Status Updates From Economics in America: An Im...

“The George H.W. Bush administration […] made minority health a focus of research within the Department of Health and Human Services”

Deaton takes a fairly woke turn about halfway through. He confesses his reluctance to become an American citizens until Obama was elected... Then he whines that economists have basically demonstrate that the claims of climate change alarmists are bunk.

has an interesting essay on healthcare economics wrt to his own hip replacement. Lots on the sensitivity of statistical metrics to politics. Lots on inequality. He seems somewhat less aware of the serious criticisms on Piketty and related work on inequality. He mentions critique but not the most fatal one.

“Reagan says the government trying to help the poor just makes things worse. Trump says we don’t need to worry about the poor because there aren’t any.”

“We need to do a better job of looking out for the interests of our fellow citizens before those wearing MAGA hats come for us with pitchforks.”

it’s a slow read, can you tell?

walking around w this makes me feel like a douche