ataxingmatter ends an essay on oil money and our philosphy of money with: …yet talk about understanding ordinary Americans because they didn’t grow up rich and in which the have-nots suffer from the results of a focus on growth but not opportunity, wealth but not shared well-being. Anyone hear the words opportunity or well-being this […]
Roger Ailes notes that Tim Kaine (D-VA) is the frontrunner for Dem VP, while KathyG (whose post on Cass Sunstein is a must-read) notes that Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) appears likely to be McCain’s choice, likely ensuring one ovation at the Minneapolis convention. Hmm. The man who presides over his state being described as “the state […]
OSO writes from down under: Monetary Policy and Economic Shocks: Poor Ben Bernanke. You gotta feel for the poor guy. Faced with a whole bunch of economic problems all occurring at once he took the only option that seemed to be open to him – which was to create more money and postpone the inevitable. […]
CoRev sends a note: Al Gore used the term again in his speech and testimony before Congress. But what is it we are saving the planet from? Jennifer Marohasy has put up an article titled: Denying the Climate Crisis: A Comment from Jim Peden.We have well over 200 comments and still no Climate Crisis can […]
by cactus I have been somewhat out of contact, but while sitting in a lawn chair far from home I had a brief opportunity to read some of the comments to the post I put up courtesy of someone else’s internet access. (Also, Tom Bozzo’s excellent follow-up and Megan McArdle’s critique.) I’d like to provide […]
Economistmom says you gotta see this movie… A movie on economics? It must be a mystery or a thriller. Read up over at her site.
This is odd. Matthew Yglesias just excerpted a bit of a post at my personal blog, which I didn’t think was up to AngryBear standards. Far from it for me to question the judgment of a man who recently reached half my age. Here is the bit he liked One politically unfeasible approach to this […]
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look carries articles of interest in the mental health field that are directly related to things we talk about at Angry Bear. Save the Rustbelt had a few links he has suggested as well…maybe we can make a referral list of interest. Tech Dirt went bonkers over cactus’s post […]
Wikipedia says: In economics, scarcity is the problem of infinite human needs and wants, in a world of finite resources. In other words, society does not have sufficient productive resources to fulfill those wants and needs. Alternatively, scarcity implies that not all of society’s goals can be pursued at the same time; trade-offs are made […]
Well open threads are good enough for Kos and Duncan and both Matt and Ezra have opened up Assignment Desk threads so I might as well jump on the bandwagon. I just got finished updating my index for this series at More Social Security Posts from Angry Bear and see that XXXIII was exactly a […]