—“Perhaps more consequential than America’s eye-catching 3.2% growth figure, was unexpectedly weak inflation”—The Economist
Source date (UTC): 2019-05-01 10:35:51 UTC
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Category: Economics, Finance, and Political Economy
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It has everything to do with socialism – and the corruption that results from st
It has everything to do with socialism – and the corruption that results from state management of resources, particularly oil. You want redistribution? Fine. You want socialism (state management) sorry. You’re the enemy of human life.
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-30 22:53:16 UTC
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Hope you Trump supporters take note: these difficulties in Venezuela has nothing to do with socialism. It is caused by a corrupt leader who refuses to accept the results of an election. Could happen here.
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Does anyone really disagree Karl, or is it just “to what ends to we put debt to?
Does anyone really disagree Karl, or is it just “to what ends to we put debt to?” and “Whose political interests are we funding in opposition to ours?” IMO the problem is one of measurement and communication. We can’t educate the population without some index of returns on it.
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-29 00:30:45 UTC
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Worst. Possible. Incentives. Produce worst possible outcomes. sigh
Worst. Possible. Incentives. Produce worst possible outcomes. sigh….
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-28 00:57:22 UTC
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In 1983, The Comprehensive Forfeiture Act gave federal agents nearly unlimited power to seize assets from private citizens.
The mastermind behind the bill? Senator Joe Biden.
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point being economic cost of replacement. other point being extension of dark ag
point being economic cost of replacement. other point being extension of dark ages.
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-15 22:39:15 UTC
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@curtdoolittle And you should be glad for it.
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“between time, or across time”. common term of art in certain economic circles,
“between time, or across time”. common term of art in certain economic circles, indicates that one thinks in marginalists (steps,cycles,recursion) rather than aggregates (mathiness).
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-15 17:56:37 UTC
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@curtdoolittle Intertemporal …. I will have to look that up
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You aren’t looking at it correctly. It’s a profit opportunity. Everything that i
You aren’t looking at it correctly. It’s a profit opportunity. Everything that isn’t welded down is there for the taking. Going Viking is how you get rich. 😉
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-13 23:28:18 UTC
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RT @MacRoweNick: Let me put it this way: Economic theories which say the IS curv
RT @MacRoweNick: Let me put it this way:
Economic theories which say the IS curve is vertical and the Phillips Curve is horizontal are them…
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-12 11:19:40 UTC
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Thus the myth must end: free trade is just an excuse to engage in the very crime
Thus the myth must end: free trade is just an excuse to engage in the very crimes that the left claims of capitalists: socialization&privatization. Either one is engaged in reciprocity or one is engaged only in the voluntary, or one is engaged in the involuntary AND irreciprocal.
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-09 21:14:02 UTC
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My friend @tylercowen new book is out today. It is an all-in defense of American capitalism. Even if you disagree with him, you should read it because a) intellectual bubbles suck and b) to see an extraordinary mind at work. https://t.co/7IgvkfbLX6
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Thirdly, income taxes encourage startups and entrepreneurs, while VAT taxes favo
Thirdly, income taxes encourage startups and entrepreneurs, while VAT taxes favor conglomerates who already have access to markets. This is one of the reasons for lower employment in VAT countries.
Source date (UTC): 2019-04-07 14:08:57 UTC
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