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The Grumpy Economist. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution. Opinions are mine alone and do not represent the position of the Hoover Institution or Stanford Univ.
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French Fables

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By John Cochrane
| Hoover Institution
An interesting brouhaha has broken out in France, lately famous for reinvigorating the idea of wealth taxes: The French government should default on (“annul” “cancel” — the left is great at euphemisms) its debt held by the European Central Banks. Voilá. Disparu. Without any financial or economic cost! Try out your high school French on the lovely video by Mattheiu Pigasse. It really is beautifully done. Short, clear, eloquent, hits all the arguments.
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French Fables Original

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By John Cochrane
| grumpy-economist.com
An interesting brouhaha has broken out in France, lately famous for reinvigorating the idea of wealth taxes: The French government should default on (“annul” “cancel” — the left is great at euphemisms) its debt held by the European Central Banks. Voilá. Disparu. Without any financial or economic cost! Try out your high school French on the lovely video by Mattheiu Pigasse. It really is beautifully done. Short, clear, eloquent, hits all the arguments.
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Three news items and a lesson

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By John Cochrane
| Hoover Institution
Today, a few small recent economic news items add up to a bigger picture. California led a group of 12 state attorneys general in a suit to block the Ellisons and Paramount from buying Warner Brothers. In case you haven’t been following, the Ellisons made a big deal of their support for President Trump, in order to get the Federal Trade Commission to approve the merger.
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