…the light on. Longer than that, switch it off.” Of course, this is just about economics. Interior lights account for tens of thousands of bird deaths every year when they…

…He exploited it. Why is trickle-down economics still with us? | Robert Reich | The Guardian trump’s 2017 tax break left a $2,7 trillion bill on the table for us…

A comment on an AB thread recently reminded me that I needed to update my understanding of the economics of long-distance travel by plane vs car: “In 1970, flying was…

…was finding a strategy to correct the defect at therapeutic levels. But now, the barrier is economics. Who will pay for the development of therapies that can’t be justified on…

…years ago some political advisor told him that all economics matters must be presented to the public as analogy to family economics, even when the analogy is baldly false and…

…his NYT weekly column to do what he … well … does: Sing the gospel of supply-side economics and deregulation. Or, more precisely, trash as Commie-light—er, “anti-entrepreneurial” and therefore “anti-growth”—the…

Trump is promising lots of tariffs if he’s elected. Make no mistake: American consumers pay tariffs, not the exporting country. US consumers will be hit by (a) increased cost of…

New study finds wealthy are different? via Alternet. Since today and yesterday is shaping up to be deficit days in posts from me, this note caught my attention: One especially…

…centuries of inconclusive argument on the proper definition(s) of “the money supply,” and the various definitions thereof. What is arguably the most important word in economics remains undefined or at…

It’s no secret I am a bad economist: I don’t believe rent control is a bad thing, I consider most of the job-matching models to be ludicrous when someone tries…