“AI should be the antidote to America’s demographic decline.” – The Lonely Realist “Demographics is destiny” is an economic axiom signifying that a population’s size, structure and composition significantly shape its future, including its economy, politics and social structure. An aging population (like Japan’s), low birth...

“Can MMT continue to work indefinitely?” – The Lonely Realist The naysayers who have derided Modern Monetary Theory as a fringe political ideology lacking in economic substance should acknowledge that MMT has been working quite well. The U.S. has been printing virtually limitless Dollars and successfully...

“AI is coming for your job.” – The Lonely Realist “And then will be coming for you.” – Cassandra TLR recently had a thoughtful conversation about Artificial Intelligence with Cassandra, the mythical oracle TLR often consults about the future -- noting, however, that although Cassandra at times...