And you were thinking about moving west… WSJ 6/22/2020 Seattle’s City Council prides itself on being an early adopter of new business mandates. Seattle was the first major U.S. city to adopt a $15 minimum wage and one of the first to require businesses to provide paid sick leave. The City Council achieved another first last week, when it unanimously enacted an... Read more
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Welcome to the ‘Hotel Seattle’
June 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, Economics, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Ruling Class, Tax Issues, The Left
Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No – WSJ
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, Economics
Do quick shutdowns work to fight the spread of Covid-19? Joe Malchow, Yinon Weiss and I wanted to find out. We set out to quantify how many deaths were caused by delayed shutdown orders on a state-by-state basis.
To normalize for an unambiguous comparison of deaths between...
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what are you in favor of?
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Economics, The Left, US ConstitutionAnother interesting perspective. WSj 4/10/2020
I have no idea whether Sweden’s more modest approach to the Covid-19 pandemic— keeping schools and restaurants open while restricting visits to retirement homes—will be a success or a colossal and deadly mistake. No one else will know either, probably for months. But while we wait, the most interesting political fact about Sweden...
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Lockdowns won't stop it now
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Coronavirus, EconomicsWe are where we are; we need to live with our decisions to-date. Dr Ladapo has perspective worth consideration.
WSJ 4/10/2020 By Joseph A. Ladapo
The pandemic crisis now rests on a fulcrum. On one side is Covid-19 and every possible action that might prevent people from contracting and dying from infection. On the other side is everything...
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What Victory looks like
March 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, HealthAs I have said before, it is good to have alternative views to consider. And this is one. mrossol ====== WSJ 3/20/2020 A telling moment came on CNBC Thursday. A host gently shushed the learned Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, saying discussion of tradeoffs was not encouraged. On TV, delivering up unpleasant choices is bad for the brand. Unfortunately policy... Read more
Debt, Currency wars in sight?
November 16 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Economics, US DebtThis is an interesting article. A very brief overview of what might be driving thinking on the US Dollar. William White in theMARKET.
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