California’s Plan to Disappear the Homeless
By Conor Gallagher Elected officials continue to turn to draconian measures to disappear homeless people. In addition to passing a wave of laws across the country criminalizing homelessness, California is moving ahead with a plan that will allow the state to force the unhoused into court-ordered treatment programs for a period of up to two […]
Business complains Jeremy Hunt’s UK growth plan lacks new policies
Business lobby groups on Friday criticised a keynote speech by chancellor Jeremy Hunt about the government’s plan to boost economic growth, complaining it offered no new policies. Hunt used the speech to highlight the government’s “plan for growth”, and its focus on the “four Es” of enterprise, education, employment and everywhere — a reference to […]
#ReadWithMe: Power Without Knowledge Part 7: Friedman on Economists
As was evident in my previous posts in this series, Jeffrey Friedman thinks there are serious, systemic, possibly insurmountable problems with establishing an effective technocracy, whether it takes the form of a democratic technocracy or an epistocracy. While Friedman’s critique applies to anyone who might attempt to claim the mantle of technocrat or epistocrat, he […]
Key Fed measure eased, spending declined
Consumers spent less in December even as an inflation measure considered key by the Federal Reserve showed the pace of price increases easing, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Personal consumption expenditures excluding food and energy increased 4.4% from a year ago, down from the 4.7% reading in November and in line with the Dow Jones […]
