Aparna Mathur is a Resident Scholar, Economic Policy, at the American Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank with an excellent kitchen that I periodically visit when I want to save money on lunch or cocktails. If you're ever in DC I strongly recommend visiting their events page to see if you can enjoy one of their catered meals or open bars. Scholar Mathur has … [Read more...] about Beware Republicans bearing robust debate and compromise
Archives for March 2019
That’s not how any of this works, Amazon edition
The recent debacle in New York over Amazon's plan to open an office there under the hilarious marketing slogan of "HQ2" (or maybe HQ1.5, or maybe HQ2.14159?) gave finance journalists, who I've long insisted are the laziest people on earth, the opportunity to cluck their tongues about the poor state of "financial literacy," and gives me the opportunity to debunk a few of the … [Read more...] about That’s not how any of this works, Amazon edition
There’s no such thing as an “American retirement model”
There's no cliche more beloved by the financial press than the "changing American retirement model." The beauty of the changing American retirement model is that you can use it to prove any point you want: if you want to cut Social Security old age benefits by raising the full retirement age, the changing American retirement model is that people are living and working … [Read more...] about There’s no such thing as an “American retirement model”