Elbridge Gerry's Salamander Did you ever wonder where the term “gerrymander” comes from? (It means the redrawing of electoral maps in order to obtain a partisan advantage.) Its derivation is a combination of Elbridge Gerry’s last name (he was the governor of Massachusetts in 1812) and...
“Our Country is Full” – President Donald Trump (April 5, 2019) What does it mean for a country to be “full”? In a November 2018 prepared statement, President Trump had made it clear said declared that his agenda was only about illegal immigration: “Illegal immigration hurts American...
America’s economy has been on a roll since the Great Recession of 2009. GDP has been on a steady rise with average annual increases in excess of 2{29ea29b64b10057f61377b2c087cd5b7537a0cd24da4295a308b0bf589469f35}. It has yet to record even a single negative quarter. Job creation has exceeded projections with the...
You have some extra cash. What should you do with it? There are those Earbuds you’ve been coveting. Apple makes the coolest ones, but you recall that Apple’s Earbuds are manufactured somewhere in Asia and wonder whether you shouldn’t choose a brand that’s manufactured in the...
MMT provides a textbook illustration of Stein’s Law: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” MMT will work – in fact, it is working, and it will continue to work – until at some point it will stop working. When it stops, the...