Thursday, February 18, 2016

US politics II

How about: Clinton-Sanders vs Trump-Fiorina.

The popular support is with Sanders, but I think Clinton is mercurial enough to absorb this new movement.

As for Trump, I know he dissed Fiorina; but he could use a West Coast ally.

Monday, February 15, 2016

Soros on deflation

I found a recent interview with the Lorenzo de Medici of color revolutions, George Soros.

Soros and Trump have something in common - for billionaires, they are both unusually open about their political ambitions. Trump, rather than be a string-puller behind the scenes, has decided to cut out the middleman and become president himself. And Soros is openly a political ideologue, not just a political financier.

In any case, I am logging this interview because of his macroeconomic theses, particularly for what he says about deflation.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

US politics

It seems we have a left-wing populist supported by the people, a right-wing populist supported by himself, and a bunch of centrist candidates supported by the banks. (When I say support, I mean dollars, not votes.)