tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post5153203105432051035..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The "Trump Effect" On HappinessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-36554049777594318762020-10-02T22:37:26.006-04:002020-10-02T22:37:26.006-04:00Barkley Rosser
You ask “So, do you want to give a...Barkley Rosser<br /><br />You ask “So, do you want to give a quick explanation of what supposedly happened on Sept. 3, 2020 that was so earth shatteringly important about economics?”<br /><br />The significance of Sep 3, 2020, is that the genuine sciences have abandoned themselves by officially ending the separation of science and politics and by submitting themselves to political mob rule and the practices of the entertainment industry. See<br /><br />Occasional Tweets No 200903<br />https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2020/09/occasional-tweets-no-200903.html<br /><br />This, though, is what economists did long ago. Since the founding fathers, economists claim to be scientists but have never been anything else than political cockroaches.<br /><br />In the recent presidential debate, Mr. Biden called Mr. Trump a liar and clown. As above, so below. What holds for the occupant of the top institution holds mutatis mutandis for the occupants of large parts of the institutional body, academic economics in particular. See my assessment of Nov 2016<br /><br />Economists: The Trumps of science<br />https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2016/11/economists-trumps-of-science.html<br /><br />Egmont Kakarot-HandtkeAXEC / E.K-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402274109039114416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-28340192193836663442020-09-26T16:29:22.468-04:002020-09-26T16:29:22.468-04:00Egmont,
I am unable to use your link. So, do you ...Egmont,<br /><br />I am unable to use your link. So, do you want to give a quick explanation of what supposedly happened on Sept. 3, 2020 that was so earth shatteringly important about economics? I hope it was not just somebody actually spoke up to defend your goofy profit theory.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-84349454751918439022020-09-26T16:00:45.159-04:002020-09-26T16:00:45.159-04:00Barkley Rosser
On several occasions, I told you t...Barkley Rosser<br /><br />On several occasions, I told you that economics is NOT a science and economists are NOT scientists but stupid and corrupt agenda pushers. With your replies, you regularly proved my point.<br /><br />Things have now advanced into a new dimension. In a recent post I stated “Most people have not noticed it, but the official capitulation/sellout of science happened on Sep 3, 2020.”<br />https://axecorg.blogspot.com/2020/09/occasional-tweets-no-200903.html<br /><br />As it turned out, there was at least one person who realized the significance of the event: John Derbyshire “They Might As Well Put Bones Through Their Noses”— the Corruption of Scientific America.<br />https://www.unz.com/jderbyshire/they-might-as-well-put-bones-through-their-noses-the-corruption-of-scientific-america/<br /><br />Summarizing our exchanges about economics, it is fair to say that you played an active role in this development.<br /><br />Egmont Kakarot-HandtkeAXEC / E.K-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402274109039114416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-48402088694428752652020-09-24T13:28:51.300-04:002020-09-24T13:28:51.300-04:00September 24, 2020
Coronavirus
Spain
Cases ( ...September 24, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Spain<br /><br />Cases ( 704,209)<br />Deaths ( 31,118)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 665)<br /><br />Portugal<br /><br />Cases ( 71,156)<br />Deaths ( 1,931)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 190)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-77183346180692389172020-09-24T12:55:33.393-04:002020-09-24T12:55:33.393-04:00September 24, 2020
Coronavirus
Israel
Cases (...September 24, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Israel<br /><br />Cases ( 209,635)<br />Deaths ( 1,376)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 150)<br /><br />———————————–<br /><br />July 4, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Israel<br /><br />Cases ( 29,170)<br />Deaths ( 330)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 36)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-17425855189933689972020-09-23T20:00:47.216-04:002020-09-23T20:00:47.216-04:00About Israel, which distressingly recorded 11,316 ...About Israel, which distressingly recorded 11,316 new coronavirus cases today, the failure to contain the spread of infections reflects a structural healthcare problem that was understood even as Israel incautiously opened schools and business. Israel has had a medical laboratory or testing problem for quite a while, so that in opening schools and businesses there was a lack of testing and analysis. This problem was understood from the beginning, but correcting such a problem is costly in resources and under the circumstances slow.