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Economics / austerity, business investment, consumption, economic policy, GDP, government spending, growth, inventories, Obama, trade /

More Sideways Than Up

April 29, 2013

The economy just can’t get on a roll. We managed to get passed the slow down of late last year only to run full square into a self-inflicted slow down this year. Ugh. That’s a technical term for ‘I told you so’. The economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a 2.5% […]

Economics /

Victoria Chick Has A Point

April 23, 2013

And a good one too. Victoria Chick is someone whom I hold in high regard, so when she takes me to task, I owe everyone, and her specifically, a response. She has a problem with some speculation I mixed into my recent rant about the state of ethics in economics. Here is the offending paragraph: […]

Commentary / OSHA, work safety /

Work Safety

April 22, 2013

Just a quick note: Last week’s mayhem included a major explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas. The precise death toll has yet to be determined but it will be many times that of the Boston attack. Unfortunately that final toll will include at least eleven emergency workers who rushed to the scene to help. […]

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