Tag Archives: economics

NYTimes.com – The Election That Wasn’t

Thomas Fried­man on what our nation needs to get back in the game.

NYTimes.com – Defining Prosperity Down

Krug­man once again with argu­ing force­fully and elo­quently for some ratio­nal deci­sion mak­ing on the part of eco­nomic policy.

Down The Memory Hole – Paul Krugman Blog

Taxes ver­sus liv­ing stan­dard for Americans.

Lotteries – The Frontal Cortex

Lot­ter­ies have a feed­back loop that feeds on their victims.

Cutting the Deficit – Mother Jones

Add up every­thing that even a quar­ter of the pop­u­la­tion is will­ing to cut and you wind up with under 5% of the fed­eral budget.

Going, Going, Gone – SeedMagazine.com

Helium is quickly being depleted from the US.

You Should Educate Yourself and Vote, or maybe not

I was think­ing about this lit­tle thing we have com­ing up in the US, that well is dom­i­nat­ing every­thing. The Pres­i­den­tial elec­tion and at first I was going to urge that you should edu­cate your­self and then go and vote on Nov. 4, and also point you to a place to go in case you