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I finally agree with (much of) a Krugman criticism of the Sanders campaign. (And why I’m glad he made the criticism in the way he did.) [Clarification added 2/20 at 11:05 a.m.; update added 2/21 at 9:40 a.m.]

Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and … Australia (which has universal healthcare coverage!). And pointing out that this country’s most entrepreneurial period was the post-WWII period, with tax rates higher than…

Millennials like socialism — until they get jobs. Or until a pollster tells them that it would mean tax increases but doesn’t tell them, for example, that the tax increases would replace healthcare insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses. And doesn’t tell them that “more government services” means something other than, say, trash collection twice a week instead of once a week.

…is. The problem, though, is that it hasn’t been too god to be true in northern, central and most of southern Europe, in Australia, in Canada, in England, in Scotland,…

Two additions to Angry Bear roster

…publishing original posts at AB. Sandwichman “teaches collective bargaining and labor/environmental issues at Simon Fraser University, near Vancouver, Canada. His research investigates how archaic vindication-fables steer mainstream economic discourse away…