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Monday, August 31, 2020

Assar Lindbeck Passes On

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 Assar Lindbeck died on Aug. 28 at the age of 90, probably the most influential Swedish economist of the latter part of the 20th century.  H...
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There Will Be No Postponing Social Security Taxes

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 Among the items that President Trump issued an "executive action" about three weeks ago was that for people earning less than aro...
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Sunday, August 30, 2020

An Increasing Anomaly In The US Balance Of Payments

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 On Econbrowser Menzie Chinn has posted about an increase in the scale of US international net indebtedenss. Since the late 1980s the US has...
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Monday, August 24, 2020

Remembering The Bombing Of Sterling Hall A Half Century Ago

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 A half century ago at 3:42 AM on Monday, August 24, 1970, the New Year's Gang set off an ammonium nitrate bomb in the back of a Ford pi...
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Friday, August 21, 2020

Whining About Lack Of Academic Leadership

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 At my so-called university named for the fourth president, the slaveowning "Father of the Constitution."  No, I am not going to t...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Kamala Harris Also Has An Economist Uncle

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 Who I happen to know and who got his PhD in economics and computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is now being ident...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

The UAE-Israel Deal

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 Several days ago the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel have agreed to have diplomatic relations, with this being the third Arab nation ...
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Sunday, August 16, 2020

"UTTERLY DESTITUTE OF ARRANGEMENT"

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

MARX’S PAMPHLETIST: CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE AND HIS TRACT ON THE SOURCE AND REMEDY OF THE NATIONAL DIFFICULTIES (1821)

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Giancarlo de Vivo, Contributions to Political Economy , Volume 38, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 59–73,   LINK Abstract This paper considers a largel...
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Friday, August 14, 2020

The End Of Special Fiscal Stimulus

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 A week ago a two week long negotiation between Dem Congresspeople, Nancy Pelosi from the House and Chuck Schumer from the Senate and Treasu...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Donald J. Harris And His Daughter Kamala Harris

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 Now the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, a historic pick, no matter what one thinks of her, and I know quite a...
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Sunday, August 9, 2020

"Executive Oder" Versus "Executive Action" Such As A Memorandum

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 Most o the  news media has reported that President Donald J. Trump has signed four "executive orders" involving extending unemplo...
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Friday, August 7, 2020

Interpol Supports Murder Charge Against MbS

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 In today's Washington Post David Ignatius reports that Interpol refused a request from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) to ...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

The Disaster That Lebanon Has Become

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It is now on the front pages with a massive explosion of over 2000 tons of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse near Beirut's port, with over...
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Team Trump on Susan Rice as Biden’s Running Mate

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Next to Joe Biden, Susan Rice may be the most qualified person to lead our nation back from the utter disaster created by our allowing Donal...
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