Robert's Stochastic thoughts

Today's www.washingtonpost.com is a Parody right ? I mean it must be that Brad DeLong's evil twin and Glenn Greenwalds doppler hack...

Google ads is very sophisticated. It noticed that I have been writing about Keynes. It was just a little confused about which Keynes and p...

Paul Krugman lets the mask slip on our plan to impose dystopian oligarchic collectivism disguised as socialism. He writes a Paean to boring ...

Why Is the Obama Administration Abusing the State Secrets Doctrine ? Glenn Greenwald has been on this for months. Dan Froomkin has, as usua...

YP17 Turns Out 17 is the Only Random Number after all. As an HCSSiM alumnus I was delighted when a fool pulled 17 out of his hat. Rep. Spen...

MInds Think Alike Steve Benen comments on US views of Socialism people don't think "socialism" is all that bad. The latest Ras...

Understatement of the Week in the New York Times Celia Dugger addresses the question of whether the opposition M.D.C. will offer an amnesty ...

Waldmann Smackdown Watch In a rare Event Elisabetta Addis asked Robert Waldmann for help with English (the more common event is I ask her ho...

I get Pissed with Matthew Yglesias for two reasons. He allows someone to use the label "efficiency" for money metric welfare witho...

I think I can piece together a devastating argument against "future combat systems" made by Defence secretary Gates from 2 sources...

From Facebook (a comment on Juan Cole) Patrick Hasburgh alle 15.01 del 07 aprile Waqaas's observation that fossil fuel rich are populate...

Commenting on Yglesias commenting on Crook Yglesias writes Government spending on effective social welfare programs is very progressive. Th...

Helene Cooper discovers a President who likes to argue with Straw Men On Barack Obama (not George Bush) He often reverted to his favorite rh...

I send letters Dear ActBlue I was not at all pleased to find this link https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/326 to an actblue fundra...

A Tiger by the Tail Just last year many were talking about how China is conquering the world economy. Now more wonder if there will be a wo...

Wish I'd said that I would also venture that 30 years from now people are going to look back and see America’s relationship with India a...

Wish I'd Said That In other words, even given Dreher’s strongly conservative premises, continued discrimination against gays and lesbian...

J Maynard Keynes Comments On C Romer C Romer with lots of data in 1992 "What Ended the Great Depression?" The Journal of Economic ...

Don't Go West Old Man Paul Krugman does not think highly of German monetary policy in 1931-2 which included raising the discount rate to...

Dr Mr or Ms Spanish Judge Your Honor I oppose "Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials." A few years in the slammer would be a useful d...