I'm not sure that comparison holds. Israel has lost essentially no soldiers in its assaults. Its exports are at a record. Its economy is booming. Its enemies divided. If you are an Israeli of a certa… (View Post)

Who? (View Post)

That's entirely possible, and a complete disaster for the US defence industry. (View Post)

To be fair, massive gross margins are an inevitable consequence of a world where it costs $20bn to bring a drug to market, and your patent only lasts ten years. You need to look at this holistically,… (View Post)

This is a very astute post. The thing about totalitarian regimes is that nothing shows, but when a crack appears in the regime it can travel very fast. Right now, millions of Russians (probably many … (View Post)