Spot on. I'm catching up on your work and must say that there's got to be a place in the new presidential administration in the USA for you as a consultant or something in that capacity. Glad to meet you.
My dream is actually to reform K-12 education and therapy. I see HUGE issues with both areas of praxis and they seem to be mostly ignored by the heterodox. As long as the Left owns the teachers' colleges (and it certainly does) we will be fighting this battle.
Unfortunately, these two areas are among the most credentials-focused and femininized parts of our economy. It'll be a long path but that doesn't deter me. Nothing that's worth doing is easy.
Thanks OD. That means a lot! I recently drove 980 minutes from my place to speak to Seth Keshel (who maintains a very good Substack about electoral integrity) and I have made other great connections on this platform. Like my writing, my network and resume are a gradual project... until they're not!
I was unemployed last year and I interviewed for a local warehouse manager role and the interviewer asked me what activity I would perform if I had all the money in the world. I try to be scrupulously honest (I'm in recovery) so, although I think it's a stupid question, I answered "a public intellectual." I didn't hear back from that employer.
Thanks again for the comment. It's great to meet you too.
Yes, I know. Any time an austerity program is imposed there will be a short-term jump in poverty, as the government stops paying subsidies and making transfer payments to poorer citizens. The government was paying for food and rent and fuel for millions of Argentineans... but it didn't have the money for that. Add that to a bloated public sector workforce and rigid labor market regulations and insane labor laws and you have wasteful and inefficient system. There's no limit to how much money the state will waste if given the opportunity.
Unfortunately, this is necessary, when those payments are being financed by inflationary spending and government borrowing. Regardless of your economic inclinations (whteher you like Amartya Sen or T. Piketty or IMF or the Austrians), I think most professionals will agree that austerity is sometimes a necessary path forward when a government is over-extended. Sometimes it's the only thing preventing total collapse.
Economic policies will always have some winners and some losers. The viability of a strategy must rest upon its overall logic and costs/benefits. If Milei is correct you should expect to see extreme poverty fall fairly quickly within 1-2 years and the middle class begin to grow quickly within 5. Statistics seem to indicate that's already happening I think.
If you give a nation the resources and freedom they won't need the government to pay for field or food. They'll be able to pay for these things themselves. Dozens of countries have gone from crushing poverty to extreme wealth in 1-2 generations. In every case that I know of government spending was not the main driver of the change.
Spot on. I'm catching up on your work and must say that there's got to be a place in the new presidential administration in the USA for you as a consultant or something in that capacity. Glad to meet you.
OD
My dream is actually to reform K-12 education and therapy. I see HUGE issues with both areas of praxis and they seem to be mostly ignored by the heterodox. As long as the Left owns the teachers' colleges (and it certainly does) we will be fighting this battle.
Unfortunately, these two areas are among the most credentials-focused and femininized parts of our economy. It'll be a long path but that doesn't deter me. Nothing that's worth doing is easy.
Exceptional attitude and approach! Additionally, did you get the memo regarding the Trump Administration shutting down the DOE?!?!
Any thoughts?
Thanks OD. That means a lot! I recently drove 980 minutes from my place to speak to Seth Keshel (who maintains a very good Substack about electoral integrity) and I have made other great connections on this platform. Like my writing, my network and resume are a gradual project... until they're not!
I was unemployed last year and I interviewed for a local warehouse manager role and the interviewer asked me what activity I would perform if I had all the money in the world. I try to be scrupulously honest (I'm in recovery) so, although I think it's a stupid question, I answered "a public intellectual." I didn't hear back from that employer.
Thanks again for the comment. It's great to meet you too.
I'm glad you got a good vibe from my comments.
Great job! Hang in there. Things are turning up and around.
Liked the warehouse interview story. lol
Poverty in Argentina rose to over half the population on 2024.
Yes, I know. Any time an austerity program is imposed there will be a short-term jump in poverty, as the government stops paying subsidies and making transfer payments to poorer citizens. The government was paying for food and rent and fuel for millions of Argentineans... but it didn't have the money for that. Add that to a bloated public sector workforce and rigid labor market regulations and insane labor laws and you have wasteful and inefficient system. There's no limit to how much money the state will waste if given the opportunity.
Unfortunately, this is necessary, when those payments are being financed by inflationary spending and government borrowing. Regardless of your economic inclinations (whteher you like Amartya Sen or T. Piketty or IMF or the Austrians), I think most professionals will agree that austerity is sometimes a necessary path forward when a government is over-extended. Sometimes it's the only thing preventing total collapse.
Economic policies will always have some winners and some losers. The viability of a strategy must rest upon its overall logic and costs/benefits. If Milei is correct you should expect to see extreme poverty fall fairly quickly within 1-2 years and the middle class begin to grow quickly within 5. Statistics seem to indicate that's already happening I think.
If you give a nation the resources and freedom they won't need the government to pay for field or food. They'll be able to pay for these things themselves. Dozens of countries have gone from crushing poverty to extreme wealth in 1-2 generations. In every case that I know of government spending was not the main driver of the change.
Indeed.