Did the Kennedy Tax Cuts Cause Rising Inflation?
Wall Street Journal columnist Greg Ip, among others, has repeatedly warned that “this year’s tax cut mayoverheat an economy already near full employment. ” This equivocal prediction relies on a theory that inflation is caused by combining low unemployment and large structural (cyclically-adjusted) budget deficits. Inflation is assumed to be a national rather thanglobal phenomenon, and its cause is assumed to be fiscal rather than monetary. To support this fiscal theory that tax cuts are inflationary, the evidence Greg Ip andothers have always turned to is this brief sample from U.S. history, 1965 to 1967:“In ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 1, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
No matter where you are, you ’re still a doctor
I grabbed a few beach pillows, put on my old worn-out blue beach button down, poured myself a glass of whiskey and walked down to the beach from our villa to watch the sunset. My four friends and I were ten days deep into a two-week vacation. We had already toured Seoul, South Korea for three days, Tokyo, Japan for four days and Hong Kong for three days. So, I welcomed the two days of rest and relaxation that accompanied the beach resort of Vinpearl in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
I remember laying down perched up on a pillow or two to support my head. The fine, white sand of Nha Trang starting to stick to my almost empty but still...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marc-n-katz" rel="tag" > Marc N. Katz, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Adapting U.S. Foreign Policy to a Changing World
The dramatic news that CIA DirectorMike Pompeo met in secret with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the Easter weekend has renewed hopes that one of the world ’s most dangerous stand offs might be resolved without war. PresidentDonald Trump confirmed via Twitter that details for a summit meeting were “being worked out” and predicted “Denuclearization will be a great thing for World, but also for North Korea!” The good feelings continued during the week, with Kim announcing on Saturday thatthe North no longer needs to conduct nuclear or missile tests.Americans should welcome such prospects, but South Koreans ha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 21, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Christopher A. Preble Source Type: blogs
The Art of Medicine: Taking a Military History
This article was prepared by the authors above in his/her personal capacity. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Connecticut Healthcare System or the United States government.
Title: The Forgotten Question: Taking a Military History
Authors:
Meredith Bertrand, NP1
Eugenia Betz, MD1,2
Alice Grant, NP1
Leila Haghighat, MD1,2
Janet Ku, NP1
Sumit R. Kumar, MD1,2
Mona Lalehzari, MD1,2
Benjamin Y. Lu, MD1,2
J. Nicholas Pumilia, MD1,2
Jonathan Stock, MD1,2
Anna Reisman, MD1,2,3
1. VA Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Ed...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Public Schooling Battles: March Dispatch
The country saw other kinds of identity and values-based battles in March, but the month was dominated by one thing: guns, especially how you protest against them, for them, or try your best to stay neutral.Of the 24 conflicts recorded on the Battle Map in March, 15 involved guns in some way. The large majority were directly about the March 14 National School Walkout, primarily whether schools should allow walkouts without ramifications in support of free speech; whether concerns about order and safety required that those who walked out be punished; if allowing a walkout to protest gun violence but not other causes amounte...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 10, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Can You Unfriend a Person Without Demonizing Them?
Never in my six decades have I been witness to such great divide between people of various socio-political stripes. Even the Vietnam war, with its protests and the slogans spouted by the young about not trusting anyone over 30 and the older set not trusting long-haired hippies, didn’t tear relationships asunder as is the case now.
Stanford Law School professor Mugambi Jouet is the author of the provocative book Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other. In it, he explores the polarities that exist in this country like nowhere else on the planet.
“What’s intriguing,”...
Source: World of Psychology - March 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Books Communication Ethics & Morality Friends Minding the Media Personal Relationships Technology Anger arguments Facebook Friendship partisan politics polarization social media Source Type: blogs
Vietnam's Remarkable Month of Balancing Against China in the South China Sea
Vietnam in March very publicly engaged in a string of activities to strengthen deterrence against China in the South China Sea. But Hanoi ' s push to deepen external defense ties with states that can help its cause will not necessarily translate into greater risk-taking in the region. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 26, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Atrocity
I just finished readingThe Second World War by Antony Beevor. This was a most unpleasant experience, but one to which you would be well served to subject yourself. Beevor discusses the subject ofwriting about horrific truths here, with reporter Keith Lowe.“One has to try to understand these things,” he says. “Let’s face it, the duty of a historian is to understand, and to try to convey that understanding to others.” In fact, given the brutal nature of war, he feels he has actually been relatively restrained. There are many details that have never made it into his books. In his history of the Soviet attack on Berl...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 5, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What's Caught My Attention Lately....
