Category Archives: Economics and the like

Doctors are doing it wrong

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Julie

All! I know I haven’t been able to shut up about my medical problems lately, but I want to call your attention to this NYT article from a few days ago. First, though, let me express my deep thanks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care and Related Issues | 6 Comments

Our Top Ten Excuses For Ignoring Unemployment

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Ampersand

Click on the cartoon to see it larger. [spoiler]Title Panel In large letters: “Our Top Ten Excuses For Ignoring Unemployment” Below the title, a man prays and says: As the Bible teaches us: “Screw those who cannot help themselves.” Panel … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 19 Comments

Nine-Minute Cartoon Explains The Affordable Care Act

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Ampersand

And it does an impressively good job of it.

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Health Care and Related Issues | 13 Comments

The Case Against Pennies. And Nickels. And Quarters. And Dollar Bills.

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Ampersand

And I’ll also quote from this article, which I’ve linked to before: The Government Accountability Office estimates that the government could save more than $500 million a year by using the dollar coin exclusively, since it’s more durable than the … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 57 Comments

Fix The Economy: Open The Borders

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ampersand

[Crossposted on “TADA” and on “Alas“] Felix Salmon writes: Never mind the stimulus vs austerity debate: here’s something that both sides should be able to get behind. It’s a simple legislative fix which increases tax revenues without raising taxes; which … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 38 Comments

What Is Good Health Care When We're Dying?

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Ampersand

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) In The New Yorker, Atul Gawande has an excellent article on how the American health care system treats dying patients. In 2008, the national Coping with Cancer project published a study showing that terminally … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Health Care and Related Issues | 12 Comments

The Democratic Tax Plan Versus The Republican Tax Plan (with pictures!)

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Ampersand

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) Things are still in flux, but it seems likely that Republicans are going to coalesce around extending the Bush tax plan (the legislation Republicans wrote a decade ago created temporary tax cuts, so they’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 39 Comments

Minimum Wage! Hiyah!

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

I never knew that the way to get rich in America was to become a waiter. I mean, sure,  I suspected; waiters are always driving those sweet ’99 Hyundais, rolling with fat stacks of Washingtons, and spending holidays at their … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Economics and the like, Elections and politics, Minimum Wage | 22 Comments

Austerity: For You But Not For Me

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Echidne

[Reprinted from Echidne of the Snakes, with Echidne’s kind permission.] This European opinion piece on the need for austerity politics has the usual stuff: That’s fine as far as it goes. But how should full employment be defined? Should we … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 9 Comments

Cartoon: The 24 Types of Libertarian

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Ampersand

Click on the cartoon to see it bigger. (Much more legible that way.) Script: TITLE: The 24 Types of Libertarian Balding white guy: no fair oversimplifying our simplistic philosophy! Caption: NAIVE Happy guy with goatee: if the government would DISAPPEAR, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like, Libertarianism | 70 Comments