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Are Tuition Costs Exaggerated?
Claims that college tuition rate rises cause problems are wrong. Or are they? Do rising college costs exclude some and force others into crippling loans that weaken their future? Maybe that’s nonsense! Maybe the exact opposite is true – aren’t … Continue reading
Piketty Under Attack
Piketty is under attack by the Far Right. They argue the data , or imply he is a hidden Communist. Thomas Piketty published the English translation of his Capital in the Twenty First Century (C21) and pulled his massive open … Continue reading
Economics can never be right
“What is Economics Good For?” is the provocative New York Times essay by Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain. They point is that economics is no kind of science and never can be. This is an excellent essay and worth reading. … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Alex Rosenberg, Economic science, economic theory, Economist scientist, Erik Maskin, new york times, Tyler Curtain
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Inequality, Luddites and Paul Krugman
How can we maintain social stability when the highly educated are as likely as the poorly educated to become obsolete by disruptive technology? Paul Krugman published his 2013 Jun 14 OpEd Essay Sympathy For The Luddites in the New York Times. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged education debt, inequality, Luddites, new york times, Paul Krugman
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Water, Groundwater and XL
Water reserves in the Midwest are an endangered resource. XL performance will disrupt both our national food supply and the water for many cities. High Plains Aquifer is dangerously depleted in large regions. This was the message by Michael Wines … Continue reading
Darkside of the Moon – or of American Society?
There is no Darkside for the moon, but maybe there is for American understanding of science. Kenneth Chang, a respected science writer for the New York Times has an article in the 2012 Dec 14 issue called “Two Space Probes … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Darkside of moon, GRAIL, Kenneth Chang, lunar farside, Michigan legislature, new york times, Park College
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Offshoring and Outsourcing are good — Brooks
“Offshoring and outsourcing has been good for American productivity.” So says New York Times David Brooks, in his 2012 Jul 16 essay (published Tuesday, Jul 17, in the NYT Op-Ed section). This is in direct confrontation to Paul Krugman’s July … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged David Brooks, economy, Keynsian economics, new york times, offshoring, outsourcing, Paul Krugman
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Dreams – Deferred or Lost?
Strangulation of technical achievement indicates a more general social crisis. Not to ignore SpaceX successes, May was a difficult month to be positive about American future technical and social directions. These comments indicated problems: 2012-0506 Edward Conard was in … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Dennis Overbye, Dreams Deferred, DUSEL, EUCLID, LHC, new york times, SSC, Steven Weinberg, Tevatron, WFIRST
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The Conard justification – Income inequality
Conard’s upcoming book justifies uninterrupted income grab by the people who caused the mess. Edward Conard’s soon-to-be-released book is Unintended Consequences, Why Everything You’ve Been Told About The Economy Is Wrong . The New York Times devoted many pages to Conard … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Adam Davidson, Edward Conard, income inequality, new york times, Unintended Consequences
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Records of Inequality – Footprints in the sand 1
George Orwell missed by 4 years. Massive social changes have happened over the last 30 years. Our hugely powerful American society strongly differs from what it was then. This is the first of a series that will look at some … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged 30 year trends, Emmanual Saez, income inequality, new york times, Robert Reich, workforce evaluations
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Tom Friedman and The End of US Manufacturing
Outsourcing destroys our well of creativity, it is terminating American excellence, Mr. Friedman. Thomas Friedman’s column Made In The World, in the 2012 Jan 29 issue New York Times is the ideological bible for modern business. He had better be … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged inequality, Michael Dell, Mike Splinter, new york times, outsourcing, Steve Jobs, Thomas Friedman, Yossi Sheffi
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Social Inequality – Zero Sum Games
Income shifts out of lower incomes into the upper levels, in a kind of zero sum game There has been an unusual stir in the recent news about the increase of income inequality in the United States. Wealthy households are … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged income inequality, inequality, James Steewart, median income, new york times, Paul Krugman, Robert Reich, Saez, Wealth
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Update — Fluorescent Lights / China
This is an update on the law banning incandescent lighting, see Using Fluorescent Lights -A Compilation. The New York Times (2011 Sep16) had an article by Keith Bradsher in the Business section, China Consolidates Grip on Rare Earths. The Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Bradsher, CFL, China, Fluorescent, incandescent, new york times, NYT, rare earths
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Gold or Collectable Standard?
Last Wednesday (2011 August 31) Steven Davidoff published an essay for Dealbook in the Business section of the New York Times on the real vs apparent value of gold. He discusses gold and how its price has been driven to … Continue reading
Fluorescents-4A: Flicker and UV
This is the fourth post in a series about compact fluorescent lights (CFL). We look at a number of different issues that have been raised, some may be true problems, some almost certainly are not “show stopper” issues. CFLs will … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Bob Tadeschi, CFL, flicker, Fluorescent, incandescent, new york times, NYT, UV
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Fusion, Seawater and Stewart Prager’s OpEd
Interesting Op Ed piece in the 2011 Jul 11 New York Times by Dr. Stewart Prager on the status and potentials for fusion power. Dr. Prager is the Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL); he does a good … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged DIII-D, Fusion, Fusion Reactor, General Atomics, ITER, JET, new york times, Plasma Physics, PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Stewart Prager
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Lynch Poo-Poos Peak Oil
Michael Lynch, a long term consultant to the oil industry and Hubbert Peak debunker for over two decades published another Op Ed piece in the New York Times on Friday, February 25, 2011. Since at least 1989, Mr. Lynch has … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Atlantic Monthly, Hubbert peak, Michael Lynch, new york times
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Bill Nelson and the 3 product arttributes
New York Times yesterday had a Science Times article by Kenneth Chang on NASA’s plight. There are many issues that need careful examination to understand the 40-year mess our country is in. But this post is to make a single … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Nelson, budget, economics, NASA, new york times, space
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