The right way to view this appointment is, I think, as if Donald Trump were to name William Shatner to command the Navy's 7th Fleet.Well, Orange Julius says he's closer to getting the team he wants. I reckon that's so.
Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Clown Show
I will outsource commentary on the appointment of Lawrence Kudlow to chair the National Economic Council to Brad DeLong. While most of this is characterization, there is a specific factual assertion in there that could be libelous. I don't know about that. (To be clear, Kudlow did admit to a $100,000 a month cocaine habit in 1994 -- Really! -- but I don't know if it's current, as DeLong implies.) But for those of you who don't know, Kudlow is not an economist but rather a wingnut TV commentator who hasn't been right about a single thing for many years. See also here. (He has no degree in economics, not even a B.S., and has never published a single peer reviewed paper.) I will buy this:
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