Category Archives: Politics and Business
Has anybody seen…?
As I watched the interview of Ethel Kennedy by her daughter this evening, the gritty black and white television images from my own adolescence streaming before me, my cheek felt the same warm salted tears again, as the narrator described … Continue reading
Free markets or John Maynard Keynes?
[This column was written a few years ago on a visit with friend Bob to Latvia. Its theme seems pertinent to the current election debates about what to do with our economic engine in the U.S.] Capitalism has gotten a … Continue reading
Bribed with our own money
Peter Schiff’s role model is an incarcerated felon, his father. The crime? Tax evasion. Irwin Schiff is 84 years old, and has served nine years of a 13 year sentence. The elder Schiff played a prominent role in challenging the … Continue reading
Chop wood, carry water
A few years ago, I began to get excited about the return of manufacturing to the U.S. and now it’s happening. Mind you, I don’t expect it to regain the prominent position in our economy that it had prior to … Continue reading