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Suppostion? Economic performance is stronger when Democrats hold the White House

It appears people will argue the economic and social positives of the different political parties over periods of time. They probably are different. So, EPI has managed to chart the differences. What the first four charts do is detail the differences between the two parties over two different time periods. One time period staring in […]

Patriotism and the Harris campaign

Here is the campaign speech Harris delivered in Wisconsin.  It’s good:  short, to the point, and upbeat.  She hits on the right issues:  Trump is a criminal, abortion, economic opportunity, Republicans cannot be trusted with Social Security and Medicare, etc. A patriotic framing that emphasizes that the United States is a great country could help […]

Der Gefesselte Marx

by Tom Walker Econospeak Book proposal: Marx’s Fetters and the Realm of Freedom: a remedial reading — part 2.1 Karl Marx’s preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy contains the best-known description of his theory of history. At some point contradiction between the relations of production and the forces of production become fetters on […]

Global Climate Crisis Topics

Four Climate and Decarbonization Commentaries by Professor Joel Eissenberg A collection of Joel Eissenberg’s posts. Read only. 1. Geoengineering and the global climate crisis – Angry Bear Global heating continues unabated. While decarbonizing our energy sources is certainly important, it is too late to prevent global disaster.  2. Why do we need carbon capture? – […]

Former Michigan Congressional Representative returns to Michigan after a Decade . . . to run

I lived in Michigan for twenty-something years in the district Mike was our House Representative (8th Congressional District). Mike was mediocre at best and followed the Republican line. Republicans controlled the House and the Senate and the Governorship the majority of the time. Michigan lost approximately 800,000 jobs during that time as well as industry. […]

7%+ mortgages weigh on new home sales, while prices continue slight downtrend, and inventory uptrend

 – by New Deal democrat Now that we have new as well as existing home sales, let’s take a little more extended look at the housing sector. Let me start by reiterating the big picture: mortgage rates lead sales, which in turn lead prices. Further, new home sales are the most leading of all housing […]

A Small Matter of Diversity and Inclusion

After going through a generation (baby-boomers) of supporting equal rights for “all” which includes women (later in the effort), Corporate America (in this case John Deere) is reversing its course. The stance is a “whatever will be, will be” and we will not make an effort to level the playing field. I was working on […]

Existing homes inventory and prices move towards normalization and Sales . . . ?

Existing home market inventory and prices move slowly towards normalization, while sales remain punk  – by New Deal democrat Since existing-homes sales are less important for economic purposes, and especially with new home sales being reported tomorrow morning, I will keep this brief. What we are looking for is rebalancing in the housing market. For […]