Author: Marie2

A Penny a Pound & Cesar

Would any American object to paying an additional penny/pound to those that pick the tomatoes that we eat in our salads and on our hamburgers and tacos?  That wouldn’t feel that the piece work rate for tomato...

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BridgeTrolls: Developments Worth Noting

Federal officials in NJ have sent a message that they are on the case of the closing of the Ft. Lee access lanes to the GW Bridet last September.  WSJ reports (Friday news dump?): US Attorney Issues Subpoena To committee...

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A Smart, Savvy, and Wise FLOTUS Pivot

Or making lemonade out of lemons. Michelle Obama’s Topeka, KS speech has been adjusted. Still honors the 60th Anniversary of the decision in Brown vs. The Board of Education, still held in Topeka, KS, and still primarily...

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Piketty Gobsmacks Economists

French economist Thomas Piketty appears to have shocked some members of the professional economist community with his massive (700 page) tome Capital in the Twenty-First Century.  Piketty’s revelation based on solid...

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Why Do Democrats Love This Guy?

A batch of Clinton WH documents were released last week.  One that every liberal should take note of concerned the minimum wage. The market value of the minimum wage peaked in 1968.  Declined during the reign of Nixon,...

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