<br /><br />The patterns to be found in looking to the pandemic are repeatedly reflections of domestic public health or healthcare development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-45633353546735852012020-09-23T15:56:43.146-04:002020-09-23T15:56:43.146-04:00Israel recorded 9,762 coronavirus cases this today...Israel recorded 9,762 coronavirus cases this today. The health and resultant economic consequences of an incautious opening of schools and businesses have been devastating:<br /><br />September 23, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Israel<br /><br />Cases ( 203,136)<br />Deaths ( 1,316)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 143)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-79594067070913974852020-09-23T10:05:37.377-04:002020-09-23T10:05:37.377-04:00September 23, 2020
Coronavirus
Israel
Cases (...September 23, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Israel<br /><br />Cases ( 200,041)<br />Deaths ( 1,316)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 143)<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />July 4, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />Israel<br /><br />Cases ( 29,170)<br />Deaths ( 330)<br /><br />Deaths per million ( 36)<br /><br />Having apparently approached a containment of the coronavirus in June, the Israeli government incautiously opened schools and businesses, and the result has been a persistent community infection spread contributing to what are now 200,041 cases in the small country as compared to 85,307 in all through all of mainland China.<br /><br />Israel has tragically doubled and gone far beyond double the number of coronavirus cases in mainland China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-19151573755726720132020-09-23T09:51:26.795-04:002020-09-23T09:51:26.795-04:00https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/13087322218...https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1308732221851938817<br /><br />Paul Krugman @paulkrugman<br /><br />I wonder how many people are ready for just how bad the next six weeks plus are going to be. This is going to be the most dangerous election since 1860, with substantial odds that America as we know it will be damaged or even destroyed 1/<br /><br />7:37 AM · Sep 23, 2020<br /><br />Trump's campaign strategy is to brazen it out with obvious lies: the virus isn't a threat, we have a vaccine, the economy is booming, violent mobs are roaming the streets of New York. Many people will believe him 2/<br /><br />Even so, it probably — probably — won't be enough. He's behind in the polls, and the two most cited models give him a 15-23 percent chance of winning 3/ <br /><br />https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president… https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/…<br /><br />There is, however, a near-zero percent chance that he'll accept the result if he loses. He'll try to stop counting of absentee ballots, claim massive fraud, and probably try to get the Supreme Court to overturn the result 4/<br /><br />Expect violence from Trump supporters, maybe lots of it, both to disrupt voting on Election Day and in the days that follow. Is this overheated? So far Trump and his party have borne out every prediction by pessimists and made fools of optimists 5/<br /><br />If you aren't terrified, you aren't paying attention. But terror isn't productive; you should be asking what you personally can do to save democracy, which is very much under threat 6/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-20040722808756690792020-09-23T08:23:10.489-04:002020-09-23T08:23:10.489-04:00There has been no coronavirus death on the Chinese...There has been no coronavirus death on the Chinese mainland since May 17. There has been no community or domestic coronavirus case for 38 days. Since June began there have been only 2 limited community clusters of infections, in Beijing and Urumqi in Xinjiang, both of which were contained with mass testing, contact tracing and quarantine, and both outbreaks ended in a few weeks. Imported coronavirus cases are caught at entry points with required testing and immediate quarantine. Asymptomatic cases are all quarantined.<br /><br />The flow of imported cases to China is low, but has been persistent. There are as a result 168 active imported coronavirus cases on the Chinese mainland, but of which only 4 cases are classed as serious or critical.