Today, I saw Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story and thought that I, as both a graduate student in Economics who is getting experience in the field during the great financial crisis. As a movie, it was pretty entertaining, as his movies tend to be, full of rhetorical flair, tear-jerking moments of people [...]
Our Corporatist Economy… (part 1)
It’s been a while since I’ve written here, but with, on top of normal college stresses, the GRE, LSAT and Grad School considerations, certain other things have taken priority. So, why not start with a nice philisophical piece about the economy.
Our current economic crisis is seen by some as a failure of Capitalism, but this [...]
Some Thoughts of States’ Rights
I was just thinking, which I do sometimes, about the role of states’ rights in our political climate… Now, I am inclined to think that states should be given a large amount of autonomy in many affairs, such as voter registration and election handling, driver’s licenses and traffic enforcement, and local law enforcement, but when [...]
A Word Of Caution…
There are a few Chicken Littles out there right now, saying that they sky is falling with the economy and we’re all going to be poor, bla bla bla bla bla… They look at things like the faltering dollar (which is a problem) and conclude that the economy is going to tank any minute now… [...]
Fundie Boycotts and The Marketplace of Ideas
This past weekend, The Golden Compass came out in theaters. For those of you who don’t know, here’s the link to its wikipedia article. I was searching through Facebook groups with the movie’s title in their name, and the first dozen or so were called things like “Boycott the Atheist Golden Compass” [...]
Don’t Buy Chinese Goods
The last straw for me has been broken recently, and, as a result, I am going to try to refrain from buying Chinese goods. It is going to be very hard, mainly to find cheap alternatives, but hopefully, after seeing my thought process on this issue, more people will agree with me and join me [...]
