Category: Politics
Industrial Policy 101
“On balance, the record of government trying to improve the functioning of the private sector is poor.” New York Times This quote is from the NYT. It is surprising because the NYT only las... Read More
Reconstruction
There is a feeling, often expressed, that we live in particularly tumultuous times. I often politely ask when we were not in “tumultuous times.” My argument is that “presentism”... Read More
Socialist Economics Illustrated
“First Save, Then Buy!” This illustration on this postcard is a reproduction of a matchbook cover distributed by the East German Government in the 1950’s. West Germany was zooming ah... Read More
Election Day Should be a Day
There are a couple of reasons I think that early voting is a bad idea. If during the Civil War when Lincoln was running for re-election there had been early voting people would have voted before the v... Read More
Russia/Ukraine
I belong to Postcrossing and many of the active members are from Russia and Ukraine. It has been an interesting year for them and for the administrators of the group. I recently received two cards tha... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Hegemon
Hegemon Noun: a leader or country that has a dominant influence over others. Example: “The United States is the hegemon in the world today. But will our hegemony continue?” The photo is of... Read More
