President Trump plans to continue the War in Afghanistan. His reasons don’t make sense. Here’s why.
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The Stock Market is Not Evidence of Trump’s Success
If you ask a Trump supporter to name some of the president’s accomplishments, invariably one of the first responses you get is a booming stock market.
The thing is, a booming stock market is not a good economic indicator. Not in this day and age. Here’s why.
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Let’s Stop Pretending We Might Fight North Korea
President Trump wants to convince North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un that if he keeps running his jaw, we might fight him:
Many in the press have been happy to jump all over this, acting like the two countries are on the brink of war. But while this sells newspapers and gets clicks, it disinforms the public. Here’s what I think is really going on.
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The Siren Song of Austerity and the Erosion of the Centre
I wrote a piece on austerity for In the Long Run, a Cambridge blog. You can read it here:
http://inthelongrun.org/articles/article/the-siren-song-of-austerity-and-the-erosion-of-the-centre
“Skinny Repeal” Would Still Deprive 15 Million Americans of Their Health Insurance
The Senate has rejected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s proposal to repeal Obamacare without a replacement, 55-45. Of the eight potential moderate Republican opponents I highlighted in June, five voted against repeal (Capito, Collins, Heller, Portman, and Murkowski), along with two whose opposition to repeal was not known at the time (McCain and Alexander). But the Republicans have not quite given up–they plan to attempt “skinny repeal,” in which only the individual and employer mandates would be repealed. But while this may sound appealing (nobody likes mandates), it’s much worse than it appears.
Benjamin Studebaker 