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Economics, Politics, Uncategorized / deficits, Federal Budget, federal deficits, government spending, plutocracy, Republicans, Rubio, tax cuts /

Rubio Reality? Not Really

November 9, 2015

I have friends who think I am too harsh on the Republicans. They tell me that there are some good ideas over on that side of the fence if only blinkered and crazy liberals like myself would stop being so shrill and pay attention. So that’s what I did. With Marco Rubio now the new favorite […]

Commentary, Politics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, plutocracy, Republicans /

Academic and Political Free Speech?

November 2, 2015

A few things along the same lines: Something that really bugs me at the moment here in the US is the absolutely stupid idea that freedom of speech and the possession of lots of money are somehow entangled. Put differently: how come the Supreme Court – Supreme at what I wonder? – allowed the flood […]

Economics / consumption, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, interest rates, jobs, monetary policy, recovery, unemployment, wages /

Interest Rate Mania

October 29, 2015

People keep asking me about interest rates. I wish they would stop. The question always make me feel like mimicking Eugene Fama: rates are rates. They are what they are. Perfect reflections of whatever they meant to be reflections of. And so on. Such amazing analytical insight is worthy of one of those pseudo Nobel […]

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