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Chapter Eleven – Building a Livable Community

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Popular Economics Weekly

Old Town’s Revival In revitalizing Goleta’s Old Town District, we realized our efforts might apply to a livable city as well.  As recently as 2005, the Institute of American Architects defined such a community as. . . “broadly speaking, a livable community … Continue reading →

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Building Community Answering Kennedy’s Call Book Review

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Popular Economics Weekly

Amazon.com Building Community, Answering Kennedy’s Call by Harlan Russell Green A Peace Corps Writers Book, 2022. This memoir will take members of ERFSA back to the “good old days” when you might have been protesting the war in Vietnam or … Continue reading →

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Is It Time to Worry About Deflation, and a Recession?

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs CNBC The Fed is beginning to ease its purchases of Treasury and Mortgage-backed securities in its push to raise interest rates and lower inflation, a policy called Quantitative Tightening (QT) as opposed to the various Quantitative Easing efforts … Continue reading →

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The Peace Corps and Rotary International

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

In the special 60th anniversary edition of WorldView, Shaylyn Romney Garrett, co-author with Robert Putnam of The Upswing: How American Came together a Century Ago and How We can Do It Again, posits a policy prescription for the administration “that would help … 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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Goleta’s Dam Dinner Doesn’t Disappoint and Brings Record Turnout

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

More than 500 People Attended Scenic Event at Lake Los Carneros Dam The return of Goleta’s Dam Dinner after a three-year hiatus brought a record turnout this past Saturday, August 20, 2022, to the Lake Los Carneros Lake dam. More … Continue reading →

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The Second Year Can Be Most Difficult

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Building Community Answering Kennedy’s Call Chapter Four (excerpt) It was becoming obvious that I wasn’t tolerating village life well by the end of my second year in Ismet Pasha, a village settled by Bulgarian Turks in the 1920s after the … Continue reading →

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Cesar Chavez And The United Farmworkers Union

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Building Community Answering Kennedy’s Call The Calexico Funeral Chapter Nine César was brilliant at publicizing farmworker conditions and took advantage of another tragedy to make national news. He had me film and photograph the funeral ceremony for that reason. Forty-five … Continue reading →

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Is Inflation Scare Over?

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs BLS.gov Both the retail Consumer Price Index (CPI) and wholesale inflation index for raw materials—the Producer Price Index (PPI)—fell in July. Since the PPI feeds into retail prices, it’s a sure sign that inflation is on the wane. … Continue reading →

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The Second Year Can Be Most Difficult

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Chapter Four It was becoming obvious that I wasn’t tolerating village life well by the end of my second year in Ismet Pasha, a village settled by Bulgarian Turks in the 1920s after the breakup of the … Continue reading →

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