My Two Cents
You’re On Double Secret Probation!
Go ahead, live your life. Ignore cancel culture so it can die the ignoble death it deserves.
My Two Cents
The common thread running through this series is human psychology: how we think, what we think, and how we can be led astray by our thoughts and those of others. Here we cover: questionable science, current politics, provocative statistics, predictable incentives, and more.
My Two Cents
Dean Wormer Was Right! (We’re All Flounder Now)
Rather than living in our bubbles of personal truth and wish fulfillment, let’s grow up and interact with the world as it is, in all its complexity.
My Two Cents
The United States Is Not Bankrupt ... Yet
If we continue to spend more than we earn, eventually we will find that we need to sell assets to generate cash flow.
My Two Cents
Pull The Emergency (Debt) Brake
The problems the U.S. faces with both its regular deficit spending and its expanding debt to GDP ratio are serious but solvable. Waiting until disaster strikes would mean the remedy would be that much more painful: think Greece or Venezuela.
My Two Cents
Americans Are Too Competitive
Competition among individual Americans and American companies has unquestionably made America great. But competition in one particular area is not producing great results: national politics.
Politics
Congress Is Performing As Expected
If you hire a fox to guard the henhouse, don’t be surprised if the number of chickens in your coop goes down.
Politics
Ways To Make Politics Better
Off the top of my head I can think of ten ways to make politics better. You will not agree with all of these, and you will have some better ideas.
My Two Cents
Congress Gets A Grade
We can ask the following questions about Congress’s performance: do the laws Congress passes perform as intended? And are our tax dollars well spent?
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Incentives Are Everything
To understand incentives is to understand human motivation. If you want to know what a person will do, start by asking what they have to gain or lose from an action.
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Nutrition Advice Gives Me Indigestion
What is by turns amusing and maddening about nutrition advice are the villains variously fingered as the causes of our ill health.