April 2010
5 posts
Decline of Industries by Labor Union →
Unions can negotiate for too much, making an environment so hostile that industries must inevitably decline. This is the result of effective, militarized unions. These unions push for wages…
True Economic Growth →
Economic growth that’s dependent on deficit spending does not reflect true economic growth, as it is neither sustainable nor a reflection of core economic strength. To avoid this fake…
Understanding National Accounts →
GDP tends to dominate as the major metric when talking about economic performance; however, GDP has peculiarities inherent to anything which tries to quantify complex systems. Given the…
Public Funding of the Federal Reserve →
The Federal Reserve funds itself in an incredibly clever and unique way. It does so by converging its open market operations with it’s funding. In doing so, it obfuscates the fact that the…
Robert Reich: Why More Immigrants Are An Answer to... →
I was born in 1946, just when the boomer wave began. Bill Clinton was born that year, too. So was George W. So was Laura Bush. And Ken Starr (remember him?) And then, the next year, Hillary Clinton. And soon Newt Gingrich (known as “Newty” as a boy). And Cher. Why so many of us begin getting born…
I think it’s important to note that in order for immigrants to help pay for...