All right, so we've got, why does the U.S. administration broker a peace settlement in Gaza that favors Iran? I do not know. I don't think that is the normal view of it, but I'm not going to claim to be anything like an expert there. I mean, I do subscribe to the usual view that the peace settlement,
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like the ceasefire, is not going to hold. And so... As for favoring Iran, if it happens, the obvious story is it's not really expected to continue, so it might favor Iran in the very unlikely case that it works, but otherwise won't. So that's the best that I'll do there. Let's see. Other questions.
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Why was there no recession in 2024, as many libertarians predicted? Actually, I'd say that's a more general question, because this is a period of disinflation. There's a long view in macro that any disinflation actually is going to give you a serious increase in unemployment. So I wouldn't think of this as even a particularly libertarian view.
My first livestream covers envy, polarization, immigration backlash, crypto, the non-recession of 2024, and more. I planned ahead by getting a tripod for my iPhone, but next time I’ll try to improve on the camera angle.
Thanks Bryan for answering my question on the role of envy in society. Envy is difficult to analyze from an economic point of view, I gather.
Ps. Helmut Schoeck‘s book on „Envy“ is an excellent recommendation, indeed. Fun fact: The German original („Neid“) was released in its first edition 1965 in green (!) cloth (green is deemed the color of envy in our culture).
Why was there no recession in 2024, as many libertarians predicted? Actually, I'd say that's a more general question, because this is a period of disinflation. There's a long view in macro that any disinflation actually is going to give you a serious increase in unemployment. So I wouldn't think of this as even a particularly libertarian view.
Thanks for sharing the AMA, Bryan! I liked it.
Do you consider American desendants of slaves to be assimilated?
If we did open borders would the us become like south Africa?
Thanks Bryan for answering my question on the role of envy in society. Envy is difficult to analyze from an economic point of view, I gather.
Ps. Helmut Schoeck‘s book on „Envy“ is an excellent recommendation, indeed. Fun fact: The German original („Neid“) was released in its first edition 1965 in green (!) cloth (green is deemed the color of envy in our culture).
Thanks Bryan!