Advocates for women and racial minorities talk about systemic bias in our society, and I think the average person says, “Well, maybe, but I don’t really see it.” Well, here’s a systemic bias that’s a little more obvious: the tendency for our boom-and-bust economy to offload the losses onto the poor and allow the rich…
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This Is Your Final Warning
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Okay, it’s “lonely voice crying in the wilderness” time. Here goes with the “End of the World as We Know It” essay. Enjoy it, because from now on I will be able to say “I told you so,” and that’s not half so much fun to hear. We have been living in La-La Land for…
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Inflation Discussion: the Elephants in the Room
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News media in the past week have been overwhelmed with the twin threats of inflation and recession. As they should be. In case anybody didn’t notice, we have just borrowed our way out of a pandemic and are in the middle of buying ourselves out of a war. The cost for these two events…