Noah Smith & Brad DeLong’s 30:00 < [Length of Weekly Podcast] < 60:00
Key Insights:
Financial arguments towards increased taxes that will have been considerably believable again within the days of 70% or so most particular person and 40% or so most capital beneficial properties tax charges merely don’t apply now.
Proper-wing events that do not suppose they’ll credibly make the argument that cosseting their core constituencies is important for speedy financial development seek for some non-economic cleavage by which the wealthy and the right-thinking poor, or the right-colored poor, could be on one facet and the individuals who search a fairer and extra equal distribution of revenue and better taxes on the wealthy could be placed on the opposite—let’s all yell about crucial race principle, and perhaps they will not take note of the truth that we simply, you understand, take everyone’s cash.
Capital to fund funding is admittedly not a giant constraint proper now—incentivizing financial savings in monetary property actually is simply pushing on a string.
Firms with investments which have excessive societal worth in growth have to be correctly incentivized—both by the odor of extra income subsequent yr from serving a bigger market with decrease prices of manufacturing by way of bigger scale, or by way of the federal government paying and so getting costs righter than the free market will get them.
“Doge coin” is pronounced with a smooth “g” sound.
No, Doge coin will not be named after the title of the top of state of the Venetian Republic
Doge coin’s title comes from the Homestar Runner line: “I need a doge”…