Michele Bachmann never ceases to amaze. And, by “amaze,” I mean “say amazingly ridiculous things to groups of fools inclined to believe her.” This time, as you’ve probably heard, she’s decided that President Obama is enslaving America in a way…
Category: Economics
Guest Post: An Economic Allegory, by BFD
Husband: Hi, honey, I’m … whoa! You look terrible. Tell your Big Daddy all about it. Wife: I’ve only been this sick a couple of times, but not since the 1930s have I been this bad. 17%* of me isn’t…
Econ 101: On Federal Spending And Flawed Analogies
One of the best parts of having a blog — along with the international fame, untold riches, and scores of supermodels — is the ability to jump into other people’s online conversations, even when no one actually asked your opinion. …
Econ 101: Arkansas Starts Fiscal Year In The Black
It may be a few days old now, but this hasn’t gotten near enough press in my opinion. Despite a tumultuous economy nationwide, Arkansas is faring well. Over the past 12 months, Governor Mike Beebe made two budget cuts, slashing…
Econ 101: How Dare You Give Away Lemonade, You Fiscally Irresponsible Small Children?!?
If you’ve ever read her column, you know that Terry Savage was just DYING to tell this anecdote about needlessly browbeating some young girls about their lemonade stand. The three young girls — under the watchful eye of a nanny,…
Reality Check: Republicans Tell Jobless To Go Snipe Hunting
I was working in my yard this past Saturday when I overheard my one Republican neighbor talking on his cellphone. (Aside: I really need to get some batteries for my headphones.) The conversation turned to Congress’ failure to extend unemployment…
AR-House 46: Some People Never Learn. And Some Of Those People Want To Be Your Rep.
There are plenty of things in this world that I don’t pretend to understand. Things like “why does Glenn Beck unironically wear unlaced Chuck Taylors with a sport coat?” and “why, exactly, is Kim Kardashian famous” top the list, but…
Econ 101: Raising Keynes
National Democrats have started trying to make political hay out John Boehner’s recent silliness. Democrats are attacking House Minority Leader John Boehner for his comments to a Pittsburgh paper about how America is in “revolt” similar to 1776 and Wall…
Econ 101 (or, perhaps more accurately, Why I Love Krugman)
I think that I’ve mentioned a couple times here at BHR that the GOP cry about stopping government spending right now is asinine and would be disastrous in the long term. It’s basic Keynesian economics, really, but it seems to…
AR-House 46: More On Meeks And His "Solutions"
I debated with myself whether to continue talking about David Meeks and his lack of understanding of, inter alia, the health care reform bill. I finally decided that I was not going to respond to any more of his Tweets,…