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[unable to retrieve full-text content]When an economy produces goods and services above and beyond the requisite, i.e., produces an abundance, it creates wealth.  Ten-eleven thousand years ago, this wealth was likely food stored for winter, that rainy day, that dry season, … .  Today, for some, this abundance/wealth might include assets such as fine houses, lifestyle, money, …; and […] The post Wealth –  Money – Worth appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“9 local story ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health” – by Naseem S. Miller The Journal’s Resource Health threats from climate change are reaching record-breaking levels, affecting people in every country, according to the eighth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, which provides an up-to-date assessment of […] The post Global Health and Climate Change appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]So many flaws, so many mistakes made; does America even deserve to exist? Does any country that would elect such a person president? Now twelve score and eight, this nation so boldly brought forth on this continent has, in the main, gotten better and better; until it didn’t.  That nation so many have loved so […] The post The Fall appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]An explanation of over-reaction to new data starts with a principal agent model. The idea is that the forecasts are made by agents who are trying to impress people who pay for the forecasts.  Another, and more important, case is that of professional money managers who are investing other people’s money and trying to convince […] The post Over-reaction to new data. What have you done for me lately ? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by Sarah Laskow Atlas Obscura November 23, 2016 By the time she started pitching Thanksgiving to America, Sarah Josepha Hale knew her power. She was edging towards 60, and for a decade she had been the editress (her preferred term) of Godey’s Lady’s Book, one of the most widely read publications in the United States. Women followed […] The post Sarah Josepha Hale imagined a day of Christian Celebration. appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by Annie Lowrey The Atlantic, November 20, 2018 A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy . . . YELLVILLE, Ark.—It is October in the Ozarks. The grass has dried out and the trees have bronzed and browned. Deer lie glaze-eyed in the back of camouflaged pickup trucks. High-school football helmets crack every […] The post Yellville – Tossing a Turkey Out of a Plane appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]but not for the reasons we generally remember. – by Prof. Heather Cox – Richardson, Letters from an American The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got forgotten almost immediately, overwritten by the long history of the settlers’ attacks on their Indigenous […] The post Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday . . . appeared first on...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]November 25, 2024 By Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American Today, President Joe Biden laid out very clearly the argument behind the economic policies his administration has put into place. He writes . . . “When I took office, the pandemic was raging and the economy was reeling. From Day One, I was determined […] The post Investing in People soon to be the One – Percenters appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The United States emerged in the 20th century after two world wars as the world’s sole superpower. It further cemented its political and economic hegemony with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But like all empires throughout history, the American empire has a finite half-life, and its final decline is in full view. For some […] The post The end of the “American Century” appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by Joyce James Civil Discourse  I’m not certain it’s possible to understand what happened in the 2024 election this close to it, beyond the undeniable outcome: Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. For two weeks now, people have been trying to assemble the pieces of how we got here, […] The post “Giving Up Is Unforgivable” appeared first on Angry Bear.