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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 33)–What price those peaches?
Markets. What else would warm the cockles of an economist’s heart? I was talking with someone the other day and let slip that I was trained as an economist. “Are you a Keynesian?” he… more →
Grasshopper Eyes The Potomac
Thats what you call service?
wrote 1 week ago: Lets face it. America is becoming a service economy. Someone should tell that to the people that se … more →
Service Based Economy = Longer Recoveries?
wrote 1 week ago: From Martha L. Olney and Aaron Pacitti: Recovery from recessions takes longer than it has in the pas … more →
Want it all? Get your Head Back in the Clouds
wrote 2 weeks ago: You may have missed it, but being mediocre is all the rage. Talent, ambition and innovative thinking … more →
Notions such as "free markets," "economic efficiency," and "perfect competition" are so devoid of any empirical reference that they belong to a discourse on metaphysics
wrote 1 month ago: Until my most recent visit for the 2011 Christmas holidays, it had never dawned on me that the langu … more →
Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 33)--What price those peaches?
wrote 1 month ago: Markets. What else would warm the cockles of an economist’s heart? I was talking with someone … more →
Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 32)–The richness of being hand-to-mouth
wrote 1 month ago: A roof over my head and food on my plate. Yesterday, completely by happenstance, I got the chance to … more →
Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 31)--Can you help me?
wrote 2 months ago: The right context. The woman picked up the telephone and dialed the numbers slowly, trying to reach … more →
eDiarrhea and the phenomenal rise of the corporate slug
wrote 2 months ago: Digital diarrhea in the workplace has reached pandemic proportions. The outbreak of senseless drivel … more →
[Podcast] The Working City: Future of Vancouver's Economy
wrote 5 months ago: Download: the-working-city_-the-future-of-vancouvers-economy.mp3 // Subscribe via iTunes to have the … more →
Unemployment Above 8%, Service Economy, Fiscal Cliff & Gold
wrote 5 months ago: The Downfall of Jobs There was a time in America when virtually anyone that wanted a job could go ou … more →
The Demon-Haunted World
wrote 6 months ago: “I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time– … more →
Mike Davis' Dubai
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wrote 7 months ago: I’m reading ‘Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism’ edited by Mike Davis an … more →
Big Bird is the Cause of Our Woes?
wrote 7 months ago: This is what is central to Mitt Romney’s plan to induce employment and industry growth. Forget … more →
INCOMPETENCE IS CRITICAL TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY
wrote 7 months ago: I has…part of a roof (Photo credit: BoneDaddy.P7) People talk about incompetence as if it were … more →
Always meant to read Natural Capitalism but not gotten a "round TUIT"?
wrote 7 months ago: If you’re interested in seriously cool sustainability then there’s a book you should rea … more →
Industry experts cautiously optimistic for economic recovery, real estate market/investment trends
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wrote 7 months ago: NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — On Thursday evening, September 27, a panel of industry experts each expressed ca … more →
The End of Men
wrote 8 months ago: I listened to an interview with Hanna Rosin, the author of The End of Men, and the Rise of Women, an … more →
American Industry - Wine and Rust
wrote 8 months ago: America the Gutted: What Cleveland and Napa have in common The loss of manufacturing jobs has left o … more →
The Latest in Economic Development
wrote 9 months ago: This week’s Latest in Economic Development focuses on craft beer, Cincinnati’s pursuit of water tech … more →
