This week’s Courier Herald column: This should come as no surprise, but I didn’t win the recent $1.3 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Neither did you unless you’re holding a ticket bought in Des Plains, Illinois at the end of July. That’s Ok. While it’s fun to dream, it’s better to plan. Most of our
This week’s Courier Herald column: The work of the Georgia General Assembly doesn’t begin in January. It’s important to remember that our legislators are officially part-time. Most have other jobs and other responsibilities they attend to the rest of the year, and juggle those the best they can when the legislature meets. It’s hard for
This week’s Courier Herald column: The United States Economy shrank .9% for the second quarter of this year, according to the Commerce Department. This follows a contraction of 1.6% in the first quarter. Economists generally consider two consecutive quarters of decline as the definition of recession. Officially, the National Bureau of Economic Research declares whether
This week’s Courier Herald column: Every year, usually during the first week the Georgia General Assembly convenes, the Governor delivers a state of the state address. It, much like the President’s State of the Union speech, is often a mix of how things are, with a heavier emphasis on the agenda the executive branch would
This week’s Courier Herald column: As this column is filed, President Joe Biden is en route to the Middle East. With domestic policy dominated by increasing inflation, the trip will highlight U.S. economic and security interests via Israel’s role within the region, Iran’s march toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and the headline issue, getting Saudi Arabia
This week’s Courier Herald column: The second last thing I wanted to write a column about this week was the Georgia Guide Stones. The last thing was Kandiss Taylor, a former candidate for Governor in this year’s primary elections as well as a candidate in the 2020 Special Election for U.S. Senate. If you’re aware
This week’s Courier Herald column: There are a lot of important things going on in the world. The Supreme Court has rediscovered strict interpretations of the Constitution and the principles of Federalism, the economy continues to be ground toward recession between the gears of inflation and higher interest rates, and Freddie Freeman has grown publicly
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
