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The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior. Well I never…

Posted on November 15, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Good piece in today’s Real World Economics telling us what we always suspected: “The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior.” The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as … Continue reading →

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Some economists don’t get paid to know about the economy, but to justify the trickle-up of wealth.

Posted on November 3, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Interesting piece from Dean Baker in today’s Real World Economics: http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/inequality-the-silly-tales-economists-like-to-tell/ There is no serious dispute that the United States has seen a massive increase in inequality over the last three decades. However there is a major dispute over the … Continue reading →

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What I Really Think of Mitt Romney’s 47% Speech

Posted on September 23, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Someone asked me what I thought of Mitt Romney’s recently leaked speech vilifying the 47% who don’t pay Federal Income Tax. Well apart from thinking it a fine piece of political kamikaze, morally I replied: What Mitt Romney ignored when … Continue reading →

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What Do the Top 0.1% in the US Earn?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Well as regular readers of this blog know, I like statistics. And I liked this table in today’s Real World Economics at: Percent of income earned by top 0.1 percent of taxpayers – 6 countries – chart which shows just how … Continue reading →

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US Median Net Wealth Among Lowest of Developed Countries

Posted on August 1, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Interesting graph in Real World Economics today showing just how low median (half the population have more, half have less) net wealth is in the US especially compared with its income. Remember, wealth is the total value of a household’s … Continue reading →

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$20 Trillion Dollars (13 Trillion Pounds) Hidden from Tax Authorities by Global Elite

Posted on July 22, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

I grew up in a conservative family within a very conservative suburban environment with an extended family of conservative small business people. This milieu stressed personal accountability, modest life style, obeying the law, and thrift. Most of the conservatives I … Continue reading →

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Global Economic Crisis: the Premonitory Five Versus ‘Faith Based’ Economics

Posted on July 20, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

Given how catastrophically Neo-Classical Chicago Style economics aka faith based economics, failed to understand the dangers the world economy is facing, it is good to read those economists who did not fall for all the Chicago bs. I love the … Continue reading →

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The Rich, the Camel and the Eye of the Needle

Posted on July 17, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

I liked this piece from Susan Feiner in today’s Real World Economics, a great source of reality based economics that is trying to undo the Chicago School madness of recent decades. See http://rwer.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/and-the-rich-get-richer/ A camel and a rich man walked into … Continue reading →

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The Absurdity of Much Comment on Government Deficits

Posted on July 16, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

So much nonsense is being talked about the fiscal deficits in the media, by our elite rulers and by those with a vested interest in showing free markets work oh so well. I therefore liked Peter Radford’s piece in Real … Continue reading →

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Lean Manufacturing, Liberty and Economic Justice

Posted on July 11, 2012 by creativeconflictwisdom

I think that our society has become far too much a consumer society and has lost sight of its role as a producer society. And by producer society, I mean a sustainable production society. One whose techniques don’t wreck the … Continue reading →

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