Tag Archives: inequality

Addressing Inequality

Posted on January 21, 2015 by jackgoldstone

The  Davos show is beginning this week.  I am not going, but I am in Zurich and close enough to see the ads for ever-bigger and better private planes to take the elites to elite places.  All of this against … Continue reading →

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A Great Country

Posted on May 15, 2014 by jackgoldstone

I grew up in a great country. True, we only had one bathroom for a family of four; getting two cars for the family seemed like a dream come true, and travel for vacations was never much more than a … Continue reading →

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Public Spending, Private Wealth

Posted on July 27, 2013 by jackgoldstone

“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”  — Matthew 19:24 “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” … Continue reading →

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Told you so

Posted on April 5, 2013 by jackgoldstone

The job figures out of Washington today were a mixed but mostly very sad story.  There were upward revisions in the January and February hiring numbers, and construction employment remained strong (houses being built on unfounded optimism of a major housing … Continue reading →

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