This week’s Courier Herald column: In the past few weeks I’ve written a series of columns that have attempted to explain the current economic conditions, what the Federal Reserve is doing to combat inflation and the likely implications of their moves, and tried to break down the formal economic terms we hear and read in
This week’s Courier Herald column: The Federal Reserve, ignoring the simulative fiscal policies of the past few years, chose to ignore the early signs of inflation and called it “transitory”. The U.S. is now experiencing the worst inflation since the 1980’s and even the Fed had to admit it was surprised that inflation increased between
This week’s Courier Herald column: When someone tries to use economics to justify what they’re proposing, they’ll often explain it as if basic economic principles demand it. “This is just Econ 101.” The problem with using entry level economics courses to try to explain real word reactions relies on some of the non-real world assumptions
This week’s Courier Herald column: As is no longer new news, Hyundai has decided to expand its presence in Georgia in a big way. Already a major employer in West Georgia with its subsidiary Kia, Hyundai will be constructing its first dedicated electric automobile and battery manufacturing facility on about 3,000 acres off Interstate 16
This week’s Courier Herald column: “At least he fights.” That’s the popular capitulatory phrase used by supporters of President Donald Trump when they have been boxed in to an admission that the former President’s actions are harmful to the execution of his policies or to the long term standing of the Republican party. The problem
This week’s Courier Herald column: If you’ve been watching the stock market lately, you probably are getting frustrated with the pattern. What became a game for many during the pandemic – with phrases such as “stocks only go up” and “buy the dip” heard as rallying cries – has transitioned back to some cruel realities.
This week’s Courier Herald column: We’ve long since detached campaign rhetoric from reality. The activists that control each party instead demand candidates tell them what they want to hear. Voters tell ourselves it’s just talk. We know what they really mean. That’s the status quo, and most of us have made an uncomfortable peace with
This week’s Courier Herald column: When the Supreme Court made law from the judicial branch in January of 1973, I was 3 years old. Let’s stipulate for the record that the men and women who remember times before Roe vs Wade are well into their AARP years. I am old enough to remember, however, when
This week’s Courier Herald column: This week I found myself in Athens Georgia, back on the grounds of my alma mater and our state’s flagship University. The occasion wasn’t even football related, as many returning alumni trips are. After writing about UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security’s work on energy policy several months ago
This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s not about Donald Trump. Let me repeat that less the opening not be clear enough. The 2022 mid-term elections, both the primary and the general, are not about Donald Trump. My friends in the news media, stuck on their own narrative since 2016, have already concluded this is wrong.
