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Nothing the Fed does is apolitical. The politics are just different from those in other political institutions.https://twitter.com/zachdcarter/status/1300500020924485632 The creation of the Fed was one of the epic political battles of

Again, this is mostly a category mistake. The problem is our political institutions, not American individualism. Supermajorities of Americans favor the economic & public health policies we need to crush

The robots fixation is unproductive. But so is the lazy way the China Shock has made its way into the political debate, where we talk only about the costs of

Great reporting. Awful framing."...officials are growing increasingly wary of the massive federal spending""The concerns about the deficit""...internal concerns about the deficits"It's 2020. People who supported the

Excellent thread from @ErikVoeten on the WHO and how the institutional structure of global governance shapes outcomes and hinders the effectiveness of the WHO, as is the case w/ so

This is madness. Nearly all states have some form of balanced budget requirement & face massive cuts to everything b/c of COVID-19. The federal govt, issuing the world's reserve currency

I may be, at best, a B+ political scientist on a good day, but I make a damn fine cocktailDer Doppelgänger (riff on the Dead Ringer: http://shorturl.at/ijmPR )2 oz St. George

Yes, as creations of states, IOs are inherently political. But sweeping generalizations like this are inaccurate & unhelpful. We know a lot from a vast literature in political science about

Yes but both are funded w/ federal trust funds financed by payroll taxes. Until we lock in such permanent revenue streams for public colleges/universities, eliminating tuition is just a recipe