Political Economy category archive
This New Gilded Age 0
Surprise! Surprise! Monopolies are coming back (except for the ones that are already here.)
The Roll-Back 0
Methinks Bruce Schneier makes a valid point.
However much he wants to, Trump is not going to be able to roll back the clock, but he’s going to do a heck of a lot damage along the way.
Misfire 0
Via The Japan Times, Columbia University Professor Zongyuan Zoe Liu makes a strong case that China is winning the trade war that Trump chose to start. Here’s a tiny bit:
That is why Chinese leaders, businesspeople and entrepreneurs have focused on building resilience and self-reliance, which means, first and foremost, reducing dependence on U.S. markets and technology.
Afterthought:
Trump is indeed running the government like a business, and that business is Enron.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Jim Bachus, in the voice of Thurston Howell III:
The writers of Gilligan’s Island meant this as a joke.
They did not anticipate that it would come to be the guiding principle of the Chicago School and of today’s Republican Party.
Suffer the Children 0
Once again we are reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Kansas resident Dion Lefler listens to Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and hears a big ugly rhyme from Kansas’s recent past.
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*Mark Twain.
Responsible Fiscals 0
David discusses Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments about how Trump’s tariffs may tank the economy. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Responsible Fiscals 0
The Congressional Budget Office runs the numbers on Donald Trump’s tax cut billionaire giveaway bill.
As far as I can tell, no matter how you do the math, they do not add up to “responsible.”
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom wonder why the richest country in history is the only wealthy country where working people need welfare to survive.
Sabotaging the Common Good 0
One of the (many) things that the Trump maladministration and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers do not seem to understand–or care about–is that mindlessly slashing federal programs so as to fund tax cuts for fat cats who already have more money than they know what to do with harms real people.
Running Ruining the Country Like a Business
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Rick Strom at TYT Sports suggests that Trump and the Trumpettes are–er–pursuing counterproductive policies.
The Artless Dodger 0
David comments on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s refusal to give a straight answer to a straight question. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)