James Caton
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Stop Tearing Down Statues. Use Them to Tell the Story of American Liberty.
“It is time that we confront our paradoxical history of personalities, beliefs, and institutions, telling a story of continued struggle to manifest a civic inheritance of individual liberty and human dignity. A struggle marked with failure, but which we hope will continue to bear fruit for the good of humankind.” ~ James L. Caton
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To End an Era of Brutality, End Qualified Immunity
“If qualified immunity has been acting as insurance for police officers, to retire the legal doctrine would lead officers to bear greater legal risk. The theory goes that in bearing this risk, officers will be incentivized to engage in their service more carefully. But this does not change the fact that the officers will be…
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Visualizations are Powerful, But Often Misleading
“To make improper transformation of data can lead observers of data to incorrect conclusions. The data must be allowed to speak without being distorted.” ~ James Caton
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Most Places are Not New York: A Look Through the COVID-19 Data
Economic activity in one country is dependent upon economic activity of its trading partners. Trade makes us rich because it allows each of us to provide value and offer it to others in the market. If half of the world is in lockdown, we are all poorer for it.
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Free the Entrepreneurs to Deal with the COVID-19 Crisis
If states and – we can only hope – the federal government remove regulatory barriers that are preventing entrepreneurs from solving problems related to the COVID-19 crisis, perhaps that coming peak will not be a catastrophe and the shock to the economy will quickly become a distant memory.
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How Powell can Set Right Monetary Policy and Financial Markets
It is the perfect time for Powell to set right the financial sector and establish a return to normalcy.
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Stop Tearing Down Statues. Use Them to Tell the Story of American Liberty.
“It is time that we confront our paradoxical history of personalities, beliefs, and institutions, telling a story of continued struggle to manifest a civic inheritance of individual liberty and human dignity. A struggle marked with failure, but which we hope will continue to bear fruit for the good of humankind.” ~ James L. Caton
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To End an Era of Brutality, End Qualified Immunity
“If qualified immunity has been acting as insurance for police officers, to retire the legal doctrine would lead officers to bear greater legal risk. The theory goes that in bearing this risk, officers will be incentivized to engage in their service more carefully. But this does not change the fact that the officers will be…
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Visualizations are Powerful, But Often Misleading
“To make improper transformation of data can lead observers of data to incorrect conclusions. The data must be allowed to speak without being distorted.” ~ James Caton
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Most Places are Not New York: A Look Through the COVID-19 Data
Economic activity in one country is dependent upon economic activity of its trading partners. Trade makes us rich because it allows each of us to provide value and offer it to others in the market. If half of the world is in lockdown, we are all poorer for it.
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Free the Entrepreneurs to Deal with the COVID-19 Crisis
If states and – we can only hope – the federal government remove regulatory barriers that are preventing entrepreneurs from solving problems related to the COVID-19 crisis, perhaps that coming peak will not be a catastrophe and the shock to the economy will quickly become a distant memory.
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How Powell can Set Right Monetary Policy and Financial Markets
It is the perfect time for Powell to set right the financial sector and establish a return to normalcy.