Economist with Brookings Institution, affiliate of U. of Wisc. Poverty Institute and Retirement Research Ctr. at Boston College.
Joined January 2013
- Tweets3.2K
- Following191
- Followers1.5K
- Likes1.3K
This merely shows that anti-war activism took a long time to achieve its goal, which was to end the war. Would US commitment to the So. Vietnamese have ended *without* all the anti-war activism? Excuse me for my deep skepticism.
The draft ended December 28, 1972. A full four years after antiwar protests crested
The war itself ended in 1975. A full decade after anti war protests began in earnest
191
The last claim seems very improbable, since … checks notes … the Nixon Admin. *did* end the draft and the Congress & Ford Admin. *did* ultimately stop funding the war & *did* allow So. Vietnam to collapse.
What am I missing?
If protests in the mid-late 60s were not about the war but rather mainstreaming a type of anti-statis, anti-western hegemony, amorphously leftist viewpoint
…then they succeeded wildly
If the protests were against the draft or ending the war they failed pretty miserably
1
1,011
I’m mystified. Why is it bad or some kind of danger when experts and nonexperts are reminded of the limits of our current knowledge? More precisely, it is worthwhile to be reminded that even well-intentioned and highly informed experts make erroneous predictions.
.@AllisonSchrager: "The Fed should stop publishing the dot plot, which proves only that the economy is unpredictable while shattering the illusion that the Fed knows something that the rest of us don’t." cityjourn.al/4bmjZlg
1
173
Wait: I thought Nixon needed a pardon to preclude the possibility he’d be charged for his biggest known infractions … the cover-up of the Watergate crimes.
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
1
153
By "failing" do you mean "failing to find a significant effect of the tested treatment"? If so, I think we differ on the goal and scientific rationale for a randomized controlled trial.
2
276
Note: Primary schooling became mandatory in Massachusetts in 1852; in New York State in 1853. By 1918, elementary schooling was compulsory in all 48 states.
It seems doubtful Biden had anything to do with it.
Back when kids could earn their keep in the mines. In Biden’s America, we are forced to send kids to “schools” which doesn’t pay anything.
1
2
403
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and F.D. Roosevelt were all clearly better and more consequential than Biden IMHO.
To be sure, it's early innings. Biden is blindingly superior to Trump and W. But better than Obama? Explain, please.
If you are left of center, Joe Biden is the best President on foreign policy this country has ever had and it's not even close
1
2
218
Though, to be sure, former US President John Tyler sided with the Confederacy, which sought by violence to break up the United States.
45 men have served as president. Some great leaders, others mediocre. Only one sought by violence to overthrow the Constitution. That one now stands multiply indicted for his crimes. Some flinch from this truth. Others deny it. It's a lot to face. But anything else is a lie.
1
186
Rebuttal:
1) DCA is an astoundingly convenient airport. Part of DCA’s high ticket prices is explained by that convenience.
2) The DC area has two other (and physically much larger) airports—IAD & BWI. If you don’t want to pay DCA’s higher ticket prices, go to one of those.
FACT: The lack of competition is why Washington, D.C. has the highest domestic ticket prices in the country among all top metropolitan areas. And truth be told, opponents of The DCA Act want to keep it that way.
1
2
185
The title may sound a tad ambitious for a talk that lasts just 15 minutes, but nonetheless this talk is well worth hearing:
"How to solve the education crisis for boys and men" (Richard Reeves | TED2023) ted.com/talks/richard_reeves… via @TEDTalks
91
He should have clarified for those unfamiliar with Breezewood: “And thank God for that.”
Reporters & citizens: Pay attention to this man! He knows whereof he speaks.
The US antipoverty programs can be improved. But they have succeeded to a considerable degree.
I was appalled to see a leading scholar of poverty repeat the misleading claim that the poverty rate has not improved in the last 50 yrs in @nytimes.
This is only true if you look at data that ignores most our major anti-poverty programs including the EITC, SNAP and more.
143
Oh, I believe the GOP really does wish to govern if we define "govern" as "reduce federal taxes on the well-to-do" & "control the budget and oversee the operation of the IRS."
The Republican candidates the Trump era has produced—Herschel Walker (a pretend cop), Kari Lake (a pretend populist), and now Santos (a pretend everything)—are indicative of a party that only pretends it wants to govern. thedailybeast.com/george-san…
I suspect there’s some truth in this theory, BUT I believe economists are relatively well paid in academia. Moreover, there are highly paid career alternatives for Ph.D economists (e.g., in business) assuming the pay in available academic openings seems too low.
There is no *one* great American novel. Among the elect:
Moby Dick
Huckleberry Finn
Portrait of a Lady
Wings of the Dove
The Great Gatsby
The Sun Also Rises
The Sound & the Fury
Lolita
Lonesome Dove
1
In no particular order—
Boswell - Life of Johnson
Herodotus - Histories (well, he intended it to be nonfiction)
Shelby Foote - Civil War Trilogy
Capote - In Cold Blood
By the way, it took Yale about a decade from the time it obtained the land necessary for 2 new residential colleges and the local approvals needed to actually build the colleges. news.yale.edu/2017/08/23/fir…
This quoted post is unavailable.
A quick check (e.g., of crsreports.congress.gov/prod… ) will show that tax expenditures on the home mortgage interest deduction reduced federal tax revenues by about $24 to $25-1/2 billion per year in 2020-21. There are many, many items in the US budget that cost vastly more money.
A very smart friend of mine is buying their first home and they just found about the mortgage tax deduction and they couldn’t believe it, they thought it was a joke and I was like no lol renters subsidizing your future mortgage is like the biggest expenditure of the US govt
3