…is inappropriate as a label for the anti-Jewish prejudices, statements, or actions of Arabs or other Semites. Others may take exception with my definition or citation above. I am fine…

…all. Health? In some ways yes, in others no. An important consideration is that fungibility matters more the more widespread it is. In societies where only a very few goods…

TDS vs ODS vs BDS This is motivated by running on in the econoblogosphere to Trump supporters who when confronted with hard facts they cannot refute revert to name calling…

…enter the brain (also keeping it out of the brain but that doesn’t matter). Pfizer’s argument is like saying that strangling someone can’t cause brain damage, because the strangler’s hands…

…argue for rules rather than discretion, because policy makers are always eager to use surprise inflation to trick workers, because a sharp increase in inflation (and sharp decline in real…

…input suppliers and output subsidiaries often of several layers . This even gets down to a large company owning a major provincial bank that then owns many local banks that…

What Is “Democratic Socialism”? Probably the best answer is whatever Bernie Sanders says it is as he is by far the most famous person ever to adopt this term as…

…Obama and numerous years as a Senator and Representative, Biden’s gaffs still do not reach the level of amazement of listeners to Trump’s words and lies , or by readers…

…“MDs can prescribe chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for Covid 19 right now. The FDA doesn’t and can’t regulate off label prescriptions. Large trials (with young subjects) might be OK, but that…

…Trump from criticism in the New York Times (as written by the terminally ballanced headline writers) . Definitely preferable to having Covid 19 anyway, but no fun. First, advising people…