Does Trump Really Know Economics?

Businessmen as economists


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Elizabeth Warren

Donald Trump can't be president.


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Tyler Cowen: What the Hell Is Going On?

Sounds like a good hypothesis to me.


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When Is a Fox a Moron? Or Something.

Back to school, Fox News.

Now eagles are mammals (according to Fox News).

Understanding Unemployment

Ed Dolan provides a cogent (as usual) discussion of differing measures of unemployment and the purposes for which they might be useful.

What does the unemployment rate measure?

How to Boost the Economy

A recipe for growth.

Bring back the Clinton era economy.

Three Conceptions of Biography

I am enjoying Daniel Little's "Understanding Society."

Understanding Society

Trump Is Insane

This is no longer a question of Republicans versus Democrats. Trump is not fit to be president. He has no grasp of economics or foreign policy. He wants to run the country like he runs his casinos. Build them out and if no one plays walk away, default on the debt and deal with the creditors by negotiating down the debt.

Here's why that is a supremely bad idea: Trump's debt plan.

On Inequality

What is inequality and what can be done about it?

Naturalism vs. Theism

Sean Carroll on Naturalism vs. Theism

More from Sean Carroll on "Poetic Naturalism"

Things You Should Know About a Carbon Tax

Nine things everyone should know about a carbon tax.

Early Banking (and I mean really early)

Monks in Banking

The Anti-Trump

Shadiq Khan elected mayor of London

Benchmarking ignorance

Trump's appalling ignorance


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Let's Hear It for Helicopter Money

Anatole Kaletsky on helicopter money.


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The Trump con

Politics and con men


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Location:W 12th St,Kansas City,United States

The debt is not a problem

Where does Trump get his bad ideas? The Republican elite, of course.


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Trumpism has arrived

Don't use Arabic numerals on an airplane./


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If Only It Could Be True

This would be a dream outcome for Democrats.

For once I hope George Will is right.

April 15--Milan, Our Last Day in Italy

I met Jocelyn at the airport in Milan when she arrived, but we straightaway hopped on a train to Trento, so she didn't get to see any of the city. So on the way back we spent most of a day walking around Milan, finally stopping at a recommended restaurant for dinner. That turned out to be, if not a mistake, at least a complication. The restaurant was as good as we were told, but restaurants in Italy don't open until 7pm. By the time we finished and walked a short distance to the train station, retrieved our bags and bought tickets, the 8:35 train to the airport had left. Unfortunately, after 8:35 the trains run only every hour, so the next train was at 9:35. An hour to the airport and swapping terminals to get to our hotel meant that we didn't get to our room until about 11pm. Five-thirty came very early. A word about the Milan airport--we had to walk four miles (according to our iPhone apps) to get to our gate. Back and forth through the terminal and twice through security. Seemed excessive to me.

But Milan was very nice and the weather was perfect. Here are some photos I took while we walked around. I posted exterior shots of the cathedral in an earlier post. The interior is not as fancy as the outside (except maybe for the floor), but it is a really nice example of a fancier gothic style church.

The interior of the cathedral.

Detail of the floor.

The bronze doors.

Across from the cathedral is a museum and another small church.

We also took the subway out to the Royal Palace/Castello Sforzesco which is now a museum. Jocelyn and I walked around while Susan rested on a bench in the courtyard.