Earlier, I responded to Scott Sumner’s rather strange armchair attempt to act like my standard form of poverty statistical analysis was off. It wasn’t and still isn’t. After posting my response, Sumner has another really bizarre post about the topic, which I will address here. Like the first post, this new post utilizes what I… Continue reading Grandpa Sumner At It Again
Cutting Poverty Is Super Easy: A Response to Sumner
I am not really sure what Scott Sumner is all about these days. Many years ago, he was like “monetary policy should utilize an NGDP target” and people were like “that’s an interesting thought.” But now, he’s kind of gone into mission creep mode where he comments on things that he’s not so knowledgeable on.… Continue reading Cutting Poverty Is Super Easy: A Response to Sumner
What would it take to make Sarah Kendzior admit this is not true?
Sarah Kendzior is a liar. But this is old news, with the Jacobinghazi affair perhaps the most high-profile example thus far. I toyed with a piece going through a history of her unhinged deception, but instead I think it’d be more interesting to keep things simple. So here is a fun question: what would it… Continue reading What would it take to make Sarah Kendzior admit this is not true?
Last Place Avoidance and Poor White Racism
In a review on The New Jim Crow, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes: Perhaps more importantly, I am less than convinced by Alexander’s rendition of white supremacy as a means of cleaving poor whites away from blacks. My view on this is that white supremacy is an interest in and of itself. It’s not clear to me… Continue reading Last Place Avoidance and Poor White Racism
Capitalism does not reward risk
I have been pointing out recently that defenders of laissez-faire capitalism shift between philosophical frameworks when they are arguing, something I call capitalism whack-a-mole. They do this because there are no normative frameworks that justify laissez-faire capitalism and so there is no other way to actually muster an argument in its favor other than opportunistically… Continue reading Capitalism does not reward risk