Daily Clips: August 16th, 2016
“News is a misleading way to understand the world”: So says Steven Pinker in a recent interview with Vox, which more or less paraphrases his sensational book, The Better Angels of Our Nature. In it, Pinker argues that never before has human violence been less prevalent in our society.
Ryan seeks to restore GOP’s elite-focused agenda: The speaker’s populist messaging can’t hide the true reality of his extractive, trickle-down policies.
Trump may cost the GOP a generation of voters: Oh, boo hoo.
Should we be concerned about the fall in money velocity?
Tweet of the day:
More on GOP's possible future TX problem- Clinton leads Trump 60-35 w/ voters under 45. Massive generational divide: https://t.co/ysbEG9TISf
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) August 16, 2016
