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Data scientist, political scientist, computer scientist. So, I'm a scientist! :)
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submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

We'll see how this particular story unfolds, but this is precisely the kind of cheating I expect to see more frequently under Trump. And it's the kind of cheating I expect will undermine investor confidence in US stocks and the US economy. US exceptionalism is dying. electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Always remember--this is not a case of Trump appeasing Putin--its actually him joining Putin. Its not Munich 1938, its the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939.

submitted 47 days ago • 55 comments

The financial press was giddy when Trump won - endlessly talking about "American Exceptionalism" and "unleashed animal spirits." It is finally beginning to dawn on them that Trump is actually a disaster for the economy. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

This was the end goal of crypto aligning behind Trump - the crypto economy has very few actual dollars in it and relies on finding new people to hold the bag to get their dollars. The US government is the ultimate bag holder and they’re going to use your tax dollars to bail out crypto owners.

submitted 53 days ago • 81 comments

The irony (tragedy?) of US foreign aid is that it's actually been pretty stingy, compared to most other developed countries. And now it will practically be non-existent. I see conservatives saying we should use that money at home, but the fact is that any savings will go to the rich, as tax cuts.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Why Musk and Doge won't find much to cut. The US already has a small government. It has more debt than other countries because it does not collect sufficient revenue and it gets ripped off by powerful interests (e.g. health insurance companies). open.substack.com/pub/salomono...

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

"The March employment report...seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.... Add on to that enormous private market uncertainty — how could you hire in these conditions? — and this is going to be very, very bad." futurism.com/economist-el...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

My thoughts on the dangers of wealth inequality. It's not just bad for social health indicators, it's a threat to democracy and thus to freedom and prosperity. We must do more to contain it. open.substack.com/pub/salomono...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments