{"id":32605,"date":"2018-06-01T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32605"},"modified":"2018-06-01T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:40:44","slug":"personal-update-6-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/01\/personal-update-6-1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Update – 6\/1\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

I leave at noon to check out what could become a new CatBox.  I’ll have more info tomorrow.  This is my only article today.<\/font><\/p>\n

I just returned, and it’s much too small.  ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:57 (average 5:09).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Take<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>So, the trade war is on<\/a>. And what a stupid trade war it is.<\/p>\n

My regular column for tomorrow is about health care, but I felt I needed to weigh in on this idiocy, and not just on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The official \u2013 and legal \u2013 justification for the steel and aluminum tariffs is national security. That\u2019s an obviously fraudulent rationale, given that the main direct victims are democratic allies. But Trump and co. presumably don\u2019t care about telling lies with regard to economic policy, since that\u2019s what they do about everything. They would see it as all fair game if the policy delivered job gains Trump could trumpet. Will it?<\/p>\n

OK, here\u2019s the point where being a card-carrying economist gets me into a bit of trouble. The proper answer about the job-creation or -destruction effect of a trade policy \u2013 any trade policy, no matter how well or badly conceived \u2013 is basically zero.<\/p>\n

Click through<\/a> for a fascinating read. Paul Krugman is spot-on. RESIST<\/strong>!! VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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