The last presidential debate…

…is tonight. I will again be watching it at a friend’s house.
Over the last few days, I’ve been reading a lot of news articles about both candidates’ tax and economic policies. This has made me both more and less excited for the debate, in several ways. I am excited to see how well the candidates can defend their policies; this will show how well they understand what’s going on. I am less excited because, after reading a lot of actual substantial coverage of the issues, my perceptions of how shallow these debates actually are have been reinforced. Useful information can come out of the debates, though, even taking the format’s flaws into account. We will see…