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    Economics is a Waste of Time

    February 14, 2017

    There I said it. There comes a point when we all have to stop banging our heads against the wall and just step back. Why, we ask in such moments, are we wasting our time? The wall is immoveable. It is indifferent to our efforts. It is solid. It has the appearance of permanence. It […]

    Economics, Politics / health care, Republicans /

    Obamacare Replacement News

    February 12, 2017

    Well, there isn’t any. Replacement is clearly a little more difficult than the Republican party thought it was going to be. In fact it is beginning to look a lot like being impossible. Whatever turns up, whenever it turns up, and however it is presented could be a monumental fudge. Jason Linkins has a detailed […]

    Economics, Politics / libertarian economics, Milton Friedman /

    Not Friedman!

    February 9, 2017

    While I was checking the inner debates the Republicans are having about health care I came across this quote [in an article written by Tierney Sneed in TPM] from Representative David Brat, an extreme right winger: “When it comes to how much you want to park in the HSAs for providing catastrophic care, that, when […]

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