“Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance” – by Douglass C. North The one-handed economist Douglass North develops an analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies, both at a given time and over time. Institutions exist, he argues, due to the uncertainties involved in human interaction; […]
It is not spending causing the issues as the young Trump boasts. It is the tax cuts which have imbalanced credits to debits causing the deficits. What Republican’s promised would happen, failed to happen. The 2017 tax cuts did not stimulate the economy enough (not at all) to balance out spending to receipts. Since the […]
If one were to attack real-spending as an issue to our economy and wish to lower spending, one of the places to look is commercial healthcare insurance. If I were the richest jumping -jack in the world, I would target Medicare Advantage which is paid extra to provide fundamental healthcare and up codes the service […]
I believe just about every child growing up had their vroom toys. Many of them were made of metal and took the shape of pickup trucks early on. Many of us grew up watching some of the old shows such as Jeff’s Collie and Lassie. There always seemed to be a farm and there was […]
When I was in the target demographic, Sesame Street didn’t exist. I did watch Captain Kangaroo a few times, but that’s not the same thing. My daughter did watch Sesame Street, along with Reading Rainbow and other PBS kids shows when she was stuck at home with me because of illness. I certainly have a […]
The revival of an old Roman method of supplying water (non potable) for use in other needs besides drinking or cooking. The aqueduct still works and Greece is putting the old supply line to good use after hundred of years. Hadrian’s Aqueduct supplied water to Greece’s capital for centuries but was then largely abandoned. It’s […]
His malignant narcissism and grandiosity rival Trump’s, but at least Trump was elected. The Muskrat’s political ambitions keep growing Friends, Sorry to intrude on your day for a second time, but I wanted to bring you up to date about the Muskrat. Having blown up the bipartisan compromise bill to keep the government open and […]
r. j. sigmund sent Angry Bear a recent US healthcare updated report on what is impacting the US before Christmas. Good idea to take precautions and be aware of occurrences. Something to keep in mind while traveling for Christmas. Take precautions. Illnesses caused by respiratory viruses increase in US Ahead of the Christmas holiday week, […]
In addition to being denied his debt ceiling extension, Trump was also repudiated when his daughter-in-law “withdrew” from consideration as Senator from Florida. Trump was pushing Lara Trump to fill the seat that will be vacated when Marco Rubio is approved as Secretary of State. Lara Trump’s appointment was intended as Trump domination: domination of […]
It appears Elon is more concerned about his profits than the security of the nation as a whole. This is much like his sponsor Donald who also likes to line his pockets too and at the expense of others. Elon blew up the original bill because it might have limited his ability his ability to […]