Category: Economics

Musings of a deep generalist

What’s the Matter with Kansas?! (2022 Edition)

An enormous swathe of the American electorate consists of people who exist in a state of complete ignorance about how the economy works, even as they cast their votes largely on the basis of economic phenomena they don’t begin to understand, for politicians who act almost unfailingly against their economic best interests.

Reagan White House

The Lies that Will Not Die

After twenty-five years of working intimately with wealthy families, private business owners, and public company executives, here’s what I know about the Lies the Will Not Die…