– The one-handed economist (site) Daniel Zetland . . . a political-economist from California who now lives in Amsterdam. I read this 2007 book by John Darwin months ago, but only got ’round to writing up my thoughts here now. That shouldn’t matter about 600 years of history that ended in 2000, but it does matter for […]
Robert is calling us to prepare for a fight with this administration. Obviously, he does not trust Republicans or Tr__p. I do not trust him either. Between Tr__p and Republicans, there has been much damage to the nation as a whole. It will come to pass in the near term future. ~~~~~~~ Trump is ramping […]
Reducing Food Insecurity Among Children in the U.S. Econofact Lisa A. Gennetian and Diane Schanzenbach The Issue: Adequate access to healthy nutrition is a key component for children’s development. Children need food to grow and show up to school ready to learn. Yet in 2023 (latest data available) almost one in six children in the United States […]
Rail Passengers Association | Substack Bit of an Introduction. Having ridden in trains in other countries, I can see where having similar passenger rail services would benefit the United States. Rather than traveling by air, one could take a trip by passenger rail to another state several hundred miles away and arrive in better condition […]
Bit of Robert Reich running the numbers on Crypto Memecoin for 2025. Trump came out ahead and everyone else lost. Care to buy another bottle of “Doctor Good” from Tr__p. It is kind of hard to understand how a president of future president could hoodwink his constituents. But he did. “‘Once a crypto skeptic, Mr. […]
It has over 265 million active players. I did not play soccer. My sons and daughter did. I did get a “D” license and went on to referee classes. The Soccer Coach at University of Wisconsin ran the classes. Since I was working for Oscar Mayer at the time, I got the bun length hot […]
A couple of commentaries by Robert Reich. Some history on a new candidate that is different than what is usually picked. This World War II PSA Warned Us About Fascism – Robert Reich Robert Reich: I came across this Public Service Announcement produced by the U.S. government in 1945. It seems apt today, on the […]
As you read Paul Krugman’s commentary on the Slaughter decision by SCOTUS, it is not that hard to understand why he is concerned about the results of the SCOTUS decision. I typically might say (in a normal situation) we could expect a president given this power would decide in a manner benefiting citizens. Not this […]
Kroger is looking to acquire Giant Eagle at ~1.7 billion. So far the FTC has not made a peep. The franchise can be found in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana. “Kroger is again Looking to Acquire Other Supermarket Chains” Is a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Strategy good for Kroger? Probably as it […]
Every Once and A while someone says “I bet” if you compare this with that instead of today’s numbers you would find that such and such was different. Like such and such would have happened also. The occasion has arisen. One of Angry Bear’s readers and also a commenter has tossed down the gauntlet. He […]