<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:09:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Topological Geon Musings - how can single photons interfere?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my past life, a decade or so ago, I was writing and thinking a lot about topological geon foundations for quantum gravity. The gist of the idea is that general relativity permits closed timelike curves]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/topological-geon-musings-how-can-single-photons-interfere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/topological-geon-musings-how-can-single-photons-interfere</guid><category><![CDATA[geon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:19:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why a Job Guarantee is Superior to UBI in Every Conceivable Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've got at least 18 good reasons you should favour representatives who propose a Job Guarantee scheme rather than a UBI. (I think there could be several more reasons, write to me if you can think of more.)]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/why-a-job-guarantee-is-superior-to-ubi-in-every-conceivable-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/why-a-job-guarantee-is-superior-to-ubi-in-every-conceivable-way</guid><category><![CDATA[job]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:05:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When It's a Crime to Be Poor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some incredibly shocking statistics and facts in the book "Not a Crime to Be Poor" by Peter Edelman, talk given at Politics & Prose here: Just pulling out one of them --- after the Columbine]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/when-it-s-a-crime-to-be-poor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/when-it-s-a-crime-to-be-poor</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQNFmg8auHvYbAc6HMaspJNtKKyXdyCebYa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real American Splintering and Why Pete Buttigieg is Bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be fair, this article is not just about how bad Mayor Pete is, it applies to every advocate of centrist neoliberalism (those who promote Reaganomics and light government and quasi-free markets with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/the-real-american-splinteringadn-why-pete-buttigieg-is-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/the-real-american-splinteringadn-why-pete-buttigieg-is-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[vibrancy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9yiZwfa87C6oEYbfW9CqwuZPitGFg4Rhgvdb9xM7R1n43asdTteM6ieEaEJFErKkQPd5KB4DL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflecting on Gun Violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[I colleague of mine once got me into a civilised and informative, but fairly heated, argument over the US second amendment. After initial exchanges, where I recall I signalled my basic pacifist philosophy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/reflecting-on-gun-violence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/reflecting-on-gun-violence</guid><category><![CDATA[gun]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 15:24:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generalists are Better than Specialists - Generally]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his book "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" David Epstein makes the case (quite convincingly and robustly) that people with general skills tend to do better in life than]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/generalists-are-better-than-specialists-generally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/generalists-are-better-than-specialists-generally</guid><category><![CDATA[generalist]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 05:04:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eF83E6EMSbMSa1hV3YLSpAp6Sy6yNKWKsdQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For and Against Meritocracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was younger I used to think the meritocracy of conservative commentators like David Brooks was a reasonable idea. Why not encourage our best and brightest to lead society? I've always been a Leftie]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/for-and-against-meritocracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/for-and-against-meritocracy</guid><category><![CDATA[meritocracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 04:40:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFv1fWJUrwqVRukw6sNdbqYvdGZTNLDHqXzUX2TDxfhwrPk3GGVKwH9k9nrcDLAz5MKnKAU3HdCQQFmwZNzsQR3kv2WxyU5YfnMyUk9L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Big Government" Can be Good or Bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many conservative shibboleths the fear and paranoia intended by using the phrase "big government" is hopelessly reactionary and profoundly simplistic and nonsensical. There are two extreme]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/big-government-can-be-good-or-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/big-government-can-be-good-or-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[conservatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 04:55:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaa3e4T1EBuBP18JezPvjFFo8gNuE9CiKHBn3S4UG7J71fEMSZ6CkMwh8z5jHoWDdxvcDd5WnYgjkKgBDacEizgu57QKyJbS9qtTkUT9Yx5kuTSGXHFaATDK5xYG7RJRUVLreXmvU5qD7haW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick Note on the Joyful Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's physics, right? Well, that'd be my bias. Being honest, of the hard and soft sciences, I'd say mathematics was the most beautiful and psychology the most joyful, if for no other reason than "joy"]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/quick-note-on-the-joyful-science</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/quick-note-on-the-joyful-science</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 03:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eB5vfZLU1FCpA2u5EP6CiEpxSTyFBNymT4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deficit Doves Just as Dangerous as Deficit Hawks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shout out here to this dude Steve Grumbine who creates for RealProgressives. Following a few links I found a great 2010 blog post by Bill Mitchell, the Aussie economist, who neatly explains why post-Keynesian]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/defict-doves-just-as-dangerous-as-deficit-hawks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/defict-doves-just-as-dangerous-as-deficit-hawks</guid><category><![CDATA[monetary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 05:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePAo5rZa8vAQrsKDcjgM1ask5Lv92BmeBga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Money