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Politics / capitalism, democracy, democratic party, Hillary Clinton, plutocracy, Trump /

Why Trump Won?

December 7, 2016

I listened last night to Matt Dickinson from Middlebury college give a talk about the recent election. This is my synopsis: The election did not represent much of a change in voter patterns. Trump’s victory was based more on a tweak rather than a reconstruction of the voting patterns of the 2012 election. So this […]

Economics, Politics / capitalism, Coase, democracy, economic theory, Hayek, plutocracy, Trump /

Early Days and Libertarian Love

December 2, 2016

It is early, but already we see the shape of the next few years. It’s going to be ugly. Trump’s cabinet is taking on the look of an antithetical. Practically every choice so far turns out to be a near negation of the mission of the department they are nominated to run. And if not […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic policy, James Meade, plutocracy, regulation /

James Meade Redux

November 10, 2016

Well, that was fun. A rebellion has swept away the establishment. I never thought I would say that the rebellion would be manifested within the GOP and that the establishment would be within the Democrats, but that’s what we just witnessed. We on the left must accept that whatever we were saying just didn’t resonate with enough people. […]

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