Category Archives: Economics

China’s ticking time bomb (or) Reflections on journey through China, part VI

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

This will be short. It was moderately big news last week when China overtook Japan to become the number two largest economy in the world. The United States is still number one although it is predicted that within ten years … Continue reading →

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“Green” = rob from the poor and give to the rich?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by admin

Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Riding through the land Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Without a merry band He steals from the poor And gives to the rich. – Monty Python’s Flying Circus The Chevy Volt. Electric car. Mostly. Costs $41,000. Wow … Continue reading →

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Lord deliver us from politics (or) Trusting God when things fall apart

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile we miss the *real* story about the government versus the Gulf Coast

Posted on July 23, 2010 by admin

Opinionated Catholic asks why leftists and liberals aka “liberals” and “conservatives” are so obsessed with the complex of stories revolving around NAACP/Tea Party/Fox News/Shirley Sherrod/Obama administration. When there are far more important issues at hand. How much will these stories … Continue reading →

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Africa draws closer to China – but not to America

Posted on July 2, 2010 by admin

Two things from my journey through China. One of my friends teaches Chinese to foreign students at Northwestern A and F University in Yangling (an hour from Xi’an), Shaanxi province. Apparently the African Student Association organized a big party/cultural celebration. … Continue reading →

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Clark Medal recipient finds intervention makes no difference

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

Economist Esther Duflo has won this year’s John Bates Clark Medal. The following paragraph in her bio caught my attention. Duflo has been a leader in using randomized field experiments to address important questions concerning public policy in developing countries. … Continue reading →

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How they misportray tells us more about them than about us (or) Tea Party crashers

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

“Glee” is the only television show my entirely family enjoys watching together. We had been looking forward to the season opener on Monday. There was a “Sarah Palin is stupid” joke. My family did not care about that but thought … Continue reading →

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Ugliness at Cornell, Tea Party support, leave Barney Frank alone (or) Morning coffee

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

The more the left tries to stop the Tea Party movement using various means the more it grows. You would think that with the ongoing “stupid and evil fringe extremists” narrative the number of people who identify with the movement … Continue reading →

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Tea Party represents racist fringe minority

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

Psych! Tea Party 48% Obama 44% says Rasmussen. For the record I am not terribly interested in tracking approval or disapproval of President Obama. I am much more interested in tracking approval or disapproval of Congress. My interest is in … Continue reading →

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Greg Mankiw on why soaking the rich will not solve the problem

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

There seems to be an increasingly popular argument that we just need to transfer wealth from the rich back to the poor right? Money for health care. Schools. College. Bank bailouts. Automobile manufacturer bailouts. Failed mortgage bailouts. A new 8-inch … Continue reading →

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