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Commentary, Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, interest rates, jobs, monetary policy, plutocracy, stimulus /

Interest Rates, Faith, and Democracy

December 15, 2015

What a pickle! The Federal Reserve Board’s meetings have become a media event. The last few days – weeks if you want to be more inclusive – have been awash with media chatter and analysis about the probability that the Fed will, at last, raise interest rates. As a public service here are the pros […]

Commentary, Politics /

Numbers Matter: Guns and Terrorism

December 13, 2015

Numbers matter. Take these for instance: In the last decade about 40 Americans have died as a result of terrorism During that same period about 280,000 Americans have died as a result of gun violence. Absurd. The debates, to the extent that it can be called that, about both terrorism and guns is radically out of […]

Economics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory, rational choice, Wendy Brown /

History and Economics

December 10, 2015

In the ongoing debate about the relevance or otherwise of history as it pertains to economics allow me to add: Within the enormous pile of instances of history, most of which we have collectively forgotten, there are multitudes of experiences that illuminate any particular view we have of an economy, but none by themselves ‘explain’ […]