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Economics, Politics / health care reform, Paul Ryan, Republicans, tax reform, Trump /

Tax Reform – Maybe Not

April 7, 2017

I have a friend here who is an ardent Republican, It has been fun watching as he adapts to the reality of Trump, and is now a partisan cheerleader for someone who, a few months back, was anathema to him. Such is the power of tribal politics. In any case, not to depress him, I […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, plutocracy /

Reflections

April 7, 2017

It is easy to be partisan. It is easy to believe in sweeping utopian solutions. It is easy to delude yourself that what you think is what everyone thinks, or, perhaps, what they ought to think. This is why I recoil from anyone offering definitive answers to complex questions. The truth is never so easily teased […]

Economics, Politics / government spending, health care, infrastructure, Republicans, Trump /

Infrastructure? Not So Much

April 6, 2017

In the aftermath of the health care debacle Trump has been busying himself, so we are told, with other big projects. Tax reform is one. A huge infrastructure effort is another. Well, count me as skeptical. There are reasons to question whether either is going to see the light of day any time soon. One […]

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