The other thing about Schwarzenegger is that he was, whatever you thought of his acting or his policies, an intelligent and serious politician. I don't get that impression with McConaughey at al… (View Post)

I posted yesterday about things I noticed during my recent stay on America’s west coast. An occasional PBer who lives in the US got in touch and said that I shouldn’t have been so negative. For the s… (View Post)

Yesterday BA disembarked my flight from Seattle by row numbers "according to our COVID-related policy" or something. Rows 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc. Not only is it ridiculous to think that, if … (View Post)

Of course the stimulus has helped to some extent, but the tight real estate market in the big cities is I think far more a product of absurdly tight planning laws, or "zoning" as Americans … (View Post)

But why if they don't want to? Who are you to nudge them to do so? You reduce individual welfare, and therefore social welfare overall. And what insight do you have into the marginal value of th… (View Post)