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April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)

…War and what is taking place today. Letters from An American On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant…

Refinancing bad for business?

…Jesse Eisinger, pf ProPublica and Chris Arnold, of the public sector NPR News have the most interesting article about ruthless greedy uh socialism I guess at public sector Freddie Mac….

Freddie Mac Attack

Freddster (noun): Fraudster who profits from conflict of interest at Freddie Mac (the knife). Jesse Eisinger, pf ProPublica and Chris Arnold, of the public sector NPR News have the most…

Economics with some altruism

Robert Waldmann Arnold Kling states a widely held view succinctly I see elite Democrats as exploiting “the poor” in order to pursue their own drive for power. People who genuinely…

Responding to Kling responding to me.

Robert Waldmann responds to Arnold Kling’s response Arnold Kling was generous enough with his time to respond here to a post of mine Sorry I was AWOL. Thank you Arnold

Arnold Wins! First, I don’t live in California, so this administration will be fun to watch. Second, G.W. Bush inherited a booming economy and made it much worse, but the…