I enjoy the MOOC debates. It is one of the few topics that causes very smart people to make arguments that they would laugh away were someone to make them in other contexts. Being personally involved or affected by an issue will do that to you I guess. As I’ve written before, I don’t really… Continue reading Some MOOC points
Author: Matt Bruenig
Policy Shop: The Oregon Medicaid Success
New post at Policy Shop. Excerpt: The second theory is that Medicaid is uniquely inferior among health insurance plans, and that is what causes it to be ineffectual. The right-wing has been pursuing this theory for a while, claiming that the low reimbursement rates in Medicaid basically make it inoperative as insurance because providers do… Continue reading Policy Shop: The Oregon Medicaid Success
Youth debt levels falling
There is a story out there that young people are facing escalating levels of debt. The student debt crowd is specifically fond of this story. But it isn’t so. The above graph comes from a recent Fed report that primarily set off a swarm of discussion about mortgages and car loans. More interesting to me… Continue reading Youth debt levels falling
Clarifying remarks on futile leftism
I wrote a post a couple of days ago titled The death spiral of futile leftism. The basic thesis of the piece is 1) there are people on the left who are involved in a futile purity rituals that are mainly self-centered and not about winning, and 2) the existence of such people attracts more… Continue reading Clarifying remarks on futile leftism
Landlords and capitalists
Jesse Myerson has an interesting piece about apartment rent out today. The piece is mainly about about how such rents are unearned income for landlords, who are thus like lords in the feudal sense of the word. Myerson then goes on to propose ways to deal with that. I wont talk too much about the… Continue reading Landlords and capitalists