Hear, hear. That's why I bookmarked his blog and check it out regularly. He's very intelligent and perceptive. I don't know what his readership is, but the comment participation is next to zero.

Rereading that diary/comments reminded me of what a force ET used to be back in its heyday.

Oh well, Dear Leader bailed long ago, and the only subjects that get  comment threads that long lately involve exotic female headgear. :(

Maybe a renaissance is in the offing!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty