Dems fall for fantasy economics, eyes wide shut to Jew-hate and other commentary

Libertarian: Dems Fall for ‘Fantasy Economics’Democrats’ “leading lights are not especially sharp” on economics, but the DSA crowd is leading them into pure “economic fantasyland,” warns Reason’s Peter Suderman.Darializa Avila Chevalier is a “committed economic socialist” fighting for “Medicare for All,” even though the plan is so “unwieldy” it failed even in Sen.

Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont.Claire Valdez supports the Green New Deal, though the cost is estimated “at over $90 trillion,” triple the country’s annual GDP.

Some might argue these new socialists aren’t “representative of the rest of the party,” but mainstream Dems “have been embracing fantasy economics for years,” and this week’s DSA wins “are just the latest sign that the fantasy is taking over.”Canada beat: Eyes Wide Shut to Jew-HateA Montreal shooting with obvious “antisemitic elements” that left two people dead received “virtually no Canadian coverage,” despite the killer’s overtly anti-Jewish manifesto, frets Casey Babb at The Free Press.“Articles from major outlets” across Canada focus instead on the murderer’s “violent incel” and “anti-feminism” ruminations.

This “omission” is “striking” because “Canada has arguably become one of the most antisemitic countries in the Western world,” with “countless shootings at Jewish day schools,” “firebombing of synagogues and acts of vandalism.” The situation for Canadian Jews seems “unlikely” to improve, and in response “Jews in Canada have already begun retreating inward.” “Fear among Jews is palpable,” with many Jews in Canada “now asking themselves how much worse things can get.”Business desk: So Much for ‘Record’ Oil PricesOil-industry analysts “are eating a lot of humble pie lately,” snarks CNN’s David Goldman.“Despite the biggest oil supply shock in history, oil prices in recent months never approached their record set i...