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Essays on topics economics: monopolists, oligopolists, and oligarchs aren't better decision-makers for the society just because they's rich and they ain't the damn gummint.
If the MAGAnauts push the woke Blue states into their United States of Alabama, who will make the neat stuff?
Hey Vlad. You take Europe, I'll take the Americas. Deal?
Unitary Executive ≡ Dictator
The world is not linear.
-- Dr. McElhone/1974
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
-- Lord Acton/1887
Effective immediately, all laws, regulations, and obsolete norms limiting my authority over federal govenment employment are suspended. I am the unitary executive, and if you work for the federal government, you work for me. I demand total loyalty from my employees.
-- Donald J. Trump by Executive Order, this day 7 December 2025
Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.
-- David Pressman/2025 [former Amb. there - a cautionary tale]
There's not a single example of things working out for the appeaser.
-- Nicolle Wallace/2024 [like this? the next extortion is on the way]
[Even U.S. producers] will also increase their prices and, in a sense, free-ride this increased pricing environment. The shock for domestically produced goods is likely to be quite significant.
-- Gregory Draxo/2025 [econ pundit, just like me, told ya so]
-- Dr. McElhone/1974
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
-- Lord Acton/1887
Effective immediately, all laws, regulations, and obsolete norms limiting my authority over federal govenment employment are suspended. I am the unitary executive, and if you work for the federal government, you work for me. I demand total loyalty from my employees.
-- Donald J. Trump by Executive Order, this day 7 December 2025
Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.
-- David Pressman/2025 [former Amb. there - a cautionary tale]
There's not a single example of things working out for the appeaser.
-- Nicolle Wallace/2024 [like this? the next extortion is on the way]
[Even U.S. producers] will also increase their prices and, in a sense, free-ride this increased pricing environment. The shock for domestically produced goods is likely to be quite significant.
-- Gregory Draxo/2025 [econ pundit, just like me, told ya so]
-- Marriner Eccles/1951
This Week's thought
Official statistics are a public good. Over the long run, there's no replacement for the government. No private-sector company has the incentive to produce trustworthy official statistics that are available to everybody at no cost. -- Erica Groshen/2025 [ex-BLS Commissioner]
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