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Jan 18, 2021

Why Money Printing Works (And When It Doesn’t)

This past year, in response to the economic devastation caused by COVID, the Federal Government authorized at least $4 trillion of stimulus spending (nearly 20% of annual GDP), successfully sparing much of the country from the worst economic impacts of the crisis. This amount of spending is unprecedented, and it…

Inflation

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Why Money Printing Works (And When It Doesn’t)

Feb 16, 2018

Within the last few months, we’ve seen three of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.

Within the last few months, we’ve seen three of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Every time a shooting like this occurs, a large group of people pleads for new gun control laws or a revision of the Constitution to prevent future atrocities. The most popular requests typically revolve…

Guns

7 min read

Within the last few months, we’ve seen three of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.

Mar 19, 2017

“Number of insured” is a poor metric for healthcare policy success

Following the recent release of the GOP’s proposed replacement for Obamacare, much has been written about a CBO report forecasting that 24 million fewer Americans would be insured under the GOP’s law by 2026 than under Obamacare. After the report was released, I saw at least a dozen headlines focused…

Healthcare

7 min read

Jan 21, 2017

Ignorance: It’s not just for stupid people

Donald Trump was inaugurated as President today, and my Twitter, Facebook, and GroupMe feeds were filled with snark directed at both him and his supporters (I admit that I briefly joined in). For the past year, it has been a hobby of well-educated, liberal people to ridicule Trump voters for…

Politics

3 min read