Notebook

My essays and notes on economics, markets, politics, power, books, documents, and the machinery beneath events.

Werner Mouton 4/16/26 Werner Mouton 4/16/26

There Was No Golden Age

Referencing Weyl, the essay rejects myths of a bygone golden age, saying Trump’s MAGA exploits nostalgia and scapegoating and lets people ignore past injustices and avoid thinking about building future.