The Hollowing Out of the Middle as Home Prices Surge in the Bay Area

With the exception of the Ferguson police story and the usual stuff going on in Russia & Ukraine, it’s a pretty uneventful news day. Tech real estate driven mania: San Francisco median rent is $3,200 and typical home now costs $1,000,000: The hollowing out of the middle. This is good and bad news. It’s bad… Continue reading The Hollowing Out of the Middle as Home Prices Surge in the Bay Area

Sorry Liberals, But for High-Paying Jobs, Talent Does Play an Important Role in the Hiring Process

From Lion: iq and- getting ahead he writes: whereas in 2014 college graduates are likely to only find work at crappy service jobs unless they have connections (usually from family but extroverted college grads often find their own connections) or they graduated from the most elite colleges (and even then, connections are important). Lion believes… Continue reading Sorry Liberals, But for High-Paying Jobs, Talent Does Play an Important Role in the Hiring Process

The Daily View: Consumer Spending, Malcom Gladwell, Financial Crisis

America’s economy is still booming as retail sales keep making new highs: But isn’t the consumer supposed to be maxed out, says the left? How do they keep spending? This is not supposed to happen, because the libs say wealth inequality is too high, so consumers should not be able to spend as much. So… Continue reading The Daily View: Consumer Spending, Malcom Gladwell, Financial Crisis

The Smartist Era, Part 2

Part 1: The Smartist Era The left likes to lament about the dumbing down of society, while ironically, actively contributing to the alleged dumbing down by opposing the talent based meritocracy in exchange for politically correct equal outcomes and rebuking biological determinism, IQ, and standardized testing. So if dumbing down is occurring, the left is… Continue reading The Smartist Era, Part 2

More Wealth Inequality Bullshit

There’s a study from S&P that Inequality Is Damaging the U.S. Economy. Of course, there are no specifics of how exactly rising income inequality is bad for the economy, but but since economics has mostly devolved into a leftist social science that has become indistinguishable from sociology, to have actual numbers and empirical evidence would… Continue reading More Wealth Inequality Bullshit

Utilitarianism Is Not Welfare Liberalism

From Taki Magazine “greatest happiness for the greatest number” would become an argument for totalitarian ultra-veganism? hmmm… But being a utilitarian doesn’t mean you also have to be a leftist egalitarian . As a utilitarian, I believe in economic and social policy such as supply side economics as well as eugenics that will create an… Continue reading Utilitarianism Is Not Welfare Liberalism