also, Jeffrey Sachs

Here's a graphic from the Stevenson and Wolfers introductory economics textbook. (It's a point of pride for me that no other textbook insists on this level of numeracy before presenting macro data.)

I watched this whole thing happen w Bush! Hard to overstate the cult of personality around him! How brilliant and tough and wise he was! He turned out to be an incompetent disaster. But there was no moment of epiphany,no “wow we got that wrong” just a hard pivot (for most) into Donald Trump God King

All the many people who’ve made their entire careers lying about his obvious nature will just abandon it, and slink away and find some new project where the left is wrong.

What’s less funny is that all the people who used to hold the opposite views, basically all conservatives haven’t even stopped for a second think “hmmm what might be the lefties be right about this time?” The answer of course is Trump is a historical menace. And at some point that will be consensus

Why does this method work for him but not for others? What is it about him that he can lie and cheat in broad daylight but pay no price for it? Why doesn’t the same approach work for others?

Erin Burnett is also good.

Apart from Bumrah, the other bowlers have been quite ineffective. It has helped Steve Smith, Labushagne, and Carey to revive their careers.
Batting also has been very weak. Hope India avoid the follow on. Otherwise it will be difficult to save this test match