Category: economics and politics
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WSJ: Ultrarich, privacy and income inequality
This is from the Journal – Let them eat cake? “The Ultrarich are spending a fortune to live in extreme privacy. In Miami and elsewhere, the wealthy are moving in increasingly private spheres, shelling out big money to bypass the indignities of public life. When developers Masoud and Stephanie Shojaee dined out recently, they headed…
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“Trump, affordability and Growth”
This is all very well and good news, BUT see my Journal article exceprt tomorrow. From the Wall Street Journal column Best of the Web The Trump economy appears to be cooking. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has just upgraded its estimate for real U.S. economic growth in the third quarter to a robust…
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Good interview – the healthcare mess & a partial answer.
This is an extensive (9 minute) excerpt from a longer (16 minute) interview. The recommendations at the end of the section would be a big improvement but nothing is perfect.
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JD Vance asked tough questions on immigration & religion
The video is nine minutes long. Good questions and good answers.
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WSJ: “Bias Meltdown at the BBC”
No surprise. They used to be even worse. “It’s a warning to Western democracies not to let the government control news production.” Tim Davie, the BBC’s director-general, had little choice other than to quit, and neither did the head of the BBC’s news division, Deborah Turness. In a memo leaked last week to the Telegraph…