More that the scale of things changed. US potential productive capacity had been larger than anyone else on the planet for a while. WWII simply turbocharged them getting there. It wasn’t just destruc… (View Post)

The whole Republican Party is tarnished with a Trumpism. The Epstein tarnish is another set - which takes in a large chunk of both parties. Hence the calls from people in both parties - “Prosecute th… (View Post)

Yes, I have It’s from the genre of “Japan takes over the world” books. People extrapolated Japanese growth as inevitable and forever. Hence by lunchtime tomorrow they will run the entire world. They … (View Post)

Do you really think that it is only bad to rant about “brown, black or muslim” immigrants? What about other colours? What about “No Irish”? “No Poles”? And these days, rich Londoners are *unlikely* t… (View Post)

Indeed. The way to cut waste would be a slow, steady reform of the systems and process of government over years. Things like reducing the contracting pyramids - often work is contracted out 10 times … (View Post)