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Today’s great sentence, from Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman is about the only person who can get me to understand macro-economics. If that’s what it’s called nowadays. You know, gigantic-scale things involving gigantic amounts of money. Today he takes on the new Biden tax proposal and a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, The War On Workers, Trumpism
Tagged Janet Yellen, Paul Krugman, Trump tax cuts
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The uncivil war in Wall Street: an amusing juxtaposition
For those of you who don’t get the New York Times in hard copy, or who don’t read it because you read another major newspaper… Today’s op-ed pages offer a really kind of funny sort of debate between Paul Krugman, … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged James Bennet, Paul Krugman, Steven Rattner, Wall Street
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Howard Schultz: Avatar of the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Last Sunday I visited my sister and brother-in-law in New Jersey. Rob (my bro-in-law) asked me if I’d been following all things Trump. “It’s just about all I do,” I told him. What else is life right now? Later, while … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer boycott, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged avatar, Dunning-Kruger Effect, hazelnut coffee, Howard Schultz, Paul Krugman, Porto Rico Coffee, Starbucks, Trump
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