Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis

“America’s central economic problem is preserving the nation’s capacity to sustain growth vigorous enough to counteract an impending fiscal crisis of escalating national debt. Part of the reason that growth has declined in the last decades is the stifling force of over-regulation. The new administration’s sweeping agenda for regulatory rollback thus need not represent merely political posturing, but has the potential to address one of the most profound threats confronting contemporary America. To understand its rationale and architecture is to grasp a bold attempt at putting the nation’s financial house in order and preserving its future prosperity.” (03/13/25)

https://lawliberty.org/strategic-deregulation-to-spur-economic-growth/

Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker

“Past recessions have been the result of policy errors or disasters. The most typical policy error is when the Federal Reserve Board raises interest rates too much to counter inflation. That was clearly the story in the 1974-75 recession, as well as the 1980-82 double-dip recession. Then we have recessions caused by collapsing financial bubbles, the 2001 recession following the collapse of the stock bubble, and the 2008-09 recession following the collapse of the housing bubble. And of course, we had the 2020 recession because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now Donald Trump is threatening us with a recession — not because of something that is any way unavoidable, but rather because as president he has the power to bring on a recession.” (03/13/25)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/13/the-trump-musk-recession-because-they-can/

Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander

“Last month, I put out a request for experts to help me understand the details of OpenAI’s forprofit buyout. The following comes from someone who has looked into the situation in depth but is not an insider. Mistakes are mine alone.” (03/13/25)

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/openai-nonprofit-buyout-much-more

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Mark Thompson

“President Trump declared in his March 4 congressional address that he will seek ‘a state-of-the-art golden dome missile defense shield to protect our homeland’ from all kinds of attacks. He also said he’s bolstering U.S. Navy shipbuilding through a newly created ‘office of shipbuilding in the White House.’ There’s both bad and good news here. The first goal is physically, and fiscally, impossible. The second is a worthy investment. Here’s hoping that those now force-feeding the Pentagon can tell the difference.” (03/13/25)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/star-wars/