Why You Should Vote for Bill White

Perry is at best unethical and at worst a crook. A summary from the Burnt Orange Report.

Throw Out the Bathwater and the Baby or Masochism as National Policy

Why does logic appear to be gone from America? Economic theory at this level is not hard. One will always equal one and one-half will equal one-half. But the people must be punished. As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

Survey of Health Care in the US

This is a very interesting and telling study of where the US ranks in terms of health care comared to other similar industrialized countries. I can't help but wonder whether a major reason for the US falling short of other countries on most measures is due to the disparity in health care across the population in the US. For example, we have the highest infant mortality in the group and the highest incidence of mothers dying in childbirth. I suspect the incidence in both cases is unevenly distributed across economic class--low for well-to-do and high for everyone else

People This Ignorant Shouldn't Be Allowed to Vote

Most Americans don't know what the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress has done for them.

Keith Olbermann on the Tea Party Candidates.

On MSNBC Kieth Olbermann summarizes the qualifications of some of the prominent Tea Party Candidates for national office.

When Will Evidence Matter?

Economists need to stop promoting theories that don't explain what is happening (and may be actively harming the economy) and pay attention to the evidence.

Not Quite There Yet

As I feared today was the "tough" game for Mizzou. They won't be a class one team until they can win on the road against a strong opponent. While I wasn't able to watch today's game (I'm in Chicago where it wasn't on TV and anyway I was at my grandson's football game), the score and statistics reminded me of the Texas game I saw in Austin two years ago. In that game Mizzou came out flat and got so far behind in the first quarter that they couldn't catch up, even though they outplayed Texas in the second half. One of these days, Mizzou will suck it up and play well on the road against a ranked opponent, but they are not quite there yet.

Depression Economics Explained

The spending death spiral.

More Wackiness in American Politics

The polls show voters are going to vote Republican even though they like Democrats better. And Obama polls higher than either party. Go figure.

Why Does Big Business Hate Obama?

Just to show how screwed up the leaders of the business sector and especially the Chamber of Commerce are, new data shows once again that Democratic administrations are much better for business profits than Republicans. I've never understood why business tends to vote Republican. It's as though there's a disconnect between what they think is good for their economic health and what is actually good for them. The recent data is not an anomaly. Democrats have almost always been better for the economy than Republicans. The main reason, I think, is because the Republican "me first" philosophy is not productive. Things work much better when the bulk of Americans are doing well. Our increasingly skewed income distribution and the emphasis on tax cuts for the wealthy is an environment that will lead to a less vibrant economy. We will all do less well if Republican policies prevail.