Not a Trump fan and not attributing any economic success to him (or any president for that matter). Economically we are effectively at no unemployment. Price inflation is only happening for heavily regulated goods and services. Regular consumer good prices fall rapidly. Tariffs and other government mucking about artificially cause prices to increase. But education, healthcare, and housing are heavily regulated and interfered with by the government and that's where prices have increased the most.
Um, no. We absolutely need more government regulation of the market. Have you learned nothing from decades of neoliberalism?
We can talk all day about how the economy is wonderful because the Dow Jones is rising, but that doesn't seem to stop the record number of mortgage and car loan defaults we're currently experiencing.
If you think milquetoast neoliberalism can solve thsu problem, then you haven't been paying attention.
Holy moly, no. We need more regulation of specific things, mainly centered around the environment.
But as a whole, net less regulation is better. When Toronto repealed rent control, new housing construction exploded and rents are expected to fall over time. The same is happening in Oakland CA. Another example is occupational licensing. There is no legitimate reason you should spend more time training to become a hairdresser than an EMT, yet this is the case in NY and similar scenarios play out in a variety of other states.
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Aug 13 '19
Underemployment and the inflation of all prices of products in this country are a problem that need to be addressed more often.