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Category Archives: The Economy
If You Overemphasize Test Scores, Don’t Be Surprised When People Cheat to Raise Them
Last Monday, Michelle Rhee condemned a USA Today investigation of the successes that Washington, DC, public schools achieved under her tenure. From 2006 to 2010, most of which saw Rhee as chancellor, the percentage of students in Crosby S. Noyes … Continue reading
Where Are Your Grocery Dollars Going?
In March, the USDA released the newest figures in a series of data entitled The Food Dollar; an annual breakdown of food prices that tracks where each dollar spent on groceries actually goes. The results are startling. For 2008 (the … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Food, Geopolitics, Labor, Technology, The Economy
Tagged corn, Ethanol, Farm Bill, Farmers, Food Commodities, Food dollar, local food, oil, small farms, Supply and demand, Sustainability
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Conscientious Consumerism (or Why I’m boycotting Target, but still eating Chick-Fil-A)
The CEO of Whole Foods is a libertarian who doesn’t support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Target gave $150,000 to a conservative Minnesota Political Action Committee that endorsed an anti-gay candidate for governor. S. Truett Cathy, the founder … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Sexuality, The Economy
Tagged Boycott, Conscientious Consumerism, LGBT, Money, Target
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Thorium Nuclear: The Race We Started and Are Now Losing
While China’s GDP is still only roughly one third of the US’, China is gaining fast, with Deutsche Bank predicting that it will surpass the US by the early 2020s. So, if China were to embark on a research and … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Science, Technology, The Economy
Tagged Climate Change, environment, Green Movement, science
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The Busy Signal’s diavlog series: J.A. Myerson Interviews Rob Prince
Rob Prince is a senior lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver (alma mater of, among other important members of the American foreign policy establishment, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice). He publishes at … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, The Economy
Tagged AFRICOM, Ben Ali, democracy, Egypt, IMF, Iraq, Islamism, neoconservatism, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, World Bank
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The Progressive Case against Barack Obama
Halfway through Barack Obama’s first (shall I say “first?”) presidential term, we have a reasonably good set of data upon which to formulate our opinions of the man and the job he’s doing. Never reluctant to grandstand, I take to … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Geopolitics, Immigration, Labor, The Economy, War
Tagged Afghanistan, Andy Borowitz, bailout, Billy Tauzin, Bob Dole, Bush Administration, change, Chris Hayes, corporatism, deregulation, drone attacks, filibuster, financial regulation, Glenn Greenwald, Goldman-Sachs, Graham-Leach-Bliley, Greg Craig, Health Care Reform, HMOs, individual mandate, Ira Stoll, Iraq, Joe Lieberman, K Street, Larry Summers, Ledbetter, liberals, lobbyists, Matt Taibbi, Obama Administration, Pakistan, PATRIOT Act, Peter Orszag, PhRMA, press freedom, public option, Rahm Emanuel, revolving door, sanctimonious, SCHOP, Shepard, smart power, Tax Cuts, The Nation, Tim Carney, TSA, Twitter, WikiLeaks
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