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Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Why Japanese People Don't "Want" Things Anymore

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His explainations make a lot of sense, as do his conclusions. And we don't have to choose between the extreams of Diogenes and Alexande...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Ultimately, most elections are about The Economy

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An not just the actually economy, but how the average person perceives it, and is affected by it. How easy is it get a mortgage? Buy groce...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Death of the working class... and of Capitalism, as we knew it?

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How fighting one pandemic can deepen another Review of “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism” by Anne Case and Angus Deaton By C...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Death rates rise for middle aged white Americans

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Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds [...] The mortality rate for whites 45 to 54 years old with no more than a ...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism

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Here is the Myth exposed: No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia is not a socialist utopia When Bernie Sanders was asked during CNN’s Democrati...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

China's growing pains

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China’s economy is in big trouble, but it isn’t collapsing [...] It has indeed been a brutal day in Chinese markets — and a very, very bad...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Can China Change? A Lot?

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Why China will never be as rich as America [...] The odds are against China ever becoming a rich nation by U.S., European, or Japanese sta...
Sunday, February 08, 2015

Future-shock, accelerated?

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Is the pace of technology suddenly accelerating? A case can be made for it: The Acceleration of Acceleration: How The Future Is Arriving ...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

How it all works, and where it's taking us

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I'm talking about the evolution of economics; how it started, where we were, and where it's all going. I found this article to be i...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Russian Economics in the Global Economy

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It what's bad for Russia, bad for us too? In our global economy, we're all connected: The ruble's collapse is disastrous for ...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Not another NYT opinion piece on "inequality"?

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Yes. And no. It starts by talking about Thomas Pikety's book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", which everyone is talking...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

The evolving demos, raised living standards

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Why did the British surge ahead during the industrial evolution? Would you believe, it was awareness of numbers, and patience? How learni...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Where Keynes got it wrong, and why

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And what we might glean from the "why": Paul Mason: what would Keynes do? The revolution in IT and how it is transforming our w...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Interesting Links about Aging, Working, Retirement or not Retiring

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An 8.3 Percent Return for Life, Guaranteed: Real or Imagined? [...] In finance, the word "annuity" refers to a series of payments...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Financial Savvy Peaks at Age 53?

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So say some: Financial Savvy Peaks at Age 53: What to Do When You Get Stupid [...] Lew Mandell: As we move through middle age, our abilit...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

A country without an operating budget

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It's US. Since 2009: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 1600 Days Without a Budget [...] So here’s a little primer on the fiscal State of...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

The End of Work?

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Uh... what exactly does that mean? Depends who you talk to: Should We Fear "the End of Work"? [...]  Cornell University's ...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Literal High Price (or prices!) of QE3

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  QE3 Will Further Destroy U.S. Dollar   [...] The actions of the Federal Reserve have a dramatic impact on the lives of every single Ame...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Austerity, Spending, and Economic Growth

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Alex Castellanos says Europe hasn't really embraced austerity yet: Could austerity be the right cure for Europe's hangover? (CNN) --...