Economics and Political Spin

Economist Stephen Roach notes:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-art-of-the-spin-by-stephen-s-roach-2019-06

“Trump’s vindictive bluster has steamrolled economic-policy deliberations – ignoring the lessons of history, rejecting the analytics of modern economics, and undermining the institutional integrity of the policymaking process. Policy blunders of epic proportion have become the rule, not the exception.”

Related:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/24/this-is-absolute-worst-economic-theory-history-theories/

Zero-Sum Thinking is Flawed

https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2019/06/the-recrudescence-of-zero-sum-thinking.html

Recessions are a natural part of capitalism, not something to be avoided at all costs

https://www.ft.com/content/08af2802-9372-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271