especially when the current junta is seeking/demanding to further degrade the capacity of the administrative state by restoring an antebellum spoils system
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
especially when the current junta is seeking/demanding to further degrade the capacity of the administrative state by restoring an antebellum spoils system
There’s a good argument that in a mature administrative state, there will be departments whose province is purely “maximize real GDP,” while other departments will focus on other policy priorities like distributional or environmental goals. But that’s a hell of a can opener to assume
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There’s a good argument that in a mature administrative state, there will be departments whose province is purely “maximize real GDP,” while other departments will focus on other policy priorities like distributional or environmental goals. But that’s a hell of a can opener to assume
This isn't about how "Biden is good and did no wrong" - the destruction of that tight labor market started under his administration as his appointed fed chair started the fastest ever monetary tightening cycle because everyone believed it was necessary to weaken the labor market to stop inflation.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This isn't about how "Biden is good and did no wrong" - the destruction of that tight labor market started under his administration as his appointed fed chair started the fastest ever monetary tightening cycle because everyone believed it was necessary to weaken the labor market to stop inflation.
But if you spent 2021 and 2022 whining about the prices of burrito taxis instead of celebrating the best ever job market for workers in the 21st century you should know that you were helping the bosses' little scheme. Scheme worked! Trump's back and people are now desperately holding onto their jobs
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
But if you spent 2021 and 2022 whining about the prices of burrito taxis instead of celebrating the best ever job market for workers in the 21st century you should know that you were helping the bosses' little scheme. Scheme worked! Trump's back and people are now desperately holding onto their jobs
The corrupt Roberts clique sees no problem with agency rulemaking and adjudication becoming an upside-down charade where handpicked commissars start with their political preferences and backfill a situationally-specific justification, because that’s what they do in robes
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The corrupt Roberts clique sees no problem with agency rulemaking and adjudication becoming an upside-down charade where handpicked commissars start with their political preferences and backfill a situationally-specific justification, because that’s what they do in robes
It would be a mercy to Ellison and his entire family if President AOC were to seize their entire fortune as an asset forfeiture over all this bribery, and thus allow them to return to normal, decent society without the ongoing brain damage of being billionaires.
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It would be a mercy to Ellison and his entire family if President AOC were to seize their entire fortune as an asset forfeiture over all this bribery, and thus allow them to return to normal, decent society without the ongoing brain damage of being billionaires.