Favorite Rejects 2022-06-26

James Medlock @jdcmedlock

Anarcho-Keynesianism is where you don’t believe in having the state manage the macro economy, individuals simply take direct action by shoplifting when the economy is below capacity and then sneak goods back into store inventories during inflationary periods https://t.co/YAKVpQUfDq

Matt Bruenig @MattBruenig

@DavidSligar There is a very plausible trollish extension of this observation that says that, when the economy is under capacity, shoplifting in particular (at least within certain aggregate limits) is likely positive-sum because it will result in more aggregate production

Reza Zadeh @Reza_Zadeh

Four MBAs started a startup and realized they need an engineer to actually do the work.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

While people spend the overwhelming majority of their time in places that are majority-white. I wonder sometimes how many white Americans have *ever* been to a party with mostly-Black guests or a restaurant with mostly-Black patrons.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Most women who get abortions already have at least one child. https://t.co/WQ2B8mtQ6T

J.D. Vance @JDVance1

If your worldview tells you that it’s bad for women to become mothers but liberating for them to work 90 hours a week in a cubicle at the New York Times or Goldman Sachs, you’ve been had.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I think this result underscores the power of the "safe, legal, and rare" rhetorical framework — there's a very large and electorally decisive group of somewhat squishy pro-choice voters.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

South Korea’s GDP is now larger than Canada’s, they should push for promotion/relegation from the G7.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

GamerGate destroyed nerd culture; hence I will hate GamerGate forever. Twitter enabled and encouraged GamerGate; hence I will hate Twitter forever. It's really as simple as that.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

The Quad should think about arming Myanmar's National Unity Government.

warontherocks.comA More United, Better-Armed Opposition Can Bring Democracy to Myanmar - War on the RocksMyanmar’s rocky democratic transition ended abruptly in a military coup on February 1, 2021. Yet, the generals have kicked a hornet’s nest. The country’s

sam @sam_d_1995

In 2018, control of the VA legislature was determined by a coin flip because the election was a literal tie donating to state legislature democrats is by far best bang for your buck we’ve already raised $3,500, which could absolutely swing some races secure.actblue.com/donate/stateab…

Andrew Luna🇺🇦 @GrandAdmAndrew

How about action over donations. How many more millions do you need to achieve any success? https://t.co/OfKm4LJ09Q

James Palmer @BeijingPalmer

I will believe that their priority is to rebuild diplomacy with the US when they lay off the public conspiracy theories and shit-talking about the US.

John Blaxland @JohnBlaxland1

A significant shift, it would appear:"The demotion of China's first vice foreign minister, President Xi Jinping's point man for Russia, signals a shift in Xi's strategy and suggests his priority in foreign policy now is to rebuild diplomacy with the US" https://t.co/fhNDVvu9pN