by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 18, 2011 | • Politics, The 2012 Presidential Race
Following a link attached to a blurb I read this morning in Wall Street Journal Blog: Real Time Economics "Howard Gleckman examines presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry’s record as a low-tax politician. His record, “suggests, in fact, a politician who...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 15, 2011 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy
Another good article or rather op-ed read earlier today… Stop Coddling the Super-Rich By WARREN E. BUFFETT Editorial: The Truth About Taxes (August 7, 2011) OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 15, 2011 | Economics & The Economy
A good article I stumbled across this evening… Sometimes, Inflation Is Not Evil By FLOYD NORRIS Thirty years ago, it became clear that defeating inflation was crucial, even if the means needed to accomplish that would cause a deep recession. By the time the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 15, 2011 | • Politics
With a Hat-tip to The Bad Thing About Cutting the Deficit Right Now. D-squared Digest — FOR bigger pies and shorter hours and AGAINST more or less everything else: Just to be clear on this, as I think some people are confused. The bad thing about cutting the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 10, 2011 | News Worth Reading
News Worth Reading: Conservative Republican Rep. Lankford Admits The Economy Is ‘Doomed’ Without Government Spending |...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 12, 2009 | Economics & The Economy
I just came in from picking up the mail yesterday and caught the Radio America right wing radio host Greg Knapp talking ranting on CNBC about how bad Obama tripled the deficit. Tripled? Usally the figure I hear cited by the right wing ideologues is quadrupled and they...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 25, 2006 | On Liberalism, Quotations, Memes, & Lessons From Life, Recommended Reading
Some great quotes from William Greider author of The Soul of Capitalism : Opening Paths to a Moral Economy and Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy to inspire our thinking: “If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who...
