The Hardest Job in the World: Book Review
The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency (2020), John Dickerson, a long book with 31 chapters of varying interest....
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: Book Review
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), Yuval Harari; basically 21 essays of various topics, some interesting and useful, some not so...
It's Official: We're in Recession!
It seems obvious that we've been in recession when the pandemic shutdown happened. However, the unofficial definition of a recession is...
Logical Fallacies 2: The Middle Ground Fallacy in the Age of Trump (Plus Propaganda)
The “middle ground fallacy” claims each extreme side is equally right or wrong and the truth must lie in the middle. First, as median...
Logical Fallacies in the Time of Pandemics
Logical fallacies are types of faulty reasoning. They can be categorized by structure (formal) or content (informal). Formal fallacies...
Motivated Reasoning and Affinity Fraud
Every once in a while, I come across new terms that seem important and worth further investigation. Ezra Klein (see book review) used the...
Justice and Fairness: Survival of the Fittest?
Writing about scandals and corruption, I’ve included justice and how it is applicable. Based on a fair bit of recent reading, should...
What Happened in Unemployment?
No question, unemployment is skyrocketing, probably to levels never seen before. Two sets of numbers are reported on the news: 1) new...
Let’s Do Real Estate Probabilities (Part 2, Forecasting in a Pandemic World)
How can probabilities be used to improve economic projections, especially for considering multiple alternatives? Probability is the...
Forecasting in a Pandemic World (Part 1)
This is the first of a multi-part blog on predictions based on probability statement, using a Tetlock framework. Part 2 will explore the...
Running Against The Devil: Book Review
Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America From Trump--and Democrats From Themselves (2020), Rick Wilson. Wilson is (or was) a...
Why We're Polarized: Book Review
Why We're Polarized: Ezra Klein (2020). This is an important book with lots of content from several perspectives, including a substantial...
Between Two Fires: Book Review
Surviving in Putin's Russia is the focus of this book, telling the stories of people in very different circumstances, some famous and...
Arguing With Zombies
Arguing With Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (2020), Paul Krugman. The thesis is that a number of ideas...
Homewreckers: Book Review
Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Head Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions out of...