7/17/2022 links
1: We lost the lead on 5G because of one green card
We blew our ability to lead in the development of and setting standards for the 5G technology… by not granting **ONE** Green Card.
Imagine all the technology we’re saying goodbye to by not retaining the foreign STEM talent trained at US universities.
foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/16/imm…
2: MMT is BS
One criticism of MMT is that it does not have testable predictions. Increasingly it seems as if it does advance two testable (and tested) hypotheses:
1. Cutting interest rates reduces inflation
2. Well-designed government spending increases reduces inflation
3: Progressives are on a different planet from Hispanic working class voters