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Economics, Politics / libertarian economics, Milton Friedman /

Not Friedman!

February 9, 2017

While I was checking the inner debates the Republicans are having about health care I came across this quote [in an article written by Tierney Sneed in TPM] from Representative David Brat, an extreme right winger: “When it comes to how much you want to park in the HSAs for providing catastrophic care, that, when […]

Economics, Politics / health care, Republicans /

Restless Natives

February 9, 2017

The natives are getting restless. Here we are only a few weeks into the Trump regime and already some of his early supporters are beginning to waver. Where they ask is the repeal of the hated Obamacare? Where is that domestic infrastructure plan? Where, for that matter is any policy that isn’t foreign? Repealing Obamacare […]

Economics / capitalism, consumer confidence, risk, risk management, the future of work, unemployment, work /

Risk Adjusted Work

February 1, 2017

One of the greatest shifts in our economy over the past few decades has been the steady rise of what we call contingent workers. These are people who make their livings on a part-time or contractual basis and have no full-time job. In the US the increase in contingent workers accounted for all the increase […]

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