Lebanese inflation, Iwo Jima, how the Netherlands grew, Pierre Bourdieu and peak gasoline
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Herbert Badham, Paint and Morning Tea 1937 Source: NGV
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Lebanese inflation
Iwo Jima in 1945
W. Eugene Smith, one of Life magazine's great photo correspondents, was a combat photographer in WWII. He was wounded taking this shot at Iwo Jima in 1945. h/t @dean_frey
Herbert Badham, Australian Pub
Deflators
When adjusting by the cpi, people appear to make a bit less today than in 1970. Adjusted by the pce, wages are about a quarter higher today.
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How the Netherlands grew: between 1900 and 2021 population more than trebled
The EU currently gets more natural gas from the US than Russia
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Gasoline demand in the US has peaked, with a surprise slowdown last year signaling that consumption is unlikely to ever again return to pre-Covid levels.
Source: Chunzi Xu Bloomberg
Herbert Badham. Andante 1953
Pierre Bourdieu : "Nous naissons déterminés et nous avons une petite chance de devenir libres" - “we are born determined and we have a small chance of becoming free”
Source: France Culture