by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 20, 2021 | Economics & The Economy, Engineering, Income Inequality, innovation, Science
Why Space Tourism Will Fall Flat Why Space Tourism Will Fall Flat The billionaire space race is in full swing, with Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos both launching into the atmosphere – and one lucky (and rich) 18-year-old along for the ride with the latter...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 4, 2021 | • Politics, Income Inequality, Tax Policy
A Trump Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To a Rich GOP Donor’s Superyacht Marina The Rybovich superyacht marina lies on the West Palm Beach, Florida, waterfront, a short drive north from Mar-a-Lago. Superyachts, floating mansions that can stretch more than 300...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 14, 2021 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Opinion | Warren Buffett and the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ Warren Buffett appears to be the safest kind of billionaire: the good kind. Mr. Buffett is neither Zuckerbergian messiah nor Musky provocateur, neither Bezosist space cadet nor Sacklerian...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 14, 2021 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
The quote is from this Atlantic article… The Last Days of the President After leaving the presidency in 1969, Lyndon Johnson lived out the remaining four years of his life in retirement. One of his former speechwriters recounts how he spent it. On the night...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 14, 2021 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Opinion | What the Rich Don’t Want to Admit About the Poor I’m not going to pretend that I know how to interpret the jobs and inflation data of the past few months. My view is that this is still an economy warped by the pandemic, and that the dynamics are...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 9, 2021 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 16, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The Second Great Depression At least four major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery. The American economy is reopening. In Alabama, gyms are back in business. In Georgia, restaurants are seating customers again. In Texas, the bars are...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 8, 2020 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
> You Can’t Have a Prosperous Economy Without an Entrepreneurial Government – Evonomics Capitalism Ending the state vs market myth The debate about the relative roles of the state and the market in capitalist economies tends to swing from side to side...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 14, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next? In a crisis, what was once unthinkable can suddenly become inevitable. We’re in the middle of the biggest societal shakeup since the second world war. And neoliberalism is gasping its last breath. So from higher...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 21, 2020 | • Politics, Democracy, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
Is Capitalism a Threat to Democracy? In London, in the nineteen-thirties, the émigré Hungarian intellectual Karl Polanyi was known among his friends as “the apocalyptic chap.” His gloom was understandable. Nearly fifty, he’d had to leave his wife,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 17, 2020 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2020 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs, On Liberalism
Why neoliberal capitalism and the common good are incompatible If the response to coronavirus has accomplished anything, it is reminding us of the basic principle of our society. I say “principle,” which is singular, because there is really only one. It is...
