Chris Westley

@DrChrisWestley

Prof , Dean of the Lutgert College of Business. Writes on public policy and economics. AMDG. Believes real life happens away from a screen.

Fort Myers, FL
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Joined June 2009
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    22 Jul 2020

    I'm old enough to remember when Dr. Thomas Inglesby of the Center for Health Security was against quarantines for . It was about 10 weeks before he said the United States would have to lockdown indefinitely. What changed? Dunno, I guess the virus got less dangerous.

    Serious concern that large scale quarantine for nCoV will be ineffective and could have big negative consequences. I think priority instead should be on maximum possible increase in diagnostic testing in Wuhan, and in provinces & cities around China. (1/x)
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  2. 4 Feb 2020

    Thanks to ! Time In Nashville has been well spent. Suggestions for future sessions: (i) rankings, (ii) certificates, badges, and microcredentialing.

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    7 Mar 2019

    i know. i know. this doesn't matter. but ....

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    3 Mar 2019

    An economy that cannot absorb real positive interest rates is not a heathy economy, but a zombified debt machine.

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    23 Feb 2019

    My dear Wormwood, I see you've gotten the patient to join Twitter. My work is done here. Your affectionate uncle, SCREWTAPE

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    20 Feb 2019

    The Eurozone slowdown is not just evident... It is much worse than the rest of the world.

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  7. 17 Aug 2018

    The , Turkish Edition: “Is­tan­bul’s sky­line, which counted 19 high-rises when [Erdogon] be­came prime min­is­ter, now has 98, ac­cord­ing to the Coun­cil on Tall Build­ings and Ur­ban Habi­tat....” ⁦⁩

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    27 Jul 2018

    Mises Institute | Christopher Westley: An Open Letter about Anti-Russian Paranoia (via & )

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  9. 29 Jun 2018

    A good point from an old friend...

    An $18 return on every $1 of tax cuts (over 15 years)? Imagine what would happen if the state did this for all businesses and individuals, and not just the economic megafauna. Let's take this to its logical conclusion. Please.
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  10. 24 Jun 2018

    “[p]opulism is just democracy delivered good and hard....”

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  11. 19 Jun 2018

    Steven Pearlstein in says U.S. corporate debt in 2018 is like household debt in mid-2000s. $2.8 trillion in 2008, $5.3 trillion in 2018, with record $1.7 trillion of new bonds issued last year. Did create the ‘mother of all credit bubbles’?

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  12. 18 Jun 2018

    In Iowa, U.S. tariff policies could cost farmers up to $624 million.

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    18 May 2018

    Fed hiking rates. Bond yields popping. Oil prices soaring. Think 1973-75. Think 1979-80. Think 1989-90. Think 1999-2000. And think 2006-07. And tell me a recession isn't coming our way.

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    11 Apr 2018

    Your conviction about observational evidence is not based on observational evidence. What experiments have you run to validate it?

    Replying to @RRLove16 @ThomasEWoods
    Belief does not constitute truth . Observational evidence does . Do you have any ?
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    17 Feb 2018

    All in all, we live on a safer, cleaner, and more prosperous planet than was the case in 1960.

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    6 Feb 2018

    According to average federal, state, and local spending on over the last two years has been just under $30 billion a month. If true, how should that change the narrative in support of a DC infra bill?

    Infrastructure spending is probably a better idea than yet another war. Ultimately, though, it's just another government boondoggle. | Christopher Westley
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    31 Jan 2018

    Profit and Charity Are Not Mutually Exclusive

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  18. 12 Dec 2017

    The Ala Senate race reminds us of the enduring mistake known as the 17th Amendment, how it nationalizes Senate elections and neuters state legislatures relative to fedgov. Hard to believe Ala's state legislators would have chosen or , but here we are.

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    1 Dec 2017

    Grand irony: the underlying action that Flynn now admits he lied to the FBI about was urging de-escalation with a nuclear power, which is now no longer permissible

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  20. 21 Nov 2017

    An economist calls out , a journal that has not yet recovered from James Wilson's retirement.

    I am still amazed how a publication called the "Economist" could be so reckless with data. Any reporter worth his salt would pick this up.
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