I’ve written two essays attempting to disprove “military Keynesianism” – the idea that military spending is the best stimulus. See this and this.In response, a reader challenged me to prove that anyone would advocate military spending or war as a fisc…
Posts Tagged ‘U.S. National’
Would Our Government Really Start a War to Try to Stimulate the Economy?
November 14th, 2009 |
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Swine Flu, SARS, and Kimchi
August 10th, 2009 |
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A couple of thousand years ago, makers of Kimchi (a Korean pickled cabbage side dish), long before the appearance of SARS and the Swine Flu, would never have imagined their diet staple might prevent and possibly cure these viral infections. In April ’09, The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the influenza pandemic status to phase [...]
Bill Chameides: Is NASA Spacing Out?
July 20th, 2009 |
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the first lunar walk, and, not counting the late Michael Jackson, it’s been almost that long since the last…
Allison Kilkenny: Why Did President Obama Choose Ghana as His Africa Destination?
July 11th, 2009 |
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A quarter of US oil imports are expected to come from West Africa by 2015. That could explain why Obama chose Ghana over, say, his father’s homeland of Kenya.