"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Views that fuel Donald Trump’s Campaign Image Credit: Flickr.com/Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com The political reactions working in favor of Donald Trump, or for that matter, Bernie Sanders have been a long time … Read More
Justice awaits! Photo Credit: Flickr.com/S Baker Neither the Democratic electorate nor most of the media have shown much interest in Hillary Clinton’s legal troubles so far, but recent … Read More
A modern day view of economists. By Rembrandt – The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH., Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons The … Read More
How can we get a little inflation around here?! Photo Credit: Canstockphoto.com/Bialasiewicz Do you remember how the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to try to add more zing to the Eurozone’s economy … Read More
The University of Chicago, where much of New Classical Economics was built by Robert Lucas, Jr. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons In my last post I began an examination of what … Read More
Adam Smith (1723-1790), founder of classical economics, which has flowered into New Classical Economics Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/By Unknown – http://www.nationalgalleries.org/object/PG 1472, Public Domain At this time in history, the … Read More
Clouds: What cosmic rays help create Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Fir0002 The latest measurements of cosmic ray intensity in the stratosphere from Spaceweather.com and the students of … Read More
Trump speaking at 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore Marco Rubio’s call at last night’s Republican debate to fact check the differences between Donald Trump’s … Read More
The original Phillips curve for the U.S. fit to 1960s data. A non-economist might justifiably be confused about why the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the the … Read More
Storm Clouds of Socialism (c) Can Stock Photo / leedsn This essay is a continuation of my previous … Read More
A collective life under socialism. (Of course, Bernie Sanders would say this is capitalism!) The Last Judgement, Hell By Fra Angelico (circa 1395–1455) – The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der … Read More
Standard Oil stock certificate from 1896 – A share of wealth Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Rjensen at English Wikipedia This is the fourth essay in a series of posts on the … Read More
Claim checks on wealth. Image Credit: Freeimages.com/Jon Syverson This is the third part of a series of posts on the effects of Capitalism on the culture of … Read More
Economic Temptation: Is this the danger posed by capitalism? (c) Can Stock Photo I will now continue the discussion of how desirable capitalism is as an economic system in our … Read More
Greed – Is this all there is with capitalism? (c) Can Stock Photo This essay has been inspired by notions concerning capitalism I have heard or read from a number … Read More
Janet Yellen, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Wikimedia Commons/United States Federal Reserve Wednesday and Thursday, Janet Yellen, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave one of her periodic reports … Read More
Chaos, chaos everywhere! Image Credit: Flickr.com/SantaRosa OLD SKOOL It is sometimes said that “if the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything you see looks like … Read More
Adam Smith, the builder of a majestic Gothic cathedral of economic thought. by John Kay (1742-1826)/Library of Congress (PD-1996) This is the second of two posts on the applicability of … Read More
Organization of a feedback loop Wikimedia Commons/Brews ohare – Own work My friend Chease has again proposed I consider a very interesting article concerning Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”. Last August … Read More
Investors in the stock market getting their thrills! Wikimedia Commons/Boris23 The last few weeks with the stock markets have certainly been an exciting roller coaster … Read More
Idols of Capitalism in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany, a high temple of Capitalism Wikimedia Commons/Eva K. Since we looked at the various meanings people give to the … Read More
Lamartine, before the Hotel de Ville, Paris rejects the red flag of revolution and socialism on Feb. 25, 1848. By Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux , Public Domain Late yesterday, while … Read More
Mario Draghi, President of ECB, and Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of BOJ Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons/World Economic Forum and Asian Development Bank Now there are two central banks living in Alice’s … Read More
photo credit: Taxes – Illustration via photopin (license) This morning I read an astonishing conjecture that something could actually be done this year about the tax burdens hobbling the American … Read More
Budget Stops Growing! (But not for long.) Image Credit: International Liberty It was not supposed to be this way! Federal spending and budget deficits … Read More
Cosmic ray intensity between March 2015 and January 2016. Image Credit: Spaceweather.com As shown in the plot above, cosmic ray intensity has intensified between March 2015 and January 2016. In … Read More
Abandon Ship! Photo Credit: Flickr.com/Just Taken Pics The flow of big corporations abandoning the United States for more friendly business climates is increasing steadily. Some of the … Read More
How many of these should we make? Image Credit: Freeimages.com/Tracy Olson As the world confronts the smoking ruin of Keynesian monetary policy [see the posts Economic Damage Created … Read More
Libya: A nation being absorbed by the ISIS Caliphate? Map courtesy of Google/Nations Online Project The release of the movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi appears to have triggered … Read More
Hillary Clinton testifying to the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/C-Span It is becoming increasingly apparent that whoever the Democratic Party’s nominee will be, it will not … Read More
