Posted on 10/17/2021 in misc • Tagged with Books, Economics, Politics
It’s been a while since I elevated a book review to the front page, so you know this book is special.
I finished Maid, by Stephanie Land last week. Put simply, it’s the best look at what life is really like for the working poor that you will …
Posted on 05/09/2020 in misc • Tagged with Coronavirus, Economics
Like everybody else, the pandemic is "top of mind" 24 x 7 for me. I'm writing to help myself not internalize all of it. You can find other posts in the series at https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/tag/coronavirus.html
On today’s walk I took a break from the …
I was out running errands with my wife today and she wanted to stop by the Dollar Store to pick up a bottle of bubbles for the preschool she runs. Swinging by the Dollar Store to buy a bottle of bubbles made me immediately think of (Whatever Happened to The …
Posted on 12/21/2018 in misc • Tagged with Economics, Politics
Unemployment is still low, and wages are creeping up. GDP is growing too. By all normal factors the stock market should not be tanking like it is.
However, these are hardly normal times.
Maybe, just maybe, this market correction is a sign that reality is starting to emerge from its …
Posted on 03/14/2017 in misc • Tagged with Economics, Politics
A couple of weeks ago the Techdirt podcast featured a fascinating interview with Robert H Frank, Professor at Cornell and author of the recently released Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy. This is a subject I've debated a few times on various Internet forums, usually as …
Posted on 02/08/2017 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Economics, Life
I've been thinking about stuff quite a bit lately. The US economy runs on stuff. If we stopped buying so much stuff, we'd crash the economy very quickly. It's so important that President Bush suggested we all go shopping after the 9/11 attacks. Maybe that's a way to stick …
Posted on 03/24/2015 in misc • Tagged with Business, Economics
Throughout history scarcity has been the defining characteristic of economics, and really of power and control in general. It does power the law of supply and demand, the fundamental tenant of microeconomics, after all. People with information not accessible to others, or governments or groups with access to weapons not …
Posted on 05/22/2013 in misc • Tagged with History, Issues, Economics
Posted on 03/31/2013 in misc • Tagged with Issues, Politics, Economics
Posted on 04/30/2012 in misc • Tagged with Economics, Parenting
Posted on 08/15/2011 in misc • Tagged with Politics, Economics
Posted on 08/06/2011 in misc • Tagged with Issues, Economics