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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Bicycles and Wine Tariffs

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Jeffrey Frankel has a must read blog over at Econbrowser: The “bicycle theory” used to be a metaphor for international trade policy. Just...
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Friday, November 29, 2019

The Current State of the U.S. Dairy Industry

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I had to endure a discussion of the plight of American dairy farmers where Trump’s trade policies were somehow to blame. Stephanie Mercier ...
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Why Did Oil Prices Plunge This Black Friday?

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Nothing to do with the American super big shopping day after Thanksgiving, but several items, some of which may reverse themselves.  As it i...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Putin Beating Up People At Russia's Top University

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That would be Moscow State University, the "Harvard" of Russia. Not in the MSM at all, but I have mu sources, and apparently som...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Complicating The ARAMCO IPO

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Thee Saudi ARAMCO IPO is happening on the Saudi exchange just for Saudi citizens, where apparently there is a not-so-subtle campaign on well...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Have the Transfer Pricing Experts at KPMG Heard of the Repo Ruckus?

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If one thinks Trump’s economic advisors are the dumbest people on the planet, I have a new candidate for that award – a few supposed experts...
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Sunday, November 24, 2019

Chaos Theory And Global Climate Change

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I am currently attending the Southern Economic Association meetings in Fort Lauderdale, where the street facing the hotel was underwater dur...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The End Of Decades Having Identities In The USA?

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We are closing on the centennial of the beginning of decades having identities in the USA, the "Roaring 20s" of the 20th century. ...
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Is Venezuela Stabilizing?

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Maybe. ry It looks the inflation ratei in Venezuela maxed  out in January at an annuualized rate of 192,000 % , whiich fell by September to...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019

"Are Robots Stealing Your Job?" is the Wrong Question

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Andrew Yang says, " Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job " in an op-ed at the New York Times . Paul Krugman thinks they're not an...
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Ukraine Corruption and Transfer Pricing

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As I listened to the testimony of Bill Taylor and George Kent, I was also reading up on some South African transfer pricing case involving i...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

What quid did the president quo and when did he quo it?

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Aside from the headline news about a July 26 phone call, I learned four big things from the impeachment inquiry hearing this morning. First,...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

OK, Who Approved Of The Ads Here Now?

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And not only that, presumably they are paying money to put them on, so who is getting that money?  I am not, although it may not amount to m...
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Friday, November 8, 2019

"ok boomer " or "gas all boomers"

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Within the last week or so there seems to have been an explosion of yattering over "ok boomer." Over the last few years in various...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Mankiw’s Ideal Democrat (Bloomberg Alert)

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Greg Mankiw has always been a Never Trumper: I just came back from city hall, where I switched my voter registration from Republican to un...
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