captmal.bsky.social
Historian of economics. I work on the history of American economics, and institutional economics. Recent interests include the “scam economy” that I think needs more attention and the history of African Americans in the discipline of economics.
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Tod is the most boring military parade I have ever seen. Troops shambling by and then a single tank followed at a distance by another tank. Wonder who was in charge of that.
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Sloppiest marching I have ever seen. How about a little snap?
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If you want to set the rules it would be good if you or someone in your administration knew a bit of international trade economics instead of this sh*t Navarro is peddling.
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Maybe they should raise their own food standards to those of Europe and Canada. Firing all the food safety people doesn’t help either.
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That’s what I plan. I also have a nexus card.
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So every grant from a government agency has to “support the president’s agenda”? No other criteria allowed?
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Oops. I’m supposed to go to U of Richmond for the HES conference in late June to give a paper on the first generation of African American PhDs in Economics. Wondering if I should go. My topic is kind of DEI!
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Needs a house vote too!
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Unfortunately propaganda works.
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And as a savings vehicle it is subject to a lot of sudden variation. So one with a substantial amount of risk compared to others.
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As a speculative asset it is not a substitute for money or something that is ever going to be popular for making regular transactions. Gold or stocks and shares are not money substitutes and neither is bitcoin.
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Bitcoin is a speculative asset.
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To be viable a stand alone Canadian car industry would have to export a lot of cars!
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But— no not Mexico!
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It’s a little more than a side effect—it’s a direct consequence of the massive consumption of fossil fuel.
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This really is as stupid as it gets.
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He should be explicit about what “aggressive incursions” have occurred in Greenland. Canada and Denmark are aware the strategic situation in the Arctic is changing . . . Thanks to human caused CLIMATE CHANGE.
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Who runs on stage waving a chain saw to celebrate making thousands of people unemployed?
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Western “civilization “ is busy destroying the planet. Fewer rampantly consuming westerners will be an improvement.
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I have my rabbit’s foot!
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So any idea is as good as any other. No appraisal please!
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Crypto transactions costs are significant which is why it’s a poor substitute for regular $ for most transactions.
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There is no such thing as a fixed standard. And bitcoin most certainly is not. It is a speculative asset subject to wild swings in relative value.
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Unbelievable. Or rather, I wish it was unbelievable!
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It is remarkable that she thinks that the concerns and interests of other Provinces should count for nothing at all.
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And what argument is that exactly?
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Egg prices are up, interest rates are the same, and tariffs have only been in for a day so money has only just started pouring out of American pockets!
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These tariffs only apply above a tariff free quota that has never been reached. Canadians do not like US dairy as it contains hormones and antibiotics. Over half the tariff free milk quota is unused.
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Just the same as trying to replace income tax with a sales tax. This is not free money that comes from outside.
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Daniel: any prospect you might be interested in a proposal for an HES session at the ASSAs? Cleo Chassonnery-Zaigouche has a possible paper on Phyllis Wallace and another on the lead up to Becker called “From Prejudice to Choices” that she has suggested. We would need one more.
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What absolute economic nonsense.
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Why is is idiot addressing his letter to President Trump at the White House. Doesn’t he know Trump isn’t President yet?
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Canada should do the same although the conservatives are already showing signs of infection.