<br /><br />China has 11 COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials, 4 in phase three trials. Production of these vaccines is ongoing, should there be approval. Successful vaccines will be treated as public goods. *<br /><br />* https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-18/China-has-11-COVID-19-vaccines-in-clinical-trials-four-in-phase-III--TSRap2Yk6s/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46575557417495326022020-09-23T08:19:12.409-04:002020-09-23T08:19:12.409-04:00https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-23/Chinese-main...https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-23/Chinese-mainland-reports-10-new-COVID-19-cases-all-from-overseas-U0L2Be2IP6/index.html<br /><br />September 23, 2020<br /><br />Chinese mainland reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths<br /><br />The Chinese mainland registered 10 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, all from overseas, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.<br /><br />This is the 38th consecutive day without domestic transmissions on the Chinese mainland. No deaths from the disease were reported while 8 patients were discharged from hospitals.<br /><br />The total number of confirmed cases stands at 85,307 and the death toll at 4,634 on the Chinese mainland, while 385 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation.<br /><br />Chinese mainland new imported cases<br /><br />https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-23/Chinese-mainland-reports-10-new-COVID-19-cases-all-from-overseas-U0L2Be2IP6/img/ac9e52f44544487cb1e23bed5aa39116/ac9e52f44544487cb1e23bed5aa39116.jpeg<br /><br />Chinese mainland new asymptomatic cases<br /><br />https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-23/Chinese-mainland-reports-10-new-COVID-19-cases-all-from-overseas-U0L2Be2IP6/img/5146fd6ded2f4ecb8cf13d5912af8853/5146fd6ded2f4ecb8cf13d5912af8853.jpegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-51850709144846939992020-09-23T08:18:01.965-04:002020-09-23T08:18:01.965-04:00September 22, 2020
Coronavirus (Deaths per mill...September 22, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus (Deaths per million)<br /><br />US ( 620)<br />UK ( 615)<br />Mexico ( 570)<br />France ( 480)<br /><br />Canada ( 244)<br />Germany ( 113)<br />India ( 65)<br />China ( 3)<br /><br />Notice the ratios of deaths to coronavirus cases are 10.4%, 6.7% and 10.5% for the United Kingdom, France and Mexico respectively. Why these ratios are still so high, though they have been even higher, needs to be examined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-64377332770565706182020-09-23T08:16:20.032-04:002020-09-23T08:16:20.032-04:00September 22, 2020
Coronavirus
US
Cases ( 7,0...September 22, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />US<br /><br />Cases ( 7,097,937)<br />Deaths ( 205,471)<br /><br />India<br /><br />Cases ( 5,640,496)<br />Deaths ( 90,021)<br /><br />Mexico<br /><br />Cases ( 700,580)<br />Deaths ( 73,697)<br /><br />France<br /><br />Cases ( 468,069)<br />Deaths ( 31,416)<br /><br />UK<br /><br />Cases ( 403,551)<br />Deaths ( 41,825)<br /><br />Germany<br /><br />Cases ( 277,176)<br />Deaths ( 9,491)<br /><br />Canada<br /><br />Cases ( 146,663)<br />Deaths ( 9,234)<br /><br />China<br /><br />Cases ( 85,297)<br />Deaths ( 4,634)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-76970472037964197942020-09-23T08:15:09.542-04:002020-09-23T08:15:09.542-04:00https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/re...https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-75th-session-united-nations-general-assembly/<br /><br />September 22, 2020<br /><br />Remarks by President Trump to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly<br />________________________________<br />________________________________<br /><br />The White House<br /><br />PRESIDENT TRUMP: It is my profound honor to address the United Nations General Assembly.<br /><br />Seventy-five years after the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations, we are once again engaged in a great global struggle. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy — the China virus — which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries.<br /><br />In the United States, we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the Second World War. We rapidly produced a record supply of ventilators, creating a surplus that allowed us to share them with friends and partners all around the globe. We pioneered life-saving treatments, reducing our fatality rate 85 percent since April.<br /><br />Thanks to our efforts, three vaccines are in the final stage of clinical trials. We are mass-producing them in advance so they can be delivered immediately upon arrival.<br /><br />We will distribute a vaccine, we will defeat the virus, we will end the pandemic, and we will enter a new era of unprecedented prosperity, cooperation, and peace.