Monday, August 1, 2022

Question 71

Question 71

“The intellectuals are more totalitarian in outlook than the common people.”--orwell

On one hand, Mr. Furman insists that raising taxes will help reduce inflation in large part because “[d]emand reductions resulting from tax increases … are much larger and more immediate than any impact they have on future supply.” On the other hand, he asserts that it “isn’t at all clear” that raising corporate taxes will reduce business investment – which is another way of saying that it isn’t at all clear that demand reductions will result from corporate-tax increases.--Gibbrish noted by Bordeaux

If taxing rich corporations is a moral and legal priority, why is it a good idea to fund rich corporations with the CHIPS Act?

Why is federal funding of electric vehicles so bad if federal funding of chip manufacturers is so good?

D.C. is furious about the illegal immigrants being sent there. But isn't that what a 'sanctuary city' is?

Dolphins identify themselves with a unique whistle that scientists have likened to a human name.
Good thing they don't have a voting district.

A paper in Management Science by Kini, Shen, Shenoy and Subramanian finds that labor unions reduce product quality.

2 comments:

Custer said...

SIR OMAR OF BHUTA WAS A GREAT INTELECTUAL YET HE DID NOT FIT YOUR MODEL

Anonymous said...

Sir Omar was a physician.