What’s the Difference Between “Surplus” and “Waste”? The Waste Is Waste High Quality of Life Economy.
When we hear about surplus income, surplus food and surplus energy, we think of surplus as “extra to what we already have / consume.”…
Roaring 20s or Great Depression 2.0?
Will we revel in a New Roaring 20s of exhilarating expansion, or will we suffer a Great Depression 2.0? Gordon Long and I explore…
Going Cold Turkey in our Addiction Economy
We inhabit an Addiction Economy. We all know the cure for addiction is to go Cold Turkey: drop the denial and delusion of control,…
“Our Country Is in Danger:” The Storm on the Horizon
A reader recently sent me a letter that summarized a sense shared by many: “I can’t shake the bad feeling that our country is…
The Stoicism of the Caregiver
Caregivers and the costs of caregiving don’t get much attention. They’re not part of the news flow, and the day-to-day grind of caregiving doesn’t…
If We Set Aside Ideology, Is There Anything We Can Agree On?
Humans are hard-wired to prefer simplicity over complexity, and this is the foundation of ideology, which like mythology takes a complex world and radically…
The Local System Builds Community, The Global System Destroys It
Ray Dalio, author and CEO of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, was recently interviewed by Tucker Carlson. Dalio addressed many topics, but his comments…
Three Ways to Restore Housing Affordability
We tend to think of housing becoming unaffordable as a matter of land prices, zoning and the cost of 2X4s, but it’s fundamentally a…