A major theme of mine in my posts at AB for a while now has been to try to highlight disclosures about Trump that have been overshadowed by others but that are important for more reasons than the most obvious one. During Sunday’s debate Trump shocked me (and I’m sure, Clinton) when he claimed that […]

Now, that’s what I’m talking about.

This is a common question. It is important to know if an economy is at full employment. However, the question is wrong. or at least the way it is answered is wrong… Full employment is based on employment of labor. However, full employment must consider both labor and capital since they are both resources for […]

BuzzFeed News reported on Sunday that Trump also walked through the dressing rooms at the 2000 Miss USA pageant, where he watched the naked contestants prepare backstage. “I’ll tell you the funniest is that I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed,” Trump tells Howard Stern. The recordings were released by CNN on Saturday. Trump continues, […]

Stan Fischer, vice-chairman of the Fed, gave a speech yesterday. (link) He said this… “As we noted in our statement, we continue to expect that the evolution of the economy will warrant some gradual increases in the federal funds rate over time to achieve and maintain our objectives. That assessment is based on our view […]

OMG. It came so late in the debate—the third-last question, the second-last on policy agenda, less than 10 minutes before the end. Asked what she would be looking for in selecting her Supreme Court nominees, she began not with a culture-wars answer or by referencing the need for diversity among the justices as concerned with […]

Lambert Strether at Naked Capitalism live blog from last night is here.

by Mike Kimel The British, the Germans and the Irish: A Look at How Traditions Survive Emigration Between 1921 and the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, about 70% of those admitted into the US came from the UK, Ireland, and Germany. In a roundabout way, I want to discuss what that has meant for […]

I am from Hawaii. I went to high school with Obama. I was a senior when he was a junior. In Hawaii, there are people from every culture and race of the world. There is respect for other people and cultures. It is the best training ground to develop appreciation for other cultures and body […]