Dynamics (MMD) Needs Champions in the Political, not Intellectual, Field]]></title><description><![CDATA[Geeks who are interested in economics no doubt already know a lot at the periphery about "Modern Money Theory", q.v., "Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economics" by Warren Mosler, and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/modern-money-dynamics-mmd-needs-champions-in-the-political-not-intellectual-field</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/modern-money-dynamics-mmd-needs-champions-in-the-political-not-intellectual-field</guid><category><![CDATA[modern]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 07:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBvh7RiFZ5mJ5aTecKEEpVYAjtPku4CT9AW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why a Debt Jubilee Makes Sense - but means you cannot "deal with the banks later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent episode of TMBS historian Harvey Kaye talked about the Bernie Sanders speech where he echoed FDR. Bernie is probably more feared by the oligarchs than FDR was, because they can look back at]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/why-a-debt-jubilee-makes-sense-but-means-you-cannot-deal-with-the-banks-later</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/why-a-debt-jubilee-makes-sense-but-means-you-cannot-deal-with-the-banks-later</guid><category><![CDATA[debt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 05:54:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5RAm2hQ1rhLzvwteQfbHFcQmLQixBYzK3L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Political Cost Outweighs Moral Virtue]]></title><description><![CDATA[On his Deconstructed Podcast, Mehdi Hasan interviews the spineless centrist commentator Ezra Klein on the case for impeachment. Ezra Klein: "The constitutional reason for impeachment is... outweighed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/when-political-cost-outweighs-moral-virtue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/when-political-cost-outweighs-moral-virtue</guid><category><![CDATA[political]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 07:19:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNuhMei7TWPfehx4QmPX7NqsojSYjSTnhj2ds79a1tWnigv2R6aoqxAUUbQt1Cxa8bcJfpSkLTp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism Does Not Ential Taxation]]></title><description><![CDATA[More generally: Universal social programmes are never paid for by tax revenues, they are paid for by government deficit spending. I am beginning to think this simple aphorism of monetary economics is the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/2jc61q-socialism-does-not-ential-taxation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/2jc61q-socialism-does-not-ential-taxation</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 05:24:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtAoRiJzCTdKiXekHZSPXsCjkF2eQ63pjan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism Does Not Ential Taxation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent episode of The Majority Report had a good discussion on "The People's Republic Of Walmart", in which authors Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue that much of the capitalist economy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/socialism-does-not-ential-taxation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/socialism-does-not-ential-taxation</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 06:13:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6gaaC2gRm6dQGkUx99Hv6nNtUB8yh4obD8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernie is the Real Deal for the Working Class]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bernie's latest campaign add is a good articulation of how Trump is a fake populist and how Bernie is the true working class champion. David Doel and others give good commentary on Bernie's campaign and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/bernie-is-the-real-deal-for-the-working-class</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/bernie-is-the-real-deal-for-the-working-class</guid><category><![CDATA[corporate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 06:51:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvBWhVg1cysGwezWw35m3f71Jo1PeZBhRki?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxes do Not Pay for Universal Healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a recent Fox hosted townhall in Bethehem, Bernie Sanders had a hard time convincing the hosts that he could "pay for free healthcare". This is the one thing he gets consistently wrong, but]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/taxes-do-not-pay-for-universal-healthcare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/taxes-do-not-pay-for-universal-healthcare</guid><category><![CDATA[tax]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:03:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQ3JSvxxqR6VXgEWRZZXJ817fcBXZWeJ318?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yang and UBI Yuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of buzz in geek circles about 2020 US potus candidate Andrew Yang. Let me quickly explain why he's an idiot, and why voting for a true progressive like Warren or Sanders is much more thoughtful]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/yang-and-ubi-yuck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/yang-and-ubi-yuck</guid><category><![CDATA[yang]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:08:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePe48U55f6Qrz9aA4yCgf7S9eutHPR52twQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leftie Material Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thoughts following the mosque slaughter in New Zealand First a couple of plugs, then some real substance: recently TMBS (or was it M.R.) guest Joshua Kahn recommended the progressive action manual written]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/leftie-material-action</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/leftie-material-action</guid><category><![CDATA[fascism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 05:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7YtaKNxnDU11w7Gckex52wC16inT61E9hG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letting Off Some Basilisk Steam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roko's Basilisk made an appearance on last season's HBO nerd-com Silicon Valley. Since I'm a nerd and a (for a nerd) politically incorrect platonist (metaphysical pluralist) I felt I had to combat the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/letting-off-some-basilisk-steam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@smithwillsuffice/letting-off-some-basilisk-steam</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smithwillsuffice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>