Without logical childcare models, it’s just an economy for the affluent

Legitimate safety nets aren’t the same thing as socialist pipe dreams. Continue Reading

The 2008 recession was great for the status quo

Recession and Business Status Quo

I was talking to a guy from Waggl yesterday, because I may do some additional writing for them. We had an interesting conversation that touched on a few different bases, and one of the things we talked about was this notion… Continue Reading

Government employment actually FELL during this economic recovery. Is that why the recovery still doesn’t feel that strong?

The chart above is courtesy of here. It’s in turn via here, which notes that it’s fairly unprecedented, at least in modern times — government employment tends to rise during recoveries, but not so this time. The public sector has about 21.9 million… Continue Reading