Malcolm Wardlaw
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I'm a finance professor at the University of Georgia. https://www.malcolmwardlaw.info/
Banking and Corporate Finance, Labor, Statistical Methods
Dune is about worms.
Banking and Corporate Finance, Labor, Statistical Methods
Dune is about worms.
Eh. This exact same idea got floated during Reagan's second term and it went nowhere.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Eh. This exact same idea got floated during Reagan's second term and it went nowhere.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
Yes, norms about the Constitution were stronger then, but also remember that second term Reagan was *super* popular, while Trump has never been all that popular.
TempleOS really was the endgame.
August 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
TempleOS really was the endgame.
Eh. I still think NYC has the edge. There’s just something about democracy that gives places a leg up, you know?
August 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Eh. I still think NYC has the edge. There’s just something about democracy that gives places a leg up, you know?
China doesn’t have anything international enough to bump NYC. What would you put there? Hong Kong? Shanghai?
August 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
China doesn’t have anything international enough to bump NYC. What would you put there? Hong Kong? Shanghai?
If we’re judging based on other livability or interestingness or niceness criteria, some other US city is always going to crack the top-5
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If we’re judging based on other livability or interestingness or niceness criteria, some other US city is always going to crack the top-5
If we’re just doing generic “great cities of the world”: London, Paris, Tokyo. I can’t think of any criteria that doesn’t put New York at 4th (or better.)
And I don’t even like New York.
And I don’t even like New York.
August 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If we’re just doing generic “great cities of the world”: London, Paris, Tokyo. I can’t think of any criteria that doesn’t put New York at 4th (or better.)
And I don’t even like New York.
And I don’t even like New York.
If that’s true, then the number of “good” cities in the world is like 3.
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If that’s true, then the number of “good” cities in the world is like 3.
First I'm hearing of it.
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
First I'm hearing of it.
The whole “tax the rich” thing has made the left sound deeply un-serious.
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The whole “tax the rich” thing has made the left sound deeply un-serious.
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
If your whole shtick is making taxation sound punitive, how are they going to convince the electorate to accept the broad middle class tax once necessary to pay for the kind of spending they say they want?
Liquidity … illusion?
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Liquidity … illusion?
Moran makes a ton of money at ABC. I doubt many foreign media organizations have that kinda scratch to spend on an English speaking correspondent whose popularity is probably US-centric.
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Moran makes a ton of money at ABC. I doubt many foreign media organizations have that kinda scratch to spend on an English speaking correspondent whose popularity is probably US-centric.
Yes. All of this. But it’s a mistake to assume a conspiracy to manipulate the data for some interested party. This isn’t partisan. It’s just stupid.
June 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yes. All of this. But it’s a mistake to assume a conspiracy to manipulate the data for some interested party. This isn’t partisan. It’s just stupid.
Russell Vought isn’t a Machiavellian genius. He has a very crude and simplistic idea about the branches of government asserting power. To that extent, maybe Congress should be exerting its power. They created the statistical agencies. They should make sure someone is minding the store.
June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Russell Vought isn’t a Machiavellian genius. He has a very crude and simplistic idea about the branches of government asserting power. To that extent, maybe Congress should be exerting its power. They created the statistical agencies. They should make sure someone is minding the store.
They're not trying to hide anything. BLS is just *badly* under-staffed. The under-staffing by the Executive branch is all negligence and incompetence rather than malice. Which is almost worse IMO.
June 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
They're not trying to hide anything. BLS is just *badly* under-staffed. The under-staffing by the Executive branch is all negligence and incompetence rather than malice. Which is almost worse IMO.
How old are your kids?
May 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How old are your kids?
Can’t I just let them run feral? If they need to do tennis or whatever, I’m sure some hobo can teach them how to jump a train to the practice court.
April 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Can’t I just let them run feral? If they need to do tennis or whatever, I’m sure some hobo can teach them how to jump a train to the practice court.
I've actually seen this before, and weirdly forgotten about it.
I kinda think the right answer really is just histograms and scatterplots.
I kinda think the right answer really is just histograms and scatterplots.
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I've actually seen this before, and weirdly forgotten about it.
I kinda think the right answer really is just histograms and scatterplots.
I kinda think the right answer really is just histograms and scatterplots.
Wait, "Box" is not a descriptor, it's George Box?
Mmmmm, citation needed.
Mmmmm, citation needed.
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Wait, "Box" is not a descriptor, it's George Box?
Mmmmm, citation needed.
Mmmmm, citation needed.
It happens. There are 547 other top-level members of the government outside the Executive who are fully capable of wielding power when they so choose.
April 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It happens. There are 547 other top-level members of the government outside the Executive who are fully capable of wielding power when they so choose.
That's true. The right answer is almost always just a histogram, maybe with some overlays.
April 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
That's true. The right answer is almost always just a histogram, maybe with some overlays.