling retail” with a short economics discourse for the tuition-impaired who had to really work, instead. First bullet point: In economics, the phrase “shopkeeper economy” most precisely refers to a theoretical model developed by Daniel P. Murphy… ## [Serverside Ops Note](https://urbansurvival.com/serverside-ops-note/) _2026-08-13 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Serverside Ops Note Peoplenomics is still down – when it returns will depend on what happens in Phoenix next. …your hosting server (az1-ss4-redact) in our Arizona data center) is currently affected by an active incident involving elevated ambient temperatures at the Phoenix data center facility. This platform-level issue is causing reachability and performance issues for servers on that ... Read… ## [Upflow, PPI Ties, and Digital Teamsters Sharpen Future Search](https://urbansurvival.com/upflow-ppi-ties-and-digital-teamsters-sharpen-future-search/) _2026-08-13 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Upflow, PPI Ties, and Digital Teamsters Sharpen Future Search “Ah, my fellow digital teamsters”, I announced to the AI flock today. Not needing coffee, they were quick on the uptake: “Good morning, George. Digital Teamster has a damn nice ring to it. Not assistant. Not chatbot. Not “AI companion.” Digital Teamster: shows up before dawn, knows where the tools are, remembers what we were ... Read… ## [Synthetic Players research](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2087916158490223093?s=20) _2026-08-13 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A paper and reproducible study asking whether a sixteen-persona LLM panel preserves treatment responses in repeated games, and showing that passing coarse marginal checks is cheap. ## [Book 2, Inflation Number Roll, and FLL Economics](https://urbansurvival.com/book-2-inflation-number-roll-and-fll-economics/) _2026-08-12 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Book 2, Inflation Number Roll, and FLL Economics Peoplenomics is a packed one. Reader reaction to Department 546: The Ancient Children has been terrific — including one fellow who says the book cost him most of a perfectly good Monday because he couldn’t put it down. Book One remains free to subscribers, and Book Two — the conclusion — is finished and should ... Read More For more, visit… ## [NFIB – Quakes and Cleaning – Manic A/C Bubble Writing](https://urbansurvival.com/nfib-quakes-and-cleaning-manic-a-c-bubble-writing/) _2026-08-11 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ NFIB – Quakes and Cleaning – Manic A/C Bubble Writing Markets are still “backing and filling” as the approach of inflation data (CPI from U.S. BLS) pops tomorrow. For now, there looks to be “hope in the hinterlands” – those regions where massive corporates don’t own it all – yet. Today’s poster child for hope? A press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 11, 2026) – The NFIB Small ... Read More For… ## [In case you forgot…](https://urbansurvival.com/in-case-you-forgot/) _2026-08-10 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ In case you forgot… Here’s how our Sunday news distillation ended: “Watch Quake Risks August 12 brings a total solar eclipse across Greenland, Iceland and Spain near the Perseid meteor peak. Skip the Internet hype and think instead about land tides, crustal loading and stress. Coffee gone. Shop calls. Today? M 7.4 – 5 km S of San José ... Read More For more, visit https://urbansurvival.com ## [New for Peoplenomics Readers: D546: The Ancient Children — Book One](https://urbansurvival.com/new-for-peoplenomics-readers-d546-the-ancient-children-book-one/) _2026-08-10 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ New for Peoplenomics Readers: D546: The Ancient Children — Book One Most of our Peoplenomics content is hard-edge, nonfiction, forward-looking economics and strategic planning with contingencie3s and preparedness agendas. Today? Hot times and laboring computers under the A/C bubble and created something new. I do love to write, so here is my newest fiction piece. An antiaging/conspiracy/legal… ## [Lazy Monday, Cautious Markets, plus Brewster, the MWI and Dreams](https://urbansurvival.com/lazy-monday-cautious-markets-plus-brewster-the-mwi-and-dreams/) _2026-08-10 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Lazy Monday, Cautious Markets, plus Brewster, the MWI and Dreams Let’s go through the market simplifications first. Middle East is still a mess. However in our WW III is for weekends, so as not to topple the globalist financial empire, we should have some upward bias to markets. However… Last week’s Jobs data was on the skimpy side. So, our back-of-the-envelope says odds shade toward ... Read More… ## [Non-ShopTalk Sunday: Just the Facts, Ma’am](https://urbansurvival.com/non-shoptalk-sunday/) _2026-08-09 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ Non-ShopTalk Sunday: Just the Facts, Ma’am A busy Sunday with coffee, so I’ve been tuning the automated news-surveillance fleet again — this time for faster reading. The structure remains 4/19/45: four major stories, up to 19 inside-page items, and at least 45 source scans. That gets me to the shop sooner. News Compressor: ON 1. Israel rejects Trump Gaza plan. Prime ... Read More For more, visit… ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uEYjjBMHjBJB) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Remoko](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2086578009382023469) _2026-08-09 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A mobile relay for coding agents that keeps Claude Code and Codex running on your computer while you check in, answer questions, and approve actions from your phone. ## [World War III at Walking Speed](https://urbansurvival.com/world-war-iii-at-walking-speed/) _2026-08-08 · George Ure · UrbanSurvival — Replaying 1929_ World War III at Walking Speed Most people imagine World War III as a sudden event barrage: missiles, collapsing markets and armies moving everywhere at once. But what if modern great-power war is learning to move much more slowly—through drones, sanctions, energy pressure, shipping disruption, cyberwarfare and the steady depletion of money, weapons and political patience? In today’s Peoplenomics… ## [Building a Repo-Centric Agent Stack](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2085784422339768686?s=20) _2026-08-07 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An article on putting the repository at the center of the agent stack. ## [GraphCon Deck](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2082122524113215816?s=20) _2026-07-28 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An open-source graph-based presentation, where each node carries the slides it belongs to and the graph pulls nodes in and pushes them out as the talk advances. ## [What Your Brain Knows About Long-Running Agents](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2081741659260477666?s=20) _2026-07-27 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An article on the hippocampus and cortex split as a model for long-running agents: a frozen model is a cortex, and the hard part is the organ that decides what it learns. ## [The Shared Discovery Paradox](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2079567881889796456?s=20) _2026-07-21 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A mathematical explanation of how information sharing without action coordination can worsen group outcomes. ## [Regimes](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2064830891143381076) _2026-06-10 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An auditable, held-out-gated self-improvement loop demonstrated on LongMemEval. ## [AG Coder](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2064026650988495279?s=20) _2026-06-08 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An open-source reference coding agent built on ActiveGraph. ## [Learn ActiveGraph](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2064026650988495279?s=20) _2026-06-08 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An interactive site for learning ActiveGraph concepts through hands-on examples. ## [ActiveGraph LongMemEval Experiments](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2061478691952271452) _2026-06-01 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ Experiments comparing deterministic, semantic, and hybrid architectures for auditable agent memory. ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/19nCqXFFf44W) _2026-05-31 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [The Log Is the Agent](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2057812713045377055) _2026-05-22 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An arXiv paper introducing event-sourced reactive graphs for auditable and forkable agentic systems. ## [ActiveGraph](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2057099245430222926) _2026-05-20 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An event-sourced reactive graph runtime for auditable, forkable, long-running agents. ## [BabyAGI Wiki](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2034669922174029900?s=20) _2026-03-19 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A technical history comparing nine iterations of BabyAGI across three years. ## [Pitch Yohei](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2032096564261634223?s=20) _2026-03-12 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A live AI pitch agent that interviews founders and VCs and extracts structured startup data. ## [Ode to Claude Code](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2021963241413652795?s=20) _2026-02-12 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ An AI-generated sea shanty for Claude Code lovers. ## [BabyAGI 3](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2020027037180932347?s=20) _2026-02-06 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A minimal autonomous assistant. ## [K.I.S.S.](https://x.com/yoheinakajima/status/2011167014329729070) _2026-01-13 · Yohei Nakajima — Build Log_ A daily prompting game. ## [Economics of Accessibility in Consumption](https://www.matthewthom.as/blog/economics-of-accessibility-consumption/) _2025-12-02 · Matthew W. Thomas_ Markets tend not to accommodate disabled workers and consumers without outside intervention. There are numerous studies about disabled workers (e.g., Haveman and Wolfe 2000 , Aizawa et al. 2024 ). However, I could only find one paper about how markets fail disabled consumers. \[1\] I have been thinking about this issue for the last few years. I hope my thoughts are interesting both to economists…