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On May 23, 2017, I delivered a commentary in which I tried to argue that attempting to impeach Trump was a waste of time --- and potentially would do more…
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Today I am presenting a very personal commentary. Last May, I lost Annie, my darling life-partner of 53 years. On November 2, former colleagues from both…
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Today, I would like to take off my economist’s hat and put on my proud papa’s hat. My daughter Ivy has just finished a documentary about the life of right…
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On August 27, the economics profession lost a great man, Martin Weitzman, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. The world has also lost a very…
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[This commentary was recorded before the terrorist attack in El Paso Texas and the subsequent one in Dayton, Ohio.]Last week (ten days ago) , I watched…
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On June 30, 2019, the Sunday Review section of the New York Times ran a front page article entitled “Want to be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii.” [Authored by…
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In my last commentary delivered in March, I focused on critics of the Green New Deal. I argued that the demonization of federal budget deficits was a red…
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I assume most listeners have heard of the proposed GREEN NEW DEAL. The proposal was mentioned by three separate OP ED columns in the New York Times on…
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I am sure virtually all listeners to this commentary are disgusted by Trump as he holds hundreds of thousands of federal workers hostage to his demand for…
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We all know that Donald Trump is an authoritarian (I say fascist) ignoramus who is only interested in himself. His policies are terrible and have already…