We need to ask ourselves, once again, how it’s possible that working class people don’t support Biden overwhelmingly. Yes, they are frustrated that their wages have stagnated. And yes, frustration leads to anger, and anger is what gets demagogues elected. …
Category: Renewables – Business
The Plan to Destroy the American Economy
Most commenters on this meme here report that “it’s already in full swing.” One might think that the appeal of this conspiracy theory would be limited to the completely uneducated, but that’s not true; an old college friend liked this …
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Hurray for Denmark
Denmark has a number of advantages over the rest of the world, one of which is that they actually care about environmental responsibility, and thus they refuse to allow moneyed interests to pollute their country for profit. Their bountiful renewable …
Bidenomics
Here’s something that many of us wonder about: how it’s possible for Biden-haters to say that the economy is a disaster. The highest GDP growth in the G7, low unemployment, record stock market returns, inflation in control, all look pretty …
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If You Have a Command of 6th Grade Math, You Have What It Takes To Be a Business Consultant
As could have been predicted, the dumbing down of America has provided opportunities for “business consultants” whose true value-add to their clients is tiny, if it exists at all. Here’s a guy whose only guiding principle is advising his clients …
2GreenEnergy – A Change of Focus
As a subscriber, you probably noticed that I haven’t published this newsletter in quite a while (though the frequency of blog posts on the website hasn’t diminished; we have a total of 15,700+, growing daily). Perhaps an explanation is in …
Tagged with: accepting science as core of policymaking in climate change mitigation, Big Oil's stranglehold on our lawmaking processes, business aspects of renewable energy, ensuring that Donald Trump never gets anywhere near the White House ever again, furthering the cause of environmental responsibility, imperative to phase of fossil fuels in favor of low-carbon alternatives so as to avert climate catastrophe
Organized Labor
In the 21st Century, the stakes associated with collective bargaining aren’t as high as they were 100 years ago, when we were talking about matters of life and death. That said, it’s good to see union ranks swelling in response …
Walmart, Price Gouging, and Inflation
There is no doubt that corporate price gouging is a problem insofar that it’s driving inflation. In this case I would point out that Walmart has competitors, e.g., Costco. a company that has a policy of basing prices on costs. …
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U.S. GDP Growth
This from senior energy analyst Robert Rapier on the graph below: GDP is one of the most important economic indicators. This measures the monetary value of all the stuff a country makes in a year. It is also used to …
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How Much Credit Biden Merits for the Economy
Re: the meme here, a reader opines: Brandon has nothing to do with it. No politician had anything to do with it. I agree that, generally, U.S. presidents tend to get too much credit when things go right, and too …
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