The main takeaway from this discussion is, “Take the tax cuts out of the mix, our fiscal scene would look fine.”
Behind Bernstein is an Epson ET-2980 multi-function printer, the same model I have. This is confirmation that I would have made a good economist.
Shelley Fabares was feminine perfection. The ultimate girl next door, she was a lifetime crush.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/shelley-fabares-dead-donna-reed-show-coach-1236679384/
Bismo texted the sad news that Leslie Parrish passed away, apparently towards the end of last year.
These weekly news summaries from the UK tabloid The Mirror are as accurate as they are amusing.
Three movies that make the case for 1949 as perhaps the greatest year in post-war British cinema.
David Lean, two Dickens adaptations after Brief Encounter, returns to the subject of romance.
Directed by blacklisted Edward Dmytryk, Obsession stars the superb actor Robert Newton, in his most refined villain role. Note: Phil Brown, who plays Newton’s would-be victim, was Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen in Star Wars.
Powell and Pressburger returned to the war to provide dramatic tension in The Small Back Room. Its leading lady is the incomparable Kathleen Byron.
More GOP wishful thinking to avoid raising taxes.
“There’s nothing magic about the 40-trillion number,” Bessent said. “We can grow our way out of that.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/bessent-budget-deficit-trump.html
We’re still recovering from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis!
After roughly two decades of ultralow interest rates, a period of rapid readjustment is ahead for the United States
I’m going to cash in on Bessents’s short-term borrowing binge.
