Office Hours: How Long Will He Last? And what will cause Trump to leave office? – Robert Reich There was 800 comments on this commentary by Robert Reich. My opinion? He will not leave. He will try to overthrow the government and stay in office. The House and Senate will sit there and debate. What […]

This last three of the charts as presented by Angry Bear of the Economic Policy Institute explaining who is being paid more in the Labor Market. All three sections present an excellent review of the issues. If you missed the other two sections, you can catch up on them here: “Wage suppression in 10 charts […]

The original comment was “Partisan divide in views of press freedom appears.” Itis the lead off comment on the piece “U.S. Media Freedom: Perceptions Hit New Low” as featured on Gallup late September 2026. Even with a Tr__P in office who wates no time in threating various things in the United States, the perception of […]

Economic Policy Institute Part 1 Wages for typical workers have been largely suppressed since the 1970s. The following 10 charts will tell the story. The historical context of workers’ wage trajectories since the 1970s will be outlined below. I will present three or 4 at a time so as to not overwhelm the discussion. For […]

I had the opportunity to ride s fast train out of Shanghai south to another city (which I forget). It was a 90-minute ride and had stops along the way. Quiet and no clickety clacks. the track was seamless. The seats were comfortable in 2nd class. It is worth taking a train ride in China […]

At times, it is akin to reading the Sunday funnies in the newspapers or maybe it is the “Believe It or Not” section. I was doing my regular Sunday morning reads when I ran across this piece on “Above the Law” by Johnathan Wolf. Interesting title; “How Many Times Can Trump Pick Rural Republicans’ Pockets […]

Short and easy piece to read and understand on how the changes in the economy over time now benefits those at the top of the wealth and income pyramid at the expense of the majority of the population. “There is no such thing as a ‘free market’” . . . . Robert Reich One of […]

Also known as Tom Walker passed away this month. He was 78 years old. We had talked many times about manufacturing and the cost of Labor in it. We were in agreement on those costs which clashed with known fundamental contrary thoughts. Tom was a part of EconoSpeak an economics blog. May 13, 1948 – […]

Renaming Artificial Intelligence . . . Tr__p: “Many people think that the words ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence.” Tr__p’s suggestions as taken from The Hill: “Trump polls followers to rename AI.” Raw Story: Via a poll he (being Tr__p) published on his social media platform Truth Social: […]

There does not appear to be much economic gain from attacking Venezuela to take control of their oil fields. For sure Tr__p did not know the condition or consistency of their oil. Is it possible the Tr__p staff did not have a clue either? Tr__p probably does not have the brightest staff in the world […]