Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2018

You're my home

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Steven Long was a janitor at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, home of the Seattle Seahawks. As befits many jobs in our society, this one didn...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Just go sit at that other table and wait your turn

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A couple of weeks ago I was listening to Democracy Now!  and heard a replay of a debate between Pulitizer Prize winning journalist and autho...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Black and white and green

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I read an interesting article in Slate  yesterday about the demographic problems that Donald Trump is facing in the general election this f...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

The Olympic boondoggle

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If you have any delusions that the use of public money to build stadiums or host sporting events provides an economic benefit to a city or c...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Vultures holding Argentina hostage

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Back in 2001 Argentina defaulted on its debt obligations due to a cratering economy. Over the intervening years the government reached agree...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

End of the road in the World Cup

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Yesterday the dream of a World Cup trophy died for the United States with a 2-1 loss to Belgium. The US performance has been described as gu...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

My religion is more important than your health

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When the US Supreme Court released its decision in   Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. yesterday it pointed out yet another flaw in the d...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

The two faces of the World Cup

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I had to wait until my girls went to bed before I could finally sit down and watch the Uruguay-England match from the World Cup. Watching...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Hanging him out to dry

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was so disturbed by a recent recording of Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring her black friends...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Get a clue, Jack

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My plan had been to be home in the middle of the afternoon last Friday. It had been a long week and I was looking forward to hanging out in ...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Living on the dole

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We've all been taught to love capitalism. Such a wonderful system it is. It rewards those who work hard and take chances. Come up with a...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

It's hard work losing money

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In February 2013 Warren Buffett bought the struggling Heinz Company. The company was bleeding cash and Mr. Buffett swept in like a rescuing ...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

When the truth isn't so clear cut

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The story line was that the Ukrainian government under President Viktor Yanukovych precipitated the situation in Kiev by choosing to strengt...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Book review - The Crash of 2016

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In The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America and What We Can Do About It , author Thom Hartman lays out his case for why the US economy...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Democracy on hold

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The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government...   -- U.S. Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. I...
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Monday, December 9, 2013

Robbing the poor and giving to the rich

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The other day I wrote about Black Friday protests at Wal-Mart and the ways in which large corporations shift the burden of paying employees...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

Black day for Wal-Mart

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It was bad enough when it was just Black Friday. Then the stores started racing each other to see who could open earliest. One year when I t...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Another useless conference

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Last week marked the end of the 19th annual UN conference on climate change (referred to in bureaucratic UN-speak as the Congress of Parties...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Feeding at the trough

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Boeing is a hugely profitable company. Between them and the European consortium, Airbus, they control most of the market for commercial airp...
Friday, November 15, 2013

A false debate

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Janet Yellen, President Obama's choice to lead the Federal Reserve, went up to Capitol Hill yesterday to face the Senate Banking Committ...