Author Archives: Kevin Judge

Food, Fuel, and Finance … The 3Fs of Economics

(NewsUSA) – Nearly half of U.S. high school students say they do not know how to establish good credit and more than one-fourth believe they will be unprepared to manage their finances upon graduation. This is according to recent research that reveals a lack of financial literacy among American youth.  But teachers and schools can… Read More »

All Real Estate Is Local! 6 Examples

Richard Brody  |  July 27, 2018 One of the realities of real estate is, most things are local, and every specific market, is unique, or different, in some, specific way. We often read, or hear in the national media, about certain housing trends, tendencies, challenges, and opportunities, some of which might, also, apply to your local… Read More »

Is Trump winning his trade war with Europe?

By Amitrajeet A. Batabyal | July 26, 2018 Rochester Institute of Technology There appears to be a cease-fire in the trade war brewing between the U.S. and the European Union. After a meeting at the White House between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the two leaders declared a temporary truce… Read More »

Alexis De Tocqueville

By Martin Hahn  |   Submitted On July 22, 2018 French sociologist as well as political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 1859) traveled to the United States in 1831 to learn its prisons and returned with a wealth of broader observations that he codified in “Democracy in America” (1835), probably the most important publications of the 19th century. With… Read More »

Want Socialism? Demand Capitalism!

By Kevin Judge | July 21,  2018 Capitalism and Socialism seem like opposites, not likely to be compatible. Socialism focuses on the distribution of wealth in society by state direction. Capitalism emphasizes the creation of wealth by private citizens. We often here criticism that Capitalism results in income inequality and disparities in living standards. We… Read More »

Why trade wars can be perilous: 5 essential reads

Bryan Keogh and Nicole Zelniker( The Conversation) | July20, 2018 Depending on whom you ask, the odds of the United States winning its trade war with China and the rest of the world is either probable, possible, unlikely, out of the question or irrelevant. Economists generally agree, however, that American consumers and most companies will be hurt, particularly… Read More »

Monetarism in Economics

 By Martin Hahn  |  July 17, 2018 Monetarism is actually a set of views depending on the perception that the entire sum of money in an economy is actually the main determinant of economic development. Monetarism is directly linked with economist Milton Friedman, who argued, dependent on the amount concept of cash, that the federal government must maintain… Read More »

Robust Economy? Headwinds Blow Hard Against It!

By Kevin Judge | July 16, 2018 The US is enjoying an economy that promises to grow at rates not seen in decades, with the prospect of low unemployment and rising wages. Before we pop the Champagne corks, there are economic headwinds blowing that will certainly slow the economy. In a worst-case scenario, they could… Read More »

God’s real profession

An economist, a philosopher, a biologist, and an architect were arguing about what was God’s real profession. The philosopher said, “Well, first and foremost, God is a philosopher because he created the principles by which man is to live.” “Ridiculous!” said the biologist “Before that, God created man and woman and all living things so… Read More »