[unable to retrieve full-text content]“The New Know Nothings’ wrecking ball” – by Merrill Goozner GoozNews Pictures from this weekend’s Stand up for Science at the Lincoln Memorial sent me scrambling for the history books. Thousands turned out to protest the cuts in science funding ordered by the New Know Nothings: A president who declares global warming a hoax; a […] The post Know Nothings appeared first on Angry Bear.

Any boat owner will understand what is going on in the markets right now. 

[unable to retrieve full-text content]President Musk’s superpower is that elected officials (Trump, GOP Congressmen) can just claim to be out of the loop and cede the staffing of government and the power of the purse to an unelected billionaire. I can’t think of another example of such an egregious failure of Constitutional government in the US. All the historical […] The post Duck and cover appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Let’s call Medicaid by its real name. “While 80 million Americans are insured through Medicaid, many people don’t think of themselves as “on Medicaid” — even when they are. “Why? Because Medicaid is not branded as Medicaid in most states. If you tell a patient in South Carolina they might lose Medicaid, their eyes may […] The post The branding of Medicaid appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]It must be fun to play the crowd, making them think what a tough guy the president is. Did he (being Trump) not know there was a trade agreement with Mexico? Something called the USMCA Agreement? Of course, he did. Of course, much of the US population do not realize this exists and has existed […] The post USMAC Exempts Certain Items Coming out of Mexico and Canada appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]There is no hesitation to lock up a citizen when they defy a Federal judge’s ruling. Trump is no better than a citizen even though he is the president. His rights are no different than our rights. Lock the SOB up if he defies the law. At the least, charge him. The law also applies […] The post Defying a Federal Judge’s Orders appeared first on Angry Bear.

Apparently, many mainstream economists assert that anything worthwhile in economics will be published in one of a few journals. The following is a selection of some articles from these well-respected journals, as I understand it: American Economic Review Donald J. Harris. 1973. Capital, distribution, and the aggregate production function. AER. 63(1): 100-113. David Laibman and Edward J. Nell. 1977. Reswitching, Wicksell effects, and the neoclassical production function. AER,...

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from Dean Baker The Republicans and Donald Trump seem set on establishing a strategic crypto reserve. They are claiming this will somehow be an important source of economic security for the country. It’s clear that establishing the reserve will be an important way to give tens of billions of dollars to Donald Trump’s campaign contributors, but it is much harder to see how it will provide any economic security to the country. To better understand the logic of a strategic crypto reserve, it...