Stephen J. Dubner of Freakonomics Radio interviews Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. Late in the discussion there’s a brief mention of the HIGHTECH Act of 2009, the government industrial policy that greatly accelerated Epic’s growth.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Death Becomes Her
From the man who said, “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”
Trumps call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel — again — after morbid joke about first lady
“Too Big to Ignore”
GM, Ford, and whatever passes for Chrysler these days, are doomed. Both GM and Chrysler survive thanks to government bailouts. It won’t happen again.
What isn’t known yet is how well these Chinese cars will hold up for ten years. Software updates are another concern.
Fly Spirit of America Airlines
White House Reportedly Considers Using Spirit Airlines To Transport Troops as Part of Takeover
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-reportedly-considers-using-221622664.html
Who can forget what happened the first time Trump took over a bankrupt airline?
Underwater Overseas
A good discussion of Trump’s failure to understand international economics.
A good analysis of Trump’s going nowhere tariffs with China.
In December, Trump declared on social media that he had approved the controversial sale of advanced Nvidia H200 AI semiconductors to China, the very chips his Justice Department only 30 minutes earlier said were being smuggled to China, constituting a threat to national security.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/with-tariffs-stalled-trumps-china-policy-drifts-2026-04-21/
Attacking a Partisan Hack
Paul Krugman is more direct than David Wessel in his criticism of Kevin Warsh, Trump’s “sock puppet” nominee for Fed chairman.