…them up. They are so big that no one else can compete. Sound familiar? As with the titans of the Gilded Age, these guys have tremendous influence on national economics,…

…of us.“(unquote) I touched somewhat on economics, noting that  (quote) “demand-side economics which target ordinary Americans works better to improve their lot.  In simple terms, give a wealthy man money…

By Steve Roth (originally published at Evonomics)t https://evonomics.com/how-redistribution-makes-america-richer/ You hear a lot about bottom-up and middle-out economics these days, as antidotes to a half-century of “trickle-down” theorizing and rhetoric. You’re even…

…a service economy. Mental healthcare would be very good service to have. So would: preschool, public schools, free internet, comprehensive universal healthcare, university education, … . So would museums and…

…and middle-out economics these days, as antidotes to a half-century of “trickle-down” theorizing and rhetoric. You’re even hearing it, prominently, from Joe Biden. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e9KAKj2LLkM They’re compelling ideas: put more wealth…

…better spent developing alternative energy. The deranged Russian megalomaniac was weaponizing economics, taking advantage of globalization. The deranged Chinese megalomaniac to his east also understands using economics as a weapon;…

…of capital, or more precisely, of wealth. Over the years, much had been learned, many books have been written, about the principles of economics. In the west, these principles were…

…That tax cuts for the wealthy inspire them to invest the $Billions saved on taxes into the production of goods and services (supply side economics) which would provide more jobs…

by David Zetland (originally published at The one-handed economist) I’m not shy about criticizing the weakest elements of economics (there are many), so it’s sometimes a good idea to remind…

…contexts, Markets and Mortality: Economics, Dangerous Work and the Value of Human Life (1996) and Alligators in the Arctic and How to Avoid Them: Science, Economics and the Challenge of Catastrophic Climate Change (2022)….