Thoughts on Summers on the Productivity Slowdown
…above mentioned Alessandra Pelloni) and we all know it isn’t going to happen. I want to talk to you about what is to me, the big puzzle in all of…
…above mentioned Alessandra Pelloni) and we all know it isn’t going to happen. I want to talk to you about what is to me, the big puzzle in all of…
…science is “laying blame”? Well, I suppose if some folks refuse to talk about science, deny the science, then talking about science might be seen as laying blame. I shudder…
But one of Trump’s campaign advisers suggested Wednesday that Trump might indeed change Social Security and Medicare — but only after he has been in office for a while. “After…
…inheritance tax a death tax. I do not think it is possible to reconcile the arguments. I don’t think anyone who didn’t find both useful could find both convincing. ….
…Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng was thinking of someone a lot like Portes when he observed, shortly after the Brexit vote: A lot of clever people talk about the “lump of…
Lifted from Robert’s Stochastic Thoughts By Robert Waldmann Why has Trump Gained in Polling Averages ? Yesterday, the talk of the day was Democrats panicking (as always) because support for…
…a strict fiscal discipline program; what they don’t tell you is that the economy today is propped up by foreign aid. A couple of paragraphs later, he continues: Talk to…
…dishes. Activists argue that taking a shower is a basic human right, and grumpy talk show hosts point out that in their day, parents taught their children not to waste…
…sorts of things). So the big news that Ulrichsen presents is a bizarre campaign in various social media and regular media, especially in KSA and UAE against Qatar, claiming that…
…traffic control in the US, and his trip to Cincinnati where he in general terms talked about the supposed virtues of privatizing highways, bridges, and airports, While he claims he…