Category Archives: Politics

Has the Recession Begun?

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Wikipedia It might not matter when the so-called infection curve begins to flatten, or the epidemic “washes away”, as President Trump has said. The economic damage has already been done, due in part to the lack of … Continue reading →

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How Do We Fight COVID-19?

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly St.LouisFRED Economists are beginning to predict the worst due to the COVID-19 outbreak that has become a worldwide pandemic.  Former Fed Vice-Chairman Alan Blinder said recently on CNBC that a recession may have already begun this March; … Continue reading →

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The Wages of Fear in a Recession—Part II

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FRED Is the U.S. economy already in recession? How can it be with more than 80 percent of the adult workforce employed? But that isn’t how recessions actually begin, as portrayed in the above St. Louis Fed unemployment … Continue reading →

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The Wages of Fear In Distrustful Times

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Goldman Sachs The Wages of Fear is a famous 1950s French film starring Yves Montand about four men that agree to carry a very dangerous cargo of nitroglycerine, the main dynamite ingredient, through a remote South American jungle … Continue reading →

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor??

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly DailyKos The maxim that we are our brothers’ keeper has always been one of Christ’s teachings that Christians should follow, just as Mr. Rogers asked his TV viewers to be his good neighbor, and Martin Luther King, … Continue reading →

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What Is A More Livable Community?

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner pccfarmlandtrust.org There is a budding national movement to build more affordable housing with the growing housing shortage (and homeless) problem. It is just one more facet of the so-called Livable Cities movement begun in the 1980s that … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Honest Abe?

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Wikipedia What happened to honesty in personal behavior and in politics is a good theme to discuss on this Presidents Day that commemorates our two Presidents most touted for their honesty—Washington and Lincoln? They were celebrated for … Continue reading →

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Disaster Preparation—Why Irrational Exuberance?

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly WTI Crude Oil Stock and bond prices are gyrating when the world economy doesn’t seem to know what to make of China’s coronavirus that has now spread to some 23 countries, according to latest reports. And that … Continue reading →

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How We Can Build Peace in the 21st Century

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call It was a humbling experience to join more than 1,000 Rotarians and other peacemakers at the 2020 Rotary World Peace Conference this January. It gave me hope to see both young and old attending to learn … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call for Peace

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call Daily Kos Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, and his loss is felt even more than 50 years later as we continue to fight wars both foreign and domestic. He was organizing … Continue reading →

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