No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin…
Update: oooops. Slow computer the problem, and the manager probably meant the APPs. My bad…sorry Starbucks. While I don’t go to Starbuck’s, Ms, Rdan does on the way to work,…
by Dale Coberly SOCIAL SECURITY and Uncle Sam moving parts edition Most of us have heard the “phony iou” claim about the Social Security Trust Fund, with its accompanying cartoon…
by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: CPA Retirement Funding Act So I spent a part of the weekend reading summaries of the new IRS regs on the Obamacare…
Two articles in The New York Times today got me thinking about the tragedy of the commons. This is not new thinking, but it’s not widespread enough, in my opinion….
Louise Story’s series in the New York Times this week has created a substantial buzz about the issue of economic development subsidies.This is a welcome development, because it’s an issue…
by Mike Kimel Many types of tech – not just robots – have been affecting and are going to affect the service sector. When someone develops an inexpensive sign you…
In the past discussions at Angry Bear on the impacts automation might have on our lives, and the economics involved, gathered comments such as “You are a neo luddite”. As…
The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals et al, No. 12-416. Via the New York Times comes this note: Last year, for the third time since 2003, the…
by Linda Beale Welfare Spending: Medicare vs Corporate/Business Subsidies (or does the GOP really support WalMart’s behavior in Bangladesh?) As most readers know, the federal government is currently in what…