I had written in an earlier post about social capital. It was kept with the narrow framework of the ‘gig economy’ and even more narrowly that new mechanisms will be needed to [ … ]
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Target the spread
What should the Federal Reserve do, to control inflation, given that nominal interest rate = real interest rate + expected inflation, and that real interest rates vary over time in [ … ]
Robotics. Peak Horse then Peak Human now
Every form of non-human power that substitutes and reduces the value of human physical output has been more than offset and very form of non-human manipulation that substitutes for and tends [ … ]
Adam Townsend Deluxe Bio. Directors Cut
This is the deluxe Adam Townsend biography with the bonus features. If you would like to know where I have worked and who I have met please visit my LinkedIn. My [ … ]
An explainer: Why it’s so hard to detangle ObamaCare
Repealing and replacing ObamaCare, or anything in-between is not an on/off light switch. Instead, any change in the light requires an entire deconstruction and reconstruction of the entire house. To [ … ]
Oipiod addicts. Resurrecting dormant human capital
I have written a lot recently about the Gig Economy. This maybe my last new post and all that remains is a sum of the total. I’ll begin with describing [ … ]
Tension between Politics and Economics
Why is US growth so stagnant? From the great recession in 2009, usually a time of super-fast catch-up growth, it has only grown at two percent per year. Two percent, [ … ]
Zero to One. A review of just one paragraph
Every great company is unique, but there are a few things that every business must get right at the beginning . I stress this so often that friends have teasingly [ … ]
PT 1. Federal Control of Labor #Resistance #NotMyRegulations
I don’t watch much TV. I don’t like commercials, either the shorter form explicitly paid for and selling an explicit product, or those implicitly paid for and selling an implicit [ … ]
Cashless. Gold, Barter and Bitcoin. New ways to cheat at Monopoly
The banker in Monopoly has an advantage. As a kid, playing with my sister and her girl friends, being that I was the youngest of the group, a boy and [ … ]










