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

Christian Mischler @Chris_Mischler

Ordered my 1st coffee at 10.30am, the 2nd one at 1pm. The Lebanese Lira lost value during that time, resulting in two different charges (the coffee price is pegged to USD) #Lebanon #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

Sander Tordoir @SanderTordoir

The Netherlands is now the biggest of the small economies in the eurozone, following the big four (🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸). One key reason:🇳🇱population growth massively exceeded all its peers over the 20th century. Great analysis from newspaper @nrc nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/01…

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