Supply Side vs Demand Side is Lazy

There is a popular idea in popular economics discussions that the left wing is on the demand side and for the working class, and the right wing is on the supply side and for the bourgeoisie. This could not be farther from the truth. Housing costs In the case of zoning, zoning is a supply-side …

Overview of UN resolutions regarding Ukraine and Palestine

There have been three resolutions in the UN over the last year regarding the invasion of Gaza and six regarding Ukraine over the last two years. The following countries have voted in favor of Likud at least once in the last three resolutions: Argentina Austria (x2) Croatia Czechia (x3) Fiji Guatemala (x2) Hungary (x2) Israel …

Red lines are political boogiemen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War This article clearly demonstrates that the red lines Russia has set have been of little to no value. But what we have found is that when NATO has not made it clear something is off limits, Russia consistently violates it. In response to us not letting Georgia and Ukraine into NATO in 2008, Georgia …

France unemployment rate

https://tradingeconomics.com/france/unemployment-rate France has not seen unemployment below 7% since 1981. In this world, we have a choice: you can have all of the labor protections you have so you never lose a job, or you can have high wages and low unemployment. The costs of hiring in France are extremely high because it is nearly …

Freedom of speech and the press

It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump is suing George Stephanopolous at the same time that there is a bill in Congress claiming criticizing policies done by Netanyahu and his government is on par with Holocaust denial and calling for genocide against Jews. They are two sides of the same coin. Israeli Democracy in …