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The Stampede From Silicon Valley

by John B. Taylor cited Lee Ohanianvia Project Syndicate
Monday, December 28, 2020

By forcing knowledge workers to telecommute, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare many of the unnecessary tax and regulatory burdens that tech firms face simply because they are headquartered in California. State and local policymakers who want to prevent an even larger outbound stampede should take note.

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Lindsey Graham Finally Wants To Begin A Dialogue About The Debt

quoting John H. Cochranevia The Washington Post
Friday, December 25, 2020

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the malleable South Carolinian, says the time has come for “a dialogue about how we can finally begin to address the debt.” Finally the time is at last ripe. Which means a Democratic administration approaches.

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Raghuram Rajan, Viral Acharya Criticise Idea Of Allowing Corporates To Operate Banks, Call It A “Bombshell”

quoting Raghuram Rajanvia National Herald
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

An Internal Working Group (IWG) set up by RBI has recommended that large corporate may be permitted to promote banks after necessary amendments to the Banking Regulation Act.

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Stanford University Professor John Taylor On The Silicon Valley Exodus

interview with John B. Taylorvia Bloomberg
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow John Taylor discusses the exodus of tech companies out of Silicon Valley due to high costs, strict regulations, and the rise of remote work. 

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Opinion: Trust Is The Secret Sauce That Warren Buffett And Others Value Highly In Companies

quoting George P. Shultzvia Market Watch
Saturday, December 19, 2020

For his 100th birthday last week, George P. Shultz, distinguished businessman, cabinet member and scholar, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post reflecting on the single most important quality in American institutions and life: Trust.

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Near-Disaster In U.S. Treasuries Lights A Fresh Fire For Reform

quoting Darrell Duffievia Bloomberg
Friday, December 18, 2020

The U.S. Treasury market’s brush with disaster in March has reawakened calls to overhaul the underpinnings of the almost-$21 trillion cornerstone of the global economy and ease pressure on the Federal Reserve to step in with massive lifelines.

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After The Pandemic, A Pile Of IOUs

by Niall Fergusonvia Bloomberg
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Economists see a free lunch in fiscal stimulus, but that depends on low post-pandemic interest rates.

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The Best Part Of The Coronavirus Relief Bill

by John B. Taylorvia Economics One
Monday, December 21, 2020

As the Wall Street Journal reported and I tweeted yesterday, Senators Chuck Schumer and Patrick Toomey made important news when they agreed that with the new Coronavirus relief legislation, “the $429 billion would be revoked and the Fed wouldn’t be able to replicate identical emergency lending programs next year without congressional approval”

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One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World

interview with Eyck Freymannvia Hoover Podcasts
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Eyck Freymann of the University of Oxford shows how Chinese-language propaganda use historical analogies to explain and justify the OBOR scheme.

Analysis and Commentary

Bisin On MMT Rhetoric

by John H. Cochranevia Grumpy Economist
Saturday, December 19, 2020

Alberto Bisin has written an intriguing short review of Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth. Alberto focuses on the rhetoric of MMT and the book. (My review here FYI.) 

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