The Political Colour of Fiscal Responsibility: Trump’s Fiscal Policy as a Republican Tradition
Why Democrats are the party of fiscal orthodoxy.
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‘Enormous Victory’: US Judge Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Electronic Devices Unconstitutional
A judge slaps down DHS for its abuses of border searches of citizens’ devices.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/12/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Warren, Republican impeachment talking points, the debates, Democrats and the suburbs, small business optimism, auto inventories, Amazon, Alexa, IoT and wearables, wetlands, infrastructural technical debt, dams, students newspapers, InstaCart, food carts, K-Pop
Read more...The Economics of Neutrality in World War II
Neutrality in World War II meant appeasing the belligerents.
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The Many Ways Sanders and Warren Are Different & Why It Matters
A look at key policy differences between Sanders and Warren.
Read more...Billionaire Entryism: Prospects and Problems for Mayor “Mike” Bloomberg’s Presidential Run
Who is Bloomberg going to take votes from? Will his late entry into the campaign work? Oppo, oppo, oppo! Can be buy enough votes? And is he really running?!
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: open thread
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How The iPhone Widens the US Trade Deficit With China: The Case Of The iPhone X
The iPhone case unambiguously demonstrates that conventional trade statistics significantly inflate China’s trade imbalance with the US.
Read more...30 Years After the Berlin Wall Came Down, East and West Germany Are Still Divided
Why Eastern Germany is still a place apart.
Read more...Electronic Voting Machine Debacle Continues in 2019, Setting Dangerous Precedent for 2020
Bloomberg’s recent story on electronic voting machines is good, but ignores their private equity owners, soft-pedals the role of corruption, and ignores the incursion of the intelligence community into the voting process.
Read more...As New York Takes Exxon to Court, Big Oil’s Strategy Against Climate Lawsuits Is Slowly Unveiled
Rex Tillerson grilled in New York City courtroom.
Read more...The Managers’ Coup d’Etat in Health Care Appears Complete – a Study of Top Health Care “Influencers”
How health care in America has been undermined by the deliberate elevation of know-nothing mangers.
Read more...Dean Baker: A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security Is What America Needs
Social Security has been oddly absent from the Presidential debate. Time to remedy that.
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