<br /><br />As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China.<br /><br />In the earliest days of the virus, China locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave China and infect the world. China condemned my travel ban on their country, even as they cancelled domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes.<br /><br />The Chinese government and the World Health Organization — which is virtually controlled by China — falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Later, they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease.<br /><br />The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-6977040251015469022020-09-22T16:05:17.743-04:002020-09-22T16:05:17.743-04:00For Fred Dobbs:
https://angrybearblog.com/2020/09...For Fred Dobbs:<br /><br />https://angrybearblog.com/2020/09/the-us-is-a-white-christian-country-everyone-else-is-here-on-sufferance.html<br /><br />“The US is a white Christian country....”<br /><br />These words, these supposed quoted words, alone, were never written nor reported as spoken by Franklin Roosevelt.<br /><br />“The US is a white Christian country. Everyone else is here on sufferance”<br /><br />There is no such written or spoken quote from Franklin Roosevelt.<br /><br />[ Use of these false words, use of the false quote, is beyond regrettable. ]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-7355472233497895232020-09-22T15:46:13.903-04:002020-09-22T15:46:13.903-04:00https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/22...https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/22/covid-funds-pentagon/<br /><br />September 22, 2020<br /><br />Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor<br />Shortly after Congress passed the Cares Act, the Pentagon began directing pandemic-related money to defense contractors.<br />By Aaron Gregg and Yeganeh Torbati - Washington Post<br />A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts, body armor and dress uniforms.<br /><br />The change illustrates how one taxpayer-backed effort to battle the novel coronavirus, which has killed about 200,000 Americans, was instead diverted toward patching up long-standing perceived gaps in military supplies....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-58921858520746520272020-09-22T15:14:53.180-04:002020-09-22T15:14:53.180-04:00September 22, 2020
Coronavirus
US
Cases ( 7,0...September 22, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />US<br /><br />Cases ( 7,065,934)<br />Deaths ( 205,064)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-54567083089383435542020-09-22T13:19:47.790-04:002020-09-22T13:19:47.790-04:00September 22, 2020
Coronavirus
US
Cases ( 7,0...September 22, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus<br /><br />US<br /><br />Cases ( 7,058,674)<br />Deaths ( 204,887)<br /><br />What the American data should tell is that there are serious public health weaknesses, beyond a weakness in political leadership, and these public health weaknesses or problems need to be studied and methodically addressed. However, there seems remarkably little interest in going beyond faulting leadership.<br /><br />There is seemingly no interest in even looking to the need for universal health care insurance in the wake of such an epidemic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-41006981895015830542020-09-22T12:04:29.659-04:002020-09-22T12:04:29.659-04:00For Fred Dobbs:
There is no such quote that has b...For Fred Dobbs:<br /><br />There is no such quote that has been attributed to Franklin Roosevelt. Fool that I am, I was correct in this lonely instance. Beyond the matter of this quote, you are ever so much more knowledgeable than I could ever hope to be and I will always rely on your teaching.<br /><br />I am however correct in this matter, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-6648583925735722042020-09-22T11:57:44.097-04:002020-09-22T11:57:44.097-04:00For Fred Dobbs:
I know that you are far more know...For Fred Dobbs:<br /><br />I know that you are far more knowledgeable than I could ever be and I regret having interfered and will never do so again, but since I did interfere I was correct. There is no such quote that has been attributed to Franklin Roosevelt.<br /><br />The quote attributed to Franklin Roosevelt was never written or spoken by Roosevelt. There is no such quote reported from Roosevelt. The attribution should then be removed.<br /><br />As for all else, you are always right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-30156614239958826872020-09-22T11:55:29.488-04:002020-09-22T11:55:29.488-04:00FACING UP TO FDR’S RACISM
