Category Archives: Politics

What Is the Real Inflation Rate?

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner MarketWatch Nobel Prize-winner Joe Stiglitz has weighed in once more against Chairman Powell’s Federal Reserve boost of short-term interest rates further; because curent short-term rates have almost returned to the 2 percent target range—if we consider what … Continue reading →

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Q3 Economic Growth Even Higher!

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov What is going on? The U.S. of Economic Analysis (BEA) just revised third quarter GDP growth higher, from 2.6 percent to 2.9 percent. And why? Mainly because consumers upped their spending in Q3, which increased 1.7 … Continue reading →

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Americans Still Fully Employed

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch Every sector added jobs in October’s nonfarm unemployment report except mining, and the unemployment rate is still at a record low of 3.7 percent, even with the Fed promising to continue to raise interest rates. “Total … Continue reading →

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Healthy Economy Should be Fed’s Priority

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk Just days before an election that may decide the future growth path of the U.S. economy, the Labor Department’s JOLTS report shows Americans still fully employed. It seems companies aren’t yet ready to shrink their payrolls … Continue reading →

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How Should We Remember 9/11?

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING KENNEDY’S CALL BuildingCommunity I wanted to remember 9/11 when I wrote my memoir on the Kennedy era that has just been released. It was also a time of busted communities, a Vietnam War that split Americans. It was an … Continue reading →

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Inflation Not The Real Problem

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FREDcpiinflation Inflation is falling again with national gas prices below $4 per gallon while food prices are also beginning to decline. The NY Times’ Paul Krugman has also pointed out that food prices should continue to decline per … Continue reading →

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Cesar Chavez and The United Farmworkers of America

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Chapter Seven I had heard of the United Farmworkers Union several years earlier while working as a television news cameraman for KTTV Channel 11, a Sacramento TV station. One shoot was a weekend special report on the … Continue reading →

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‘Armed and Ready’…for What?

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call NYTimes.com The NY Times front-page picture of a teacher “armed and ready” to wear a gun in her classroom shocked and disheartened me. I remember the fear I felt as a small child hunkering under classroom desks … Continue reading →

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Failure of the Bully Mentality

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call UvaldeSchoolDistrict/AP We need no more evidence than the Uvalde Elementary school massacre that the gun-toting male machismo of the NAR and extreme gun rights advocates doesn’t protect children or adults, Adults with military weaponry and tactical gear … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Czarist Delusions

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Letter to New York Times I cannot agree with Tatiana Stanovaya’s implicit conclusion in her article on Putin and the Kremlin’s delusionary behavior (July 19 Op-ed) —that we must fear a nuclear holocaust if we don’t placate … Continue reading →

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