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Academic Ideas to Working Policies Differences in the Public Sector

I do read Dan Zetland’s site the One-Handed Economist from time to time. He does post interesting commentaries which Angry Bear reposts. This happens to be one of the ones I find to be interesting. Soft money versus hard money? What are the differences between either and especially when it comes to physical labor? From […]

Iran and the Strait of Hormuz

California Economist David Zetland now living in Amsterdam giving us his perspective from Europe about the Strait of Hormuz. As usual, it reads a bit different than what we are hearing in the United States. I would expect such from someone based in Europe. War, oil, trade and profiteering – The one-handed economist America’s “Stable […]

Book Review: “Land is A Big Deal”

Taxing land and not improvements according to the value of the land? Sounds like a novel idea. Review: Land is a Big Deal – The one-handed economist, Daniel Zetland OB recommended this 2022 book by Lars Doucet (LD) because I was asking for advice on lowering rents in the NL. LD writes with a different style from […]