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Half Full or Half Empty ?

…permanent income hypothesis. Here the glass is definitely at least half full. It is really true that economists struggled to explain strange patterns in the data, all of which seemed…

Soc Sec XXXVI: $17 trillion backward transfer

…First we have commenter Jim Glass defining the overall problem as follows: I’d for once like to see some group come out and specify the problems to be fixed first….

Milton Friedman Meets Robert Klitgaard

…Another glass ceiling broken. Now she can decide whether to bail out a firm run into the ground by Jenna Bush like a predecessor of hers did for Harken energy…

Soc Sec XXII: What if? Low Cost as Fairy Tale

…I propose we throw probability considerations to the wind and undertake a guided tour through LowCostLand. To switch literary references those that dare can follow me through the Looking Glass….