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Yesterday I took the carbon footprint of my gardening project slightly more positive. Our local government has "free" mulch. I had previously asked my county extension agent whether this "free" mulch is any good. She said it is and they use it in their demonstration gardens. So that's government dep...

Likewise, not only will the infrastructure of roads, bridges and electrical systems not be maintained or replaced, vandals will rip up whatever they can salvage and cart it away - guard rails, manhole covers, or what have you. Houston police discuss ‘disturbing uptick’ in copper wire thefts The Hou...

In this Dark Age Hovel, similar ideas have already been covered. Most people who move out to a rural area, do a remodeling project, and similar, think it needs to involve buying lots and lots of stuff. That's American culture. It's pretty much automatic. Even in a rural area where country folk are ...

Record Wave of Americans Fled Big Cities for Small Ones in 2023 [/b] I guess I'm part of this statistic. Anyway, I saw a headline this week that said home gardening leaves a 5-6 times greater carbon footprint than producing the equivalent on large commercial farms. The Telegraph Carbon footprint of...

Warren Buffett is now 'as bearish as he ever gets,' says Bill Smead Bill Smead, chief investment officer at Smead Capital Management, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to share his reactions to Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting over the weekend. MON, MAY 6 20241:29 PM EDT https://www.cnbc.com/video/202...

During the Greenspan era, it was thought by some that blowing a generational bubble was OK because it would give the new technologies time to be commercialized and there would be some long term benefit to getting the internet companies established, then popping the bubble to revert everything back ...

During the Greenspan era, it was thought by some that blowing a generational bubble was OK because it would give the new technologies time to be commercialized and there would be some long term benefit to getting the internet companies established, then popping the bubble to revert everything back t...

Higgenbotham wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 11:25 am

I suppose if the average worker bought a house a long time ago he did OK too.

Provided it was in the "right" neighborhood. Old Economy Steve meme.



https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/05 ... steve.html

These charts cover both the Greenspan and Bernanke eras. Though Bernanke's policies seemed more extreme, the outcome was about the same. I suppose if the average worker bought a house a long time ago he did OK too. https://i.postimg.cc/7hKKvRpC/Screenshot-2024-05-06-095744.png https://i.postimg.cc/g...

Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke Before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C. November 21, 2002 Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here A broad-based tax cut, for example, accommodated by a program of open-market purchases to alleviate any tendency for interest rates to increase...