Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren ranks among the best-known contributions in the economic writings of John Maynard Keynes. First prepared as a lecture for schoolchildren in 1928, the article predicted a coming age of leisure and economic abundance in the not-too-distant future. The economist’s century-long prophecy of a 15-hour work week, attained through scientific ordering
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Since the Trump administration ordered a shutdown of the U.S.-Mexico border, government officials are reporting a roughly 50 percent drop in illegal alien apprehensions. Under orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration on Friday declared a lockdown of the southern and northern borders, permitting only the flow of “essential” travel.
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During 2019 BC (Before Coronavirus), every morning brought at least one or two headlines of some person or group newly offended in the culture wars. Some sportscaster would make an innocuous comment, be labeled a misogynist, and find himself packing his bags. A speaker would arrive at a college campus where an angry mob would
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Americans, finally facing the prospect of the mano-a-mano portion of the 2020 presidential campaign, have already learned that previous complainers about the negativity, underhandedness, and attack-dog nature of politics didn’t know how good they had it. Abetted by technologies that increase the reach and power of smear campaigns and by mechanisms that allow far more
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I was at the dentist’s office last week for a checkup when Dr. H came in wearing his usual colorful smock. He poked around in my mouth, and then said to his assistant, “Number 15 is going to have to come out.” “Number 15?” I asked. “The molar at the back on the top left.
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With deaths mounting, economies tanking and unemployment growing, it’s hard to see anything positive in the coronavirus pandemic – other than rehearsing for something worse down the pike. However, optimism flourishes in odd places. In fact, some people batten on the misery of a world in turmoil. Here are a few miserabilists who see a
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