Friedman's universal minimum income went nowhere precisely because it was pure and free of moral judgment, which made it beautiful and politically impossible.

economists The economists themselves and the schools they founded -- Smith, Mill, Keynes, Hayek, Friedman -- rather than any one economic question.

fiscal policy The spending-and-taxing half of macro, as against the central-bank half: multipliers, stabilisers, stimulus.

politics How people actually hold political views: tribes, partisanship, and whether anybody reasons their way in.