[unable to retrieve full-text content]I live in Arizona and I will not miss Sinema. “Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday (12/11/2024) to block President Biden’s  nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.” The impact of which will allow Trump to place an anti-labor member...

Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών Αφιέρωμα: «1974-2024 – Οι μεταμορφώσεις του ελληνικού καπιταλισμού» 14-15/12/2024 Η ταραχώδης διαδρομή του σύγχρονου ελληνικού καπιταλισμού Σταύρος Μαυρουδέας Καθηγητής Πολιτικής Οικονομίας Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Πολιτικής Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Μετά το τέλος του Β΄Π.Π. ο ελληνικός καπιταλισμός ανασυγκροτήθηκε με βάση την θέση του στην αρχιτεκτονική του νέου τότε Δυτικού μπλοκ. Μετά από μία σύντομη διαμάχη τόσο μέσα στους κόλπους της ελληνικής...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Weekly Indicators for December 9 – 13  – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. While the short-term forecast and nowcast have remained relatively constant, the “action” has been in the long leading indicators – some things good, some bad. The biggest thing that happened this week is that the […] The post New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators for December 9-13...

14th of December 2024 Til denne uges Fri Tænkning har jeg talt med den britiske økonom og historiker Robert Skidelsky, der siden 1991 har siddet i det britiske parlaments overhus. I de første ti år som konservativ, men siden da har Skidelsky ikke repræsenteret et politisk parti. Han har tidligere været medlem af både Labour og Socialdemokratiet, som han var med til at stifte og forlod, da det i 1988 blev slået sammen med Det Liberale Parti under et nyt navn, Liberaldemokraterne. ...

Economics — a pseudo-analogy with physics I also want to emphasise strongly the point about economics being a moral science. I mentioned before that it deals with introspection and with values. I might have added that it deals with motives, expectations, psychological uncertainties. One has to be constantly on guard against treating the material as constant and homogeneous in the same way that the material of the other sciences, in spite of its complexity,...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Can President Biden cancel student loans? Why not? Newly elected President Trump has every intention to pardon the October 6th insurrectionists. Most of the loans depicted in the graphs have been recast into new loans having the interest rolled into them. It created a misconception of these being new loans instead of older loans. This […] The post Student Loan Debt Forgiveness appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I grew up at the western edge of the Eastern Time zone. There was enough daylight at 9:30 PM in the summer to finish up mowing the lawn. I’ve never found the switch between Standard Time and DST to be problematic. Jet lag after a flight to Europe is *much* more uncomfortable. I see where […] The post Time’s up for Daylight Savings Time? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Interesting article on wealth. Sometimes being lucky outperforms talent or intelligence. A recent article including some graphs I included. Sources for the graphs are provided allowing the reader to learn more about how wealth is obtained. Article by Vawn Himmelsbach was portrayed in Moneywise. ‘Moneyball’ and ‘Big Short’ Author Michael Lewis Says Elite Rich Americans […] The post Elite Rich Americans Often Overlook a Factor...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Some history on Senator Joe Manchin III. He has never met a lump of coal he did not like. There is money in the almost black gold. Twenty years of supplying the Grant Town power plant in West Virgina with low-grade coal mixed with rock and clay known as “gob.” And stymieing any interest in […] The post The Legacy of a Retiring Senator appeared first on Angry Bear.

Panelsamtal om svensk finanspolitik Clarté Lund bjuder in till en samtalsserie i tre delar om visionär ekonomi. Det första panelsamtalet berör ekonomisk politik och det nya omtalade balansmålet i det finanspolitiska ramverket. Varför fick vi inte ett underskottsmål och vad för konsekvenser får detta för ett Sverige med enorma investeringsbehov? Med hjälp av sakkunniga panelister kommer vi att fördjupa oss i ämnet och reda ut vad som står på spel....