Oren Cass’s “What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza”(The New York Times, December 23) has forgotten what economics Henry George taught. That’s the pundit named Cass who invariably calls for ...
On November 19, economic mobility scholars debated the resolution: “Public policy in recent decades has caused economic changes that have worsened the quality of life for most Americans.” Oren Cass of ...
In these articles, Cass commits three fundamental errors: 1) a misapplication of what economists call “externalities,” 2) falling victim to the water-diamond paradox, and 3) a disregard of secondary ...
I’ve been critical of Trump’s (and Biden’s) support for tariffs, so I was interested to read a defense of the former president’s trade plans that would challenge my view. Naturally, I turned to that ...
In the New York Times, Oren Cass argues that what “the elites” don’t understand is that the majority of Americans have a different definition of success than they do. As a result, the economic ...
In The Spectator, Oren Cass once again tries to point out that when it comes to Trump’s tariffs, economists just don’t get it. This is not the first time that he’s done so nor is he the only lawyer to ...
From New York Times Opinion, this is “The Ezra Klein Show.” Good lord, what a week in politics. Over the weekend, there was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. I thought that was going to ...
I sat on this for a bit, but Oren Cass’s latest “victory” lap one year after Liberation Day convinced me to post. In case you missed it, Cass had a good, smug laugh at economists who predicted the ...
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