Tag Archives: Politics

Greater Threats = Slower Growth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Fostering a culture of fear and ignorance is not the way to run a political party, or country, if it would ever come to that.” Popular Economics Reuters/January 6 I said in 2014 when writing in Huffington … Continue reading →

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Record Inequality = Record Debt

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “Never spend money before you have earned it.” Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson may not be the best person to quote on the dangers of debt—His slaves weren’t freed upon his death because his estate owed too many … Continue reading →

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Who Wants to Know?

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Fewer than a quarter of Americans (23%) currently rate the country’s economic conditions as excellent or good, while 36% say they are poor and about four-in-ten (41%) view conditions as “only fair,” PEW Research PEWResearch Why do so … Continue reading →

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Even More Debt

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING KENNEDY’S CALL  “In the recent (2020) GOP primary presidential debate, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley claimed that President Trump added $8 trillion to the national debt while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that President Trump added $7.8 trillion … Continue reading →

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Was Inflation the Problem?

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “The West Wing may believe Bidenomics is working because the macroeconomic gurus at the Federal Reserve are telling the White House it’s working. But Bidenomics has failed to create sufficient tangible improvement in the lives of most … Continue reading →

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Why Another Gilded Age?

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “I remember ’29 very well … the drugged and happy faces of people who built paper fortunes on stocks they couldn’t possibly have paid for. … In our little town bank presidents and track workers rushed to pay … Continue reading →

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Trumponomics 2.0–What To Expect?

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs George Will, the conservative pundit, gave the best description of Trump’s incoherence in a Washington Post Op-ed: “It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump’s inability to do either. This seems to be not a … Continue reading →

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How Do We Fix Inflation?

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs I said last week that: “Many of us remember when a gallon of gas was less the $2, or a quart of milk less than $1, or housing was last affordable in the 1970s. I remember the inflation … Continue reading →

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Why the Inflation Problem?

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Most of us remember when a gallon of gas was less the $2, or a quart of milk less than $1, or housing was last affordable in the 1970s. I remember the inflation surges in housing. What happened? … Continue reading →

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How Much Do We Care?

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING KENNEDY’S CALL “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the proposed secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, would undo all of this.  On his watch, were his ideas implemented, millions of us would die.  Knowing that our lives will … Continue reading →

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