Dr. Anthony Fauci (interviewed by David Rubenstein)
David Rubenstein speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Medal of Freedom recipient who leads the government’s premier institute...
Economic Errors: Right Wing edition
@TBPInvictus here: I want to avoid the usual “false equivalencies” and “both sides do it” approach, and ask a...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 4%
@TBPInvictus here. Real GDP Percent Change from Quarter One Year Ago, Annually, End of Period Source: FRED The Bureau of...
Flag Fashion
I am always intrigued by the psychological and cognitive issues hidden in the news. The Nike Betsy Ross flag issue revealed a number of...
Art Laffer Auditions for the Fed
@TBPInvictus here. With Herman Cain and Stephen Moore apparently on life support for Fed slots, looks like Art Laffer is stepping up his...
Min Wage Debate: NYC Edition
@TBPInvictus here: With his typical mendacity, and by cherry picking his data for unsuspecting readers, Mark Perry has again muddied the...
Auto Delinquency Rates Feed the Debt Trolls
@TBPInvictus here: A throwaway line at the very tail end of a NY Fed blog post unfortunately got picked up lickety-split by all manner of...
Return of the Ever-Wrongs
@TBPInvictus here: As the Fed was battling the after effects of the Great Financial Crisis, a group of finance types wrote an open letter...
The model of self-restraint and under-statement up until now . . .
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