Is it ok to forgo the “needless to say” phrase to introduce an idea or expectation already known? Yeah probably. What is going to happen on October 1 is a cage fight or no holds barred mental-wrestling event with no physical contact. The two VP candidates will go at it on national TV with probable open (or hot) mikes (it sells more advertising). Moderators will not be able to challenge a candidate’s statements for authenticity. I am sure we will...

Assar Lindbeck — a Hayekian neoliberal Lindbeck’s interactions with the New Left and Neo-Malthusians, focusing on issues like environmental sustainability and social justice, exemplify how his authorship developed in an antagonistic context against his interlocutors. He used Hayekian epistemology to counter the grievances of his adversaries, arguing that market mechanisms were superior in addressing environmental and social challenges that he...

You may have read about “blue zones,” certain communities that have an unusually large number of centenarians: Loma Linda in California, Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Nicoya in Costa Rica, and Ikaria in Greece. Since we can’t all move there, the next best thing would be to discover the key to longevity in these places.“The overall populations within these blue zones, as well as those individuals who appear to be living into extreme old age,...

I have a collection of sources I can pull from to use here at Angry Bear. Joyce @ Civil Discourse is one of them. Prof Heather Cox Richardson @ Letters from an American is another. Robert Reich, Merrill Goozner @ GoozNews, Lloyd Alter @ Carbon Upfront, etc. It allows me to present information I would have to hunt for and then edit it to fit. There are others too. I think they are pretty interesting. PS: I joined these sites to read and gather...

Warum ist Schottland so woke? Schottland verabschiedete am 1. April ein Gesetz gegen “Hasskriminalität”, das “boshafte Äußerungen” gegen Minderheiten selbst dann strafbar macht, wenn sie in den eigenen vier Wänden getätigt werden. “Ich bin gerade nicht im Land”, kommentierte die Edinburgher Harry Potter-Autorin J. K. Rowling auf X das neue Strafrecht, “aber ich freue mich schon darauf, festgenommen zu werden, wenn ich zurückkehre an den Geburtsort der...

Are we all behavioural economists now? While neoclassical economists cannot consistently incorporate behavioral factors into their models, there is nothing in behavioral economics that makes the use of neoclassical theory illegitimate. To the contrary … behavioral economists have consistently advocated using neoclassical theory for all sorts of purposes. By and large, they treat neoclassical models and theories as heuristic devices or analytical tools,...

Why have they increased so much. The US Treasury constant maturity 10-year interest rate has increased dramatically since the FED started fighting inflation (after falling dramatically during the Covid 19 epidemic). The increase is not unusual — Monetary policy effects GDP and employment through medium and long term interest rates, especially including the interest rate on 30 year mortgages. But I think it should be surprising. Before going...

“Comet of the century” will be visible for first time in 80,000 years. Here’s how to glimpse it (msn.com) The passing of a comet can bring feelings of either dread or wonder. A mysterious celestial event known as the Star of Bethlehem. It was said to have accompanied the birth of Jesus Christ. It could have been a comet appearing so suddenly, staying for so long and seen crossing the sky. More recently, science fiction movies like “Deep...

Good Old Days? A story . . . I was at Parker-Hannifin Fluid Power for a bit over 4-years. Due to the economic slowdown in 1982, they let me go. I was replaced by someone out of sales. The explanation? His wanting to learn about manufacturing hydraulic and air cylinders. It was obvious he was losing his job in Sales. My boss came out of Sales and knew little about production planning and control. Over 4 years I made him look good by cutting inventory...

That’s the best way to describe our economy and how it operates.