I fear the Wanniski / Bartley / Laffer WSJ prescriptions are dead and gone; modern economics is Piketty (sp) redistribution. If Macron / Xiden had any interest in economic prosperity, the solution is out there for anyone to see, per the examples you cited, but they don't even just refuse to implement policies with a known track record, they actively go in the opposite direction. And they do so with greater alactrity in the wake of Trump due to the possibility of a future Trump. The clear objective is to collapse as much as possible as quickly as possible.
The west is over, it is just a matter of how ugly it gets on the way to the bottom.
Exactly right. Growth also requires stable money, though.
I fear the Wanniski / Bartley / Laffer WSJ prescriptions are dead and gone; modern economics is Piketty (sp) redistribution. If Macron / Xiden had any interest in economic prosperity, the solution is out there for anyone to see, per the examples you cited, but they don't even just refuse to implement policies with a known track record, they actively go in the opposite direction. And they do so with greater alactrity in the wake of Trump due to the possibility of a future Trump. The clear objective is to collapse as much as possible as quickly as possible.
The west is over, it is just a matter of how ugly it gets on the way to the bottom.
From all the fires on the French street, I hope some politicians see the light. Keep the faith!