by: Mark Jamison; A retired Postmaster having served the town and community of Webster, N.C. Mark can also be read on Save The Post Office, a blog discussing the state of the USPS. “In the following weeks, Mr. Green would go on to scream at me, ALL YOU ARE IS A LIABILITY, YOU EXIST ONLY […]
US Postal Management’s Dysfunctional and Failing Culture
"In theory GDP growth could continue indefinitely – if it weren’t linked to something real."
Dan here…Via Sandwichman at Econospeak comes William Rees’s response to Paul Krugman’s post on “the prophets of climate despair”: “In theory GDP growth could continue indefinitely – if it weren’t linked to something real.” William Rees, who along with Mathis Wackernagel developed Ecological Footprint analysis, commented on Paul Krugman’s flippant slur on “degrowth” as an […]
Other calls for carbon pricing
Dan here…I am no expert of the in and outs of private money moving to renewable strategies instead of relying on fossil fuels. The branding of climate change activism as demonstrated by the march in New York City and the move to “divest, reinvest” movement of money has begun to gain more momentum. sort of […]
Open thread Sept. 26, 2014
Indiana Toll Road
PGL at Angry Bear wrote several posts on the privitizing of the Indiana Toll Road in 2006 as a commenter reminds me at hearing of the news the firm that bought it went bankrupt: Via Daily Kos In 2006, Mitch Daniels, then the Republican Governor of Indiana, signed into law a “major moves” bill that, […]
Open thread Sept. 23, 2014
Guest post: “It’ll be okay: Trust me”, redux
Dan here….The Largest climate march in history is happening today. Jan Galkowski responds to a Wall Street Journal editorial. He requested that comments be written at his website in order to consolidate questions and answers. by Jan Galkowski “It’ll be okay: Trust me”, redux Professor Steven Koonin offers up another dollop of vague, specious criticism of […]
Government big and small
Stephanie Kelton offers the story of government on a macro level that is understandable: The full version of the debate including the Q&A session at the end is available on our YouTube channel.
Agriculture and water in CA
Via the Guardian comes a few words on the drought and markets for, in this case, almonds. But similar things could be said of other crops. The ‘subsidized’ cost of getting water to these producers is not reflected in prices, nor is the ‘ownership’ of the water looked at in a comprehensive manner for sustainability, as […]