Adam Ozimek thinks I’m crazy. With respect to the presidential election in 2012, I wrote on Twitter that I’m “Pretty much indifferent between Palin / Bachmann / Obama / Romney / Huckabee / Gingrich / Trump. I won’t lose any sleep no matter what.” I should be clear that I’m not indifferent to the outcome [...]

Tags: Bachmann, Cowen, Davies, Gingrich, Huckabee, Obama, Ozimek, Palin, politics, Romney, Rummel, serene detachment, Trump
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Over at the FT, Gavyn Davies writes concerning the Eurozone, Member states cannot print the euro, which automatically increases the risk that they will default on their debt. (Admittedly, it also reduces the risk that they will inflate their debt away. The markets are not too worried about this in these deflationary times, though one [...]

Tags: Davies, EU, Euro, finance, sovereign debt crisis, Taleb
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I enjoyed this talk by Steve Davies. I was too lazy to drag myself to North Arlington for it; Internet to the rescue.

Tags: Davies, history, lecture, Modernity, Western Civilization
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