Streetwise Professor

As the nation slouches the last seven weeks to the election, the stupidity metastasizes. We are approaching a singularity of stupidity. Trump’s latest brainwave is to impose (by executive ukase...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/the-2024-election-a-singularity-of-stupidity/

The vampiric Mario Draghi dropped a big report on how to fix the European economy. It is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read. It starts out with a sober summary of how screwed the ...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/not-so-super-marios-plan-to-unscrew-europe-would-screw-it-even-worse/

A quick follow up on the implications of a national majoritarian system. Under the Electoral College, the marginal value of a vote in a national election varies across states. At present, the mar...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/the-progressive-constitution-more-discontent-less-freedom/

The latest buzz from The Hive has been “kill the U.S. Constitution–it’s dangerous!” (H/T Powerlineblog.com) In addition to the NYT’s buzzing, there is a long article in The Atlantic, an...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/the-latest-buzz-from-the-hive-kill-the-constitution/

My web hosting service of the 18+ years of this blog’s existence is canceling me. The story is that “certain websites, including yours, will no longer be supported by our technical team due ...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/heads-up-ch-ch-ch-changes/

As a follow up to yesterday’s post. Upon consideration you can characterize the differences between Tyler Cowen and I as a dispute over which margins The Blob would adjust if cut down to size. ...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/more-on-the-blob/

Tyler Cowen is high variance. He can be very insightful, or annoying AF. His recent piece in Bloomberg on downsizing the Federal bureaucracy is in the AF category. (In the interest of balance I w...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/how-tyler-cowen-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-blob/

So the presidential race is set. God help us. The “Democratic” Party, which never ceases to tell us its dedication to “saving ‘our’ democracy ” selected the voteless wonder, Kamala Ha...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/a-battle-of-economic-nitwits-arent-we-blessed/

I don’t have a dog in this particular fight, but since (a) the UK often plays the Ghost of Christmas Future to the US, and (b) the UK ruling class-most notably the current PM, Keir Starmer-has ...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/root-causes-for-me-not-for-thee-you-yobs/

Ukraine has shocked Russia–and to some extent the world–with a bold incursion into the Kursk Oblast of Russia proper. The Ukrainians have penetrated many kilometers into Russia, captured nume...

https://streetwiseprofessor.com/surprise-surprise-surprise-the-second-battle-of-kursk/