Trump’s China gambit
I’m so risk-averse I don’t even like to play the stock market. My aversion to risk is one of the many, many, many reasons I’m not Donald Trump. On the other hand, I do own some stocks, and I understand … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Finance and economics
More on Mueller’s folly: Rick Gates’ testimony
I know I’ve already written recently about the Manafort trial and Rick Gates’s testimony but I feel the urge to link to this post by streiff at RedState because it contains some tweets with details of the courtroom shenanigans that … Continue reading →
As Zimbabwe goes, so goes South Africa?
Whatever the reasons, it’s dangerous for governments to confiscate the land of citizens without compensation, as the leading party of South Africa is now poised to do. Their reasons reflect the complex history of South Africa, a place where black … Continue reading →
Economic ignorance: Ocasio-Cortez continues
More economic ignorance on display from Ocasio-Cortez, possessor of a dual degree in economics and international relations from Boston University. See this as well. When I was reading about the latest from Ocasio-Cortez, I started to remember all the giddy … Continue reading →
Trump and Juncker: the dealmakers
Is this a deal on trade with Europe, or just a blueprint for a future deal?: President Trump’s top economic adviser said Thursday that the United States and the European Union will join forces to hold China accountable for unfair … Continue reading →
Vienna: come for the pastry, stay for the subsidized housing
This article in HuffPo describes how wonderful the housing in Vienna is, and how cheap: “Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise: Public housing is the accommodation of last resort in the U.S. Not so in Austria’s capital city.” Paragraph after paragraph describes … Continue reading →
It’s worse than you think with Ocasio-Cortez and her statement on unemployment
Even Politifact and FactCheck couldn’t parse Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s astonishing statement about the cause of unemployment in a way that made her look anything but ignorant on the subject. From the first site: During the interview, Ocasio-Cortez said, “Unemployment is low … Continue reading →
Don’t walk too close to a tall building in China
You’ll see why, if you watch this [hat tip: commenter “DNW”]: Apparently it all has to do with this phenomenon: Construction of “commodity housing” is driven by the disparity between urban and rural land prices. Rural land, which must be … Continue reading →
Trump’s tariff war…
…is a high-stakes gamble: If President Trump succeeds in getting other countries to cut their tariff rates, that would be great. But if his actions lead other countries’ governments to raise their tariff rates, then, within a few years, we … Continue reading →
More Obama lies during the Iran deal
Obama really, really, really wanted that deal, and he was more than willing to lie to Congress to further it: The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran access ”” albeit briefly ”” to the U.S. financial system by sidestepping … Continue reading →
What about those tariffs?
I don’t really have a knowledgeable point of view on what Trump’s tariffs are likely to actually do. Not my strong suit. But I pass along this evaluation that seems equally devoid of Trump-shilling and anti-Trump hysteria: “The impact of … Continue reading →
Fleeing San Francisco
They seem to take yearly polls on the question, and the last few years the numbers wanting to leave San Francisco have gone up, up, up: A poll released Sunday by a local advocacy group showed that 46 percent of … Continue reading →