Robert's Stochastic thoughts

One of the core principles of Liberalism is that there must be equality before the law. The law must not discriminate. In practice, this p...

I ì'm reading the Washington Post and note one very outstanding op-ed by Catharine Rampell which you should just read. She links to ex...

So it turns out that Noted commentator Matt Bruenig has an almost unique perspective because he can read but hasn't read any Harry Potte...

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 ...