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No, but I think the idea was to reduce the signature of the superstructure itself. If you look at the superstructure of the Arleigh Burkes, I'm...

GVChamp, automatic stabilizers ARE Keynesian in nature. the Monetarist view discounts this type of stabilizer as inefficient at best,...

10 years ago Keynesian economics failed. The only reason the recession wasn't as bad as the Great Depression was because of the automatic stabilizers...

TOI reporting, Assam cops arrest Hizbul Mujahideen man’s elder bro, four aides Focus on fake notes used in terror funding

Mizoram churches ‘reject’ SC’s Section 377 ruling Move on or fall behind. Buggers.

Trump slaps fresh tariffs on Chinese imports worth $200 billion

USA, 1930s and 10 years ago. Why do I get the feeling you never had to make do with such benefits? Agreed. Not designed for black swans. ...

The UK, Canada, Japan, and France all have higher public debt than the US, and none of them have Republicans. The problem with Keynesian...

Well… it's Monday and I'm back from my Detroit trip. It was definitely a trip fraught with mixed emotions. On the unhappy side I was visiting a very...

QE arrives in Norfolk. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/september/17/180917-qnlz-arrives-in-norfolk ...

Yeah, about that... I never understood this part of the ship's "sale pitch". Were these antenna supposed to obey some new law of physics?...

Reasonably confident. I don't know how it could perform the functions listed below without transmitting, and the article specifically states that it...

Touche.

When did POTUS lying under oath become something petty? Didn't seem that way in 1998-99 ... but, that was back when the GOP still had some shred of...

Ah, yes, the Arsenal Ship. Didn't that "evolve" into the 1000? Some evolution...

I'm not going to defend the Zumwalt's, I think that they've been a huge money sinkhole. However, there's a reason all those antennas and structures...

Really not a fair comparison at all. Both Chechnya and Afghanistan were at best battalion level engagements. When the Soviets massed regimental or...

Interesting chat with Andrew Small on the Sinica podcast ...

Two possibilities with very different cost structures...

Terrorists kill soldier who was home for son's last rites Why are they not given security when they visit their families? This type of incidents...

So you are confident that the antennas on the wings and stabilizers function as low power emitters? I suspect minimal power would be required for...

Trump's supporters have sneeringly dismissed the possibility of Trump talking with Mueller, "because he'll catch in something petty and charge him...

Apart from ULFA, NSCM, MNF etcetera, which were supported by China/Pak/Bangladesh (Khaleda Zia's time & before Bangladesh became independent), there...

that's precisely it. remember that NBC interview when Trump said he fired Comey because of "this Russia thing", and not because of Rod...

Very cool, thank you!

DOR, that's not quite right. the problem with Keynesian economics is that GOP politicians won't save for a rainy day. Bill Clinton did just...

Good Day, Gentlemen, Been away for a while. Went down to Georgia for a wedding and then on the spot decided to do a fishing tour of the lakes in...

Monetarists worry more about the money supply than demand. Hence, increasing the growth rate of M-2 by half in order to stimulate demand will drive...

At this point, the USN might as well replaced it with a barge loaded with cruise missiles...

A somewhat random observation: Besides a former employer of mine, there's someone else that Donald Trump reminds me of, but I couldn't put my...