Robert's Stochastic thoughts

I am so thrilled that I cyber-know two of the four finalists in THE GARY COHN MEMORIAL NEOLIBERAL SHILL BRACKET --- that I wrote a fight so...

In the middle of a very courteous, diplomatic, and insightful post about Modern Monetary Theory Simon Wren-Lewis recalls his student days ...

Showing my age, I am remembering Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" when it was new and constantly played on the radio. I w...

@JewishCoffeeH tweeted The part that's not a joke is that he thinks lifetime presidential terms are desirable, whether he was referrin...

First rules of blogging. I type as I please. I haven't read anything by Karl Mannheim but I think he wrote the phrase "social c...

It is progress that hack conservatives are bothsidesing now. Jonah Goldberg correctly notes that the problem isn't just Trump but also b...

I thought it was all so absurdly simple after all that I could explain to the many readers over at AngryBear. But I am so bad at expressing ...

Below, I tried to understand why Brad DeLong and Greg Mankiw were having so much trouble understanding each other. The story so far: Delong...

I think you should read this post by Brad DeLong to understand the issue and the very grave condition of the discussion in which academic...

I just got 2 new twitter followers. Asteroid day is "Raising awareness to protect Earth from asteroid impacts and inspire the next ...

I forget who said she never expected that, after the national divorce, liberals would get custody of the NFL. But it's beyond that. Now...

I do not like the argument that capital income shouldn't be taxed and I do not like the assumption that, in any good economic model, th...

Read this excellent post by Kevin Drum on, you guessed it, lead. I guessed where it was heading after reading the title. my comment ...

Signs of the times A photo tweeted by the Russian Ministry of Defense Tuesday as "irrefutable" proof that the United States has ...

I am still thinking about Krugman and the Gravelle Geardown Do click the link if you are interested in understanding what I am typing abo...

Paul Krugman finds intuition for the calculations of Jennifer Gravelle difficult. Now even more than usually, you really have to click this...

I don't think knives in the Senate chamber will be needed to deal with Orange Julius. I am inclined to fantasize two things. First I ...

I have long believed that, if there is a God, He (or She) created to world to find the ultimate abyss of idiocy. This causes me great conce...

I have a Jon Chait problem. I generally agree with him on most issues. I find him very provocative. I am very sure that no one cares abou...