http://new.wymaninstitu...FACING UP TO FDR’S RACISM<br /><br />http://new.wymaninstitute.org/2019/07/facing-up-to-fdrs-racism/<br /><br />The only immigrants who should be admitted to the United States are those who have “blood of the right sort.” Immigration should be severely restricted for “a good many years to come,” until the United States is able to “digest” those who have already been admitted.<br /><br />One need look no further than today’s headlines to find an American political leader expressing such sentiments. But they can also be found in statements made by Franklin D. Roosevelt, five years after he ran as the Democratic nominee for vice-president, and less than eight before he was elected president. …<br /><br />(And various earlier presidents were slave-holders.<br /><br />We are better now than we were back then.<br /><br />We still have a long way to go.)Fred C. Dobbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-39672567312003457952020-09-22T11:04:21.288-04:002020-09-22T11:04:21.288-04:00For Fred Dobbs:
Here is the essay with the suppos...For Fred Dobbs:<br /><br />Here is the essay with the supposed quote and mistaken attribution to which you responded:<br /><br />https://angrybearblog.com/2020/09/the-us-is-a-white-christian-country-everyone-else-is-here-on-sufferance.html<br /><br />Please do ask for the quote attribution to be removed and correct the needless apology for FDR you inadvertently made.<br /><br />[ The attribution of the supposed quote is mistaken. I would hope any reader would have the decency and dignity to understand that. ]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-85217870292896625322020-09-22T09:41:00.754-04:002020-09-22T09:41:00.754-04:00There has been no coronavirus death on the Chinese...There has been no coronavirus death on the Chinese mainland since May 17. There has been no community or domestic coronavirus case for 37 days. Since June began there have been only 2 limited community clusters of infections, in Beijing and Urumqi in Xinjiang, both of which were contained with mass testing, contact tracing and quarantine, and both outbreaks ended in a few weeks. Imported coronavirus cases are caught at entry points with required testing and immediate quarantine. Asymptomatic cases are all quarantined.<br /><br />The flow of imported cases to China is low, but has been persistent. There are as a result 166 active imported coronavirus cases on the Chinese mainland, but of which only 4 cases are classed as serious or critical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-53447485322462400402020-09-22T09:38:42.873-04:002020-09-22T09:38:42.873-04:00https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-22/Chinese-main...https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-22/Chinese-mainland-reports-6-new-COVID-19-cases-all-form-overseas-TZ5F5HgS7C/index.html<br /><br />September 21, 2020<br /><br />Chinese mainland reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths<br /><br />The Chinese mainland registered 6 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, all from overseas, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.<br /><br />This is the 37th consecutive day without domestic transmissions on the Chinese mainland. No deaths from the disease were reported while 13 patients were discharged from hospitals.<br /><br />The total number of confirmed cases stands at 85,297 and the death toll at 4,634 on the Chinese mainland, while 391 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation.<br /><br />https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-06/Chinese-mainland-reports-10-new-COVID-19-cases-all-from-overseas-Tyvqw9qrW8/img/2cb21af19b41483cb23b64805c2108ac/2cb21af19b41483cb23b64805c2108ac.jpeg<br /><br />Chinese mainland new imported cases<br /><br />https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-22/Chinese-mainland-reports-6-new-COVID-19-cases-all-form-overseas-TZ5F5HgS7C/img/7fa716b64ebd4724939ed91b2308a536/7fa716b64ebd4724939ed91b2308a536.jpeg<br /><br />Chinese mainland new asymptomatic cases<br /><br />https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-22/Chinese-mainland-reports-6-new-COVID-19-cases-all-form-overseas-TZ5F5HgS7C/img/14d390e8c0f74398ad304f5a7e594e87/14d390e8c0f74398ad304f5a7e594e87.jpegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-87723865639757188432020-09-22T09:36:03.211-04:002020-09-22T09:36:03.211-04:00September 21, 2020
Coronavirus (Deaths per mill...September 21, 2020<br /><br />Coronavirus (Deaths per million)<br /><br />US ( 617)<br />UK ( 615)<br />Mexico ( 569)<br />France ( 480)<br /><br />Canada ( 244)<br />Germany ( 113)<br />India ( 64)<br />China ( 3)<br /><br />Notice the ratios of deaths to coronavirus cases are 10.5%, 6.8% and 10.5% for the United Kingdom, France and Mexico respectively. Why these ratios are still so high, though they have been even higher, needs to be examined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com