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Economics / economic policy, economic theory /

Pre-existence

April 18, 2016

One of the mysteries of economics is its contemporary willingness to ignore everything around it. Economists act as if the economy they study is easily isolated from its surroundings and thus immune to the trends, problems, and changes that go on in those surroundings. Indeed this isolationism is a key component of economics because it allows […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, Milton Friedman, plutocracy, shareholder value /

Flat Earth Rules

April 1, 2016

Economists, especially mainstream economists, often like to ignore the real world consequences of their theories. Instead they prefer to hide away pretending that their conversations and ideas leave no imprint on society, and that their simple little models are just representations designed to cut through the tangle of reality to get at some core truth. […]

Politics / Grassley, McConnell, Republicans, Supreme Court /

Lame Duck Hypocrisy

March 30, 2016

Let’s make this short and to the point. The current imbroglio over the Supreme Court is a perfect illustration of political hypocrisy writ large. On the one hand we are told by the Republican leadership that will not consider Obama’s nominee because they think that ‘the people’ ought to have a voice in who gets to […]

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