Yes, yes, yes: I know that balsamic also works. The fundamental point is a simple one, and is true whether we're talking about countries or people, and that is that face matters. If you demand s… (View Post)

I think the inevitable consequence of Trump's tariff policies will be to push the rest of the world into the hands of China. (View Post)

The tax system should encourage things we want more of (i.e. work), and discourage things we want less of (i.e. empty homes and undeveloped plots). We recognize this when we talk about taxes on alcoh… (View Post)

Which gets a certain class of people very annoyed. It's a frickin' game. And not only that, but it's not like you're forced to play Harriet Tubman. There are 31 different countrie… (View Post)

It's an unusually sensible piece of industrial policy. (View Post)