Washington Liberals

All told, the federal government provides $65 billion a year in food stamps to almost 46 million Americans. While that sounds like a lot of money — maybe it’s something Republicans in Congress would...

I’ve been getting invitations to events organized by “Seattle Transpartisan Alliance” (also here). They wish to find common areas of agreement across the political spectrum, between libertarians and liberals, in particular. For example, they...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday Washingtonians took to the air, land and sea to challenge Washington’s wealthiest corporations and individuals to share the economic sacrifices with working families. Joggers, picnicking families and boaters visiting Seward Park...

When last we met, it was to discuss a Big Idea that the Obama Administration might apply to get some job creation going, despite a difficult Congress; the Big Idea was to look at...

RSA – Ideas and Actions for a 21st Century Enlightenment Uh-oh, it’s a marxist analysis. Hey, can Marx have things figured out correctly from time to time? Thanks to Austin K for passing this...

(Editor’s note. With this posting, we introduce “quickies”: short blurbs or summaries that are quick to read and — hopefully — dense in content. Links to interesting external content also count as quickies. Often...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shared Sacrifice My Ass Regatta! This Sunday at Seward Park, Seattle 11:30am. View Map Bring your voice, your dancing shoes, inner tubes watercraft to join the flotilla. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember the Target Ain’t People...

The stock market continues to be on a roller coaster ride as it slides and then rebounds as traders engage in fishing the bottom and making trading commissions, sliding a few bucks out of...

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Quotes-economics.htm The Adam Smith that everyone knows: Every individual… intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which...

In a recent article in the Los Angeles Time, economist James Galbraith argues that “Stimulus Alone was Never going to bring Recovery.” See http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-galbraith-economics-20110815,0,843976.story I agree in part with his solution: “Let’s build a...