Thoughts On The Trump Bull… Market
January 17, 2019
death of unions, Donald Trump, income inequality, Medicare, national deficit, Peter Coy, raising taxes on the wealthy, small businesses, tax cuts, The Trump Slump0 Comment
Trump has always been a president untroubled by his contradictions. When the stock market is up, he takes his bow center stage. When it’s down, he blames Jerome Powell, his appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Conventional wisdom discounts either position. “…
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August 10, 2018
Bill Gates, economic threats to democracy, income inequality, millenials and democracy, Republican elitism, Ronald Inglehart, The Age of Insecurity, Warren Buffett
Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan professor, makes a strong case for the cyclical nature of populism in a democratic society. (“The Age of Insecurity, by Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2018, pgs. 20-28.) He argues populism thrives during periods of change,
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