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The Rich and Us Nov. 02, 2016
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, having a net worth of $81.8 billion, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos,... Read More
Socialism for the Uninformed May. 31, 2016
Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound g... Read More
Missing: Any Challenge for the Common Good Mar. 19, 2016
For the presidential campaign of 2016, the best estimate is that the candidates, their political act... Read More
Sheep Guts for Everyone! Mar. 10, 2016
One hundred years ago in Brooklyn, New York, you could argue our modern era began. In a squat that n... Read More
Random Thoughts Mar. 08, 2016
Random thoughts on the passing scene: The presidential election prospects for the Democrats are so b... Read More
What Happens When Private Money Pays for Science? Jan. 07, 2016
As a select few accumulate massive fortunes, two schools of thought vie on how to funnel some of tha... Read More
Prison: A Sure Cure for 'Affluenza' Dec. 31, 2015
In 2013, Americans learned about a new epidemic — affluenza. As psychologist G. Dick Miller ex... Read More
Politicians' Words Oct. 20, 2015
At the recent televised debate among candidates for the Democrats' nomination for president, Hillary... Read More
Pro-Growth Economist Angus Deaton Echoes JFK Oct. 17, 2015
The Democratic presidential debate ironically took place the same week that a Princeton University p... Read More
Do Remote Bosses Cause Inequality? Sep. 17, 2015
Could there be a reason for the widening pay gap that's not exactly economic? There could be. The em... Read More
No Guts, No Glory Jun. 03, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: In simple, noneconomic terms, could you tell me why the Federal Reserve's three roun... Read More
'Just Asking' May. 19, 2015
In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave anothe... Read More
The Joneses Win: The Why of Weak Consumer Spending Feb. 17, 2015
A new report on consumer spending shows that consumers are not spending. Economists thought that the... Read More
Free Tuition at Community College Should Just Be the Start Jan. 27, 2015
It's good that many Republicans have joined Democrats in declaring the growth of economic inequality... Read More
Gilded Youth and Their Pain Jan. 15, 2015
A Hollywood-handsome Princeton grad recently shot his hedge-fund-founder father to death. The allege... Read More
The Rich and Their Anti-Vaccine Quacks Jan. 06, 2015
California parents are refusing to vaccinate their kindergartners at twice the rate of seven years a... Read More
When Money Speaks, the Truth Is Silent Nov. 01, 2014
Let's hear a round of applause. When this year's last negative TV ad has been aired and the last che... Read More
Plutocrat or Populist? Actually, Hillary Clinton Is Neither Nov. 01, 2014
As America's biggest political target — a status she is likely to enjoy for the foreseeable fu... Read More
Too Rich for My Taste Sep. 20, 2014
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never ha... Read More
King of the World on $14 an Hour Aug. 11, 2014
The minimum wage, federal or state, did not come down from the mountain with Moses. It is not engrav... Read More
