It is frustrating to hear people argue that the United States needs to do health care, education, social spending, etc., like Finland or other small…
Author: skepticalobserver
(First posted in 2010 when the PC movement was more of a curiosity than a religion.) A few months ago I attended a funeral at…
Sunday afternoon about four o’clock I took a pretty bad crash when the front wheel of my recumbent bike went into the open space under…
Be careful with the following sentence about the original intent of our founders. It is the longest I have ever written. I’m dividing it up…
I think we should ban the word, “affordable,” because it is subjective and meaningless without context. What is affordable to one person is not affordable…
Trade Talk (7/7/2010; Updated 7/5/2016)
Posted in Trade
I have a feeling that trade policy is going to be a major topic of discussion between now and November 2016. This is a reposting,…
I’ve been a little worried about what a second term for President Obama might look like but feel better now that I know that Jerry Springer…
Here is a key point to keep in mind: Labor supply and labor demand are separate and independent variables. When the demand exceeds the supply,…