re: What is your outlook on the economy?

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Also would be a thought-provoking OP if you cross-posted it to the PTB.

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Recently I have been flirting with the idea of creating a thread on there about the relevance of the Jeane Kirkpatrick Doctrine for evaluating the reasoning behind supporting allies (such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) while opposing adversaries (such as Syria and Iran), but I still don't think it's time yet.

This article gives me hope though: " Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and the End of the Isolationist Movement."

Seriously though, I have mostly given up on the political process for domestic economic policies for at least the next 30 years or so, after which the demographic shakeout may once again allow youth-oriented growth policies to take root again. We are going the way of Europe and Japan, and there's no way to stop it, but it will be less severe, because we are better than they are, for whatever that consolation prize is worth.