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Economic storm on the horizon

December 19, 2015 · by · in economics, History, unemployment · 2 Comments

The basics: the Fed has announced a rate hike (the first since the Lehman crash in 2008) and the Dow is wobbling. Today (Friday) the Dow was down almost 370. While Wall Street has ample selfish reasons to wish for permanently ‘free’ money from the Treasury, the reality is that Janet Yellen’s actions are (to […]

The Hubbert Slope–a new monologue play

March 23, 2014 · by · in Anti Nuclear, Occupy the Empire Tour, Peak oil, Play performances, Protests · 1 Comment

If you search my blog, you will see more than a few posts on the subject of Peak Oil. In some cases, the Peak Oil discussion is tangential (but crucial) to something else I’m blogging about. For much of the past eight years, I’ve been reading the work of people like James Howard Kunstler, Richard […]