by Steven J. Manning | April 14, 2026 | Finger On the Pulse
Our world is vast yet intimate, complex yet traceable, ancient yet immediate, often regressive, sometimes compellingly timely, and occasionally progressive. It is resilient but not invulnerable, abundant but not equitable, knowable yet never fully known—where signals...
by Steven J. Manning | March 2, 2026 | Finger On the Pulse
BOX OF CHOCOLATES “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get.” —Eric Roth, 1994. That from the exceptional Tom Hanks movie, Forrest Gump. A movie, your humble scribe always thought it was wonderfully incongruent: constancy of character...
by Steven J. Manning | February 2, 2026 | Finger On the Pulse
CTOADS® is a collaborative, non-linear journal—a unique interactive social and political discourse platform that I architected some years ago. Regrettably, it was a decade ahead of its time… The “dirty wall?” That would be our world! It is vast yet intimate, complex...
by Steven J. Manning | January 2, 2026 | Finger On the Pulse
Do not take a deep breath if you are fearful of missing something… In no particular order… On the home front… Keeping score: Trump vs. Trump Core inflation is 2.4%. Me, your humble armchair-macro-economist, Steven J. Manning, opine anything lower than 2% would be...
by Steven J. Manning | December 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
Good morning. We promised “no homework” for the holidays. Oh well… I [Manning] cannot help myself but “lay a bunch of this stuff on you,” likely to send some to do some cool reading. At least I hope so… THE WORLD WORKS AROUND GIANTS. WHEN GIANTS COLLIDE, THE WORLD...
by Steven J. Manning | December 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
Just when you thought politics in the US could not get uglier, while the Dems. and Republicans are in their perpetual, entirely undignified/despicable fight for political power, 42 million people stopped receiving SNAP benefits. That is FOOD-STAMPS, people! 1.2...
by Steven J. Manning | December 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
Bears repeating: Where does an 800 pounds Bengal tiger sleep? Anywhere it wants to! This is a comment on the mighty economic sledgehammer that is the U.S. economy. And the entire faux tariffs warfare waged by the E.U. and essentially all rest of the word. But for the...
by Steven J. Manning | December 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
Where does an 800 pounds Bengal tiger sleep? Anywhere it wants to! This is a comment on the mighty economic sledgehammer that is the U.S. economy. And the entire faux tariffs warfare waged by the EU and essentially all rest of the word. But for the massive value of...
by Steven J. Manning | December 10, 2025 | Finger On the Pulse
My mind is a cacophony of unanswered questions. So much on my mind that I need clarity on. Someone explain all this to me. Some examples of intellectual juxtapositions I explore in my book, [Like] EXPLAINING BITCOIN TO BUDDHIST MONKS. Jeans, jeans and more jeans. Not...
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