California Compendium
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This is a compedium of what I’ve written about California over the years. Continue Reading →
Riley Moore Reveals the Truth About ESG Funds.
The truth about ESG funds: fund managers are raking it in on all this stuff. And some funds may not live up to their own standards. Continue Reading →
Wall Street Journal Exchange Rate Fail
Wall Street Journal exchange rate fail. Ms. Feng thinks an exchange rate change from 7￥/$ to 6.9￥/$ is a ￥depreciation. That’s backwards. Continue Reading →
Electricity in California
This is the good, the bad, and the ugly of electricity in California. My case study is a typical day from the recent heat wave. Continue Reading →
M1 and M2 Definitions Have Changed
The definitions of M1 and M2 changed in May, 2020. Edited September 7, 2022 to clarify that total M2 did not change because M2 includes M1. Continue Reading →
The Poor People Pay Rich People’s Loans Boondoggle
Others call it student loan forgiveness. I’m with Karol Markowicz: it’s the poor people pay rich people’s loans boondoggle. Continue Reading →
Iowahawk on Student Loan Default Rates
Dave Burge looked at student loan default rates by Football Bowl Subdivision colleges. Stanford is number 1 with a 0.5% default rate. Continue Reading →
The Biden Administration Wants to Inflict AB5 on the Rest of the Country
The Biden administration wants to inflict AB5 on the rest of the country. With the PRO act going nowhere, they are turning to the NLRB. Continue Reading →
The State of U.S. Education in 2019: How We Stack Up Internationally
The State of U.S. Education in 2019: How We Stack Up Internationally. The U.S. is slightly above average. California is way below. Continue Reading →
Are IRS Audits Really That Bad?
Are IRS audits really that bad? There will soon be 87,000 new IRS agents. With 674 billionaires in the U.S., that’s not who will be audited. Continue Reading →
The State of U.S. Education in 2019: Comparing the States
The state of U.S. education: test scores from the NAEP, spending from the Census Bureau, and a measure of state price levels from the BEA. Continue Reading →