Tag Archives: collapse
A 30 Year Mess in the Making
“We have assembled a best-in-class team of policy advisors to drive President Trump’s bold plan for job creation and economic growth.” Gary Cohn, Chief Economic Advisor to President Trump Promises of Slop The art and science of spending other people’s … Continue reading
Prepare for the Unthinkable
Growth and profits mask a variety of problems. They hide business inefficiencies and the money suck of corporate administrivia. They also conceal unproductive staff. But most of all growth and profits obscure the extreme value subtracting forces of bloated management … Continue reading
Meet Your New Stimulus Allocation Czar
The march towards midnight is both stirring and foreboding. Like a death row inmate sitting down to savor his last meal, a grim excitement greets the reality of impending doom. Thoughts of imminent mortality haunt each bite. As far as … Continue reading
Doomed for Failure
We’ve been waiting for the U.S. economy to reach escape velocity for the last six years. What we mean is we’ve been waiting for the economy to finally becomes self-stimulating and no longer require monetary or fiscal stimulus to keep … Continue reading