It's been just about a month since I last posted here, and what a month it's been. I was away for a couple of weeks on a wonderful family vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia. While it was a mostly psychiatry-free trip, the sign above did grab my attention. It was a sign at the ecolodge where we were staying in Mai Chau, a rural area of Vietnam where water buffalo are still used as work animals in the rice paddies. Why are persons with mental illness not permitted in the pool? I have no idea, but it seems that stigma is rampant everywhere. So do let me give links to the things I've been...
Source: Shrink Rap - March 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Unknown Source Type: blogs
What's Caught My Attention Lately....
It ' s been just about a month since I last posted here, and what a month it ' s been. I was away for a couple of weeks on a wonderful family vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia. While it was a mostly psychiatry-free trip, the sign above did grab my attention. It was a sign at the ecolodge where we were staying in Mai Chau, a rural area of Vietnam where water buffalo are still used as work animals in the rice paddies. Why are persons with mental illness not permitted in the pool? I have no idea, but it seems that stigma is rampant everywhere. So do let me give links to the things I ' v...
Source: Shrink Rap - March 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Unknown Source Type: blogs
What's Caught My Attention Lately....
It's been just about a month since I last posted here, and what a month it's been. I was away for a couple of weeks on a wonderful family vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia. While it was a mostly psychiatry-free trip, the sign above did grab my attention. It was a sign at the ecolodge where we were staying in Mai Chau, a rural area of Vietnam where water buffalo are still used as work animals in the rice paddies. Why are persons with mental illness not permitted in the pool? I have no idea, but it seems that stigma is rampant everywhere. So do let me give links to the things I've been...
Source: Shrink Rap - March 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Unknown Source Type: blogs
What Does Self-Esteem, Arranged Marriage, and Ramen Have in Common?
This will be a phenomenally busy week with doctor visits, writing, and preparations for a symposium. Then punctuated by a presentation at BYU just when things get really crazy in the middle of the week. I ’ve been asked to talk about publishing e-books, and I’ll be joined with my editor. I did this class two years ago, but unlike last time, I’ve been preparing. We have some ideas we think will be fun, including putting together a very quick& dirty ePub. I also spent the weekend finishing projects like the paperback edition of my Pok émon book, and writing articles that I plan to submit here and there. But I don...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - February 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Hobnobbing Writing Source Type: blogs
What Does Self-Esteem, Arranged Marriage, and Ramen Have in Common
This will be a phenomenally busy week with doctor visits, writing, and preparations for a symposium. Then punctuated by a presentation at BYU just when things get really crazy in the middle of the week. I ’ve been asked to talk about publishing e-books, and I’ll be joined with my editor. I did this class two years ago, but unlike last time, I’ve been preparing. We have some ideas we think will be fun, including putting together a very quick& dirty ePub. I also spent the weekend finishing projects like the paperback edition of my Pok émon book, and writing articles that I plan to submit here and there. But I don...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - February 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Hobnobbing Writing Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence & How Doctors Think: An Interview with Thomas Jefferson ’ s Stephen Klasko
AJAY KOHLI, MD
As I walk into the building, the sheer grandiosity of the room is one to withhold — it’s as if I’m walking into Grand Central station. There’s a small army of people, all busy at their desks, working to carry out the next wave of innovations helping more than a million lives within the Greater Philadelphia region. However, I’m not here to catch a train or enjoy the sights. I’m at the office of the President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Stephen Klasko, currently at the helm of one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S.
Let me backup a little.
The theme of nearly every con...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Ajay Kohli Internet of Things Stephen Klasko Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Klasko Watson Source Type: blogs
