Economists Have Been Demoted in Washington. That’s a Bad Idea.
This is really bad.
The Red White and Blue Pill
Economists Have Been Demoted in Washington. That’s a Bad Idea.
This is really bad.
Among the 1.3 million people who sought asylum in Europe in 2015 were nearly a hundred thousand unaccompanied children. Most were from Afghanistan and Syria. Thirteen per cent were younger than fourteen years old. The data for 2016 are incomplete, but the situation is comparable. Experts estimate that for every child who claims asylum one enters Europe without seeking legal protection. (The number of unaccompanied minors attempting to enter the United States, most of them from Central America, has also increased dramatically in recent years. President Trump’s executive order on immigration, in addition to barring refugees, targets asylum seekers, many of whom are unaccompanied children.) At an age at which most kids need supervision to complete their homework, these children cross continents alone.
Worth a read.
New (Republican) Support for a Carbon Tax | Econofact
Clear and well written. Worth a read.
After reading 20+ articles on what Trump supporters want most common themes seem to be End of political correctness Stop making fun of us I think you can only pick one. Do something to help us Keep government out Again, pick one. Protect our culture by building a wall Stop calling us bigots Ok. I… Continue reading Reading about Trump supporters is counter productive.
The First Rule of These Facebook Groups: Don’t Talk Trump
Apparently, banning pro-trump talk is political correctness. Also, not banning anti-trump talk is political correctness.
According to press reports, the Trump administration is basing its budget projections on the assumption that the U.S. economy will grow very rapidly over the next decade — in fact, almost twice as fast as independent institutions like the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve expect. There is, as far as we can tell,… Continue reading Krugman: On Economic Arrogance
How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
Thiel’s brand of big-government libertarianism is nutty.
Republican Health Plans Have Winners And Losers, Just Like Obamacare
Trump has promised magical plan that will cost nothing and solve everything because of good deals. Not going to happen. All the plans have good and bad parts. Some more good than bad, others more bad than good.