President-Elect Biden
For better, and optimistically not worse, it appears that Joe Biden will be our next president, provided his candidacy survives pending recounts. There may be some attributes of his potential… Read more »
Category: social science
Parties and Wine Duty
Though we have a two-party system, there are other options. Democrats care about the environment. Republicans prefer lower income tax. Libertarians readily accommodate a cross-section of policies on both the… Read more »
Media, Journalism & Pundits
It might suffice as a definition for philosophy: sometimes the truth is not what persons want to hear or can accept. We have interconnected matters that are both dynamic and… Read more »
The Situation in Argentina
There is an ongoing crisis in Argentina. The nation is in a difficult fiscal and economic situation: “with ballooning inflation, a plunging peso, a poverty rate that has risen from… Read more »
What is the “Rule of Law?”
Jeffrey Sachs, who authored a 1993 macroeconomics text with Felipe Larrain, continues to publish regularly. The book cites a study that finds an economy’s adherence to the rule of law… Read more »
Democracy and Tocqueville Between Two Worlds
Here in the United States, per data that is readily available, a two political party system has been in decline. Parties remain relevant. However, the biggest percentage of citizens polled… Read more »
Tariffs
Economics is a social science, helping to understand personal and societal relations. It has been described as the pursuit of how to best utilize our scarce resources. Of course it… Read more »