This article from cityobservatory.org is going viral: Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable Well, in order for your home to offer you a real profit, its price would need to increase faster than the rate of inflation. Let’s pick something decent, but not too crazy—say, annual increases of 2.5 percent, taking… Continue reading Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable?

In theory, Congress can override the 14th Amendment, but the odds are slim: In simple odds, the chance of any constitutional amendment being repealed would be roughly the same as a person living to 80 years old being struck by lightning during their lifetime, according to National Weather Service data. And for the Second Amendment,… Continue reading Trump and the 14th Amendment

A question that comes up on personal finance subs is, how is it possible for people in their late 20’s or early 30’s to have a lot of money, and especially given the media narrative that millennials are broke and struggling under the weight of student loans? Studies that purport negative net-worth for millennials are… Continue reading Misconceptions about Student Loans and Student Loan Debt, and How Young People Make Money

As discussed in an earlier post about normies and bugmen, a characteristic of non-normies are shared narratives. One such narrative is a repulsion/revulsion to low-information discourse and also a heightened ability to detect inauthenticity. Low-information discourse is interchangeable/synonymous with intellectual laziness. But ‘laziness’ suggests a lack of effort, whereas low-information discourse makes no distinction. Low… Continue reading Intellectual Laziness

In what can be descried as “the great compromise,” the ‘left’ will generally get its way on cultural/social issues (abortion, diversity, immigration, gay marriage, social security, etc.) and the ‘right’ will get its way on foreign policy (defense spending, interventionism) and economics (tax cuts). However, this compromise tends to be lopsided. The ‘left’ historically has… Continue reading “the great compromise”

A year ago Ann Coulter, Vox Day, and James Woods predicted that if Trump didn’t build the wall, his popularity would fall and he would likely not be reelected. Vox in September 2017 wrote: Bannon is correct, but he is only stating the obvious. I have been saying this since before the Inauguration. To ensure… Continue reading Another correct Trump prediction (thus far)

From Stefan Molyneux, Do the Rich Work Harder? Each week, 44% of the wealthy worked 11 hours more than the poor. For those with full-time jobs: 86% of the wealthy worked 50 hours or more each week 57% of the poor who had full-time jobs worked less than 50 hours each week.   88% of… Continue reading Stefan Molyneux: Do the Rich Work Harder?

With Tesla reporting yet another quarter of blow-out earnings (and a surprise profit of nearly $3/share), it looks like I was right yet again and the the left-wing (although in fairness, some on the ‘right’ are also not fans of Tesla) media’s attempt to defame Tesla and Elon Musk failed as always. Tesla blew past… Continue reading Tesla posts surprise profit…right again

A study linking university success with genes, is going viral The genetics of university success University success, which includes enrolment in and achievement at university, as well as quality of the university, have all been linked to later earnings, health and wellbeing. However, little is known about the causes and correlates of differences in university-level… Continue reading The genetics of university success: study

From the 8000 Hours blog: Economist Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right? Tyler’s arguments can be broken into three parts: 1. Low GDP growth threatens U.S. innovation and competitiveness. 2. For the past few decades America has been afflicted by stagnation… Continue reading Disagreeing with Tyler Cowen about Stagnation and Innovation