“I think it is important to recognize that General Motors is a canary in this country’s economic coal mine; a forerunner for what’s to come for the broader economy. Their mistakes have resembled this nation’s mistakes; their problems will be our future problems. If the U.S. and General Motors have similar flaws and indeed symbiotic [...]
Is GM’s Failure a Forerunner of America’s Problems?
June 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Political Science & Economics
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America Doesn’t Plan for the Future
May 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Political Science & Economics
Government has done little, or nothing, to address energy independence, social security, a sprawling, complex tax code, healthcare, infrastructure, over crowded prisons, underachieving school and job creation. Instead, government has focused on abortion, illegal drugs, same sex marriage, online sports gambling, online poker, steroids in baseball and short term fixes to America’s major problems.
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Is the Dollar America’s Achilles Heel?
April 13th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Political Science & Economics
“…the US government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, it’s electronic equivalent) that allows it to produce as many US dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost. By increasing the number of US dollars in circulation, or even by credibly threatening to do so, the US government can also reduce the [...]
Tags:economics·finance·politics
Unintentional Comedy from the Treasury Department
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Political Science & Economics
On February 10th, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave an interview where he began to lay out some of the Obama Administrations plan to help fix the economy. He said that the Treasury would create a website called FinancialStability.gov to keep the public apprised of the situation. Its now March 23rd and the top of the [...]
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How Much is Fair to Tip a Tour Guide?
March 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Travel
My friend (I can’t use her real name because her company does not like employees to talk about tips) graduated from UW-Madison this past May and decided to take a different path than most graduates. Instead of setting for a 9-5 desk job, she decided to travel and get jobs wherever she ended up. I truly admire [...]
Is 30 Minutes of your Time Worth $5.95?
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
In “Why You’ll Love Paying for Roads that Used to be Free,” Eric A. Morris delivers a compelling arguement for setting up variable toll rates for public highways that are currently free to reduce congesting. It’s a really hard sell to politicians and citizens alike, but he argues: Variable tolling is an excellent public policy. [...]