Public Policy

Feb
12
Let’s model the American economy. How about using the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

Let’s model the American economy. How about using the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

Here we look at a real world of an economy under stress. This is not an economic model, but a bridge.
2 min read
Oct
15
Living in the shadow of the Magic Money Tree - A tree with deep roots

Living in the shadow of the Magic Money Tree - A tree with deep roots

Efforts to control inflation to 2% are doomed by recurring bouts of MMT and our fiat currency
4 min read
Sep
09
Why is California’s population falling? Income Tax, plus Climate Tax

Why is California’s population falling? Income Tax, plus Climate Tax

California’s history is one of human development in the face of a variable and often hostile environment. The popular
3 min read
Apr
08
Central Bank Digital Currency as National Defense

Central Bank Digital Currency as National Defense

The Russian war, which is at play in Eastern Europe, is laying clear the need for the US to develop
3 min read
Mar
18
Guns, Covid-19, and Inflation

Guns, Covid-19, and Inflation

Europe’s wars are our wars. And the Ukraine war compounds our Covid war, which is still, to varying degrees
4 min read
Jan
28
U.S. Treasury turns entitlements into infrastructure

U.S. Treasury turns entitlements into infrastructure

We heard from the head of the US Treasury last week that the US economy is in great shape [https:
3 min read