The Red White and Blue Pill
The Political Legacy of American Slavery
>Whites who currently live in Southern counties that had high shares of slaves population in 1860 are less likely to identify as Democrat, more likely to oppose affirmative action policies, and more likely to express racial resentment toward blacks
But if you suggest racism is still a problem, or that it is a problem in the parts of the country that are southern, older and more republican you are accused of as race baiting.
Jose Ranye, 37, bragged he’s the best picker in Americus, the largest community near the farm. His whirling hands filled one bucket in 25 seconds. He said he dumped about 200 buckets of cucumbers before lunch, meaning he earned roughly $20 an hour. He expected to double his tickets before the end of the day.
None of the probationers could keep pace. Pay records showed the best filled only 134 buckets a day, and some as little as 20. They lingered at the water cooler behind the truck, sat on overturned red buckets for smoke breaks and stopped working to take cell phone calls.
In short, we have turned good workers into criminals and turned criminals into bad workers, losing on both ends of the deal. Incredible.
From The fruits of immigration
The disaster that is Georgia’s immigration laws. Can we reconsider guest worker visas now?
If you take the relevant division to be “before and after WWII,” the Fed looks pretty good.
From What is the case for the Fed?
More honest discussion on the fed, demonstrating it is possible to debate its merits without hyperbole.
2013 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Fed. What have we got for our money?
From Marginal Revolution: Has the Fed Been a Failure?
Fair critique of the FED.
David Leonhardt’s column breaking down the “causes” of the budget deficit has been widely reported and the bottom line repeated many times:
President Obama’s agenda, ambitious as it may be, is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits, despite what many of his Republican critics are saying.
This is a must read.
