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No Chicken Feet! (1/3/2013)
Chicken feet, long considered a waste product in the US, have become a profit center for the high-volume low-profit US chicken industry in the China export market. But this export trade is not exempted from political whims.
Chicken feet, long considered a waste product in the US, have become a profit center for the high-volume low-profit US chicken industry in the China export market. But this export trade is not exempted from political whims.
Injections and Leakages - Planned vs Realized (1/3/2013)
An open economy allows for more varied interplays between planned vs actual leakages and injections among countries.
An open economy allows for more varied interplays between planned vs actual leakages and injections among countries.
Please Sit Down! - youtube cartoon (8/22/2012)
A prisoner's dilemma results when people compete for limited positional goods. Individually smart, but collectively dumb.
A prisoner's dilemma results when people compete for limited positional goods. Individually smart, but collectively dumb.
Eat Your Cake Now - cartoon transcript (6/22/2012)
Who doesn't like to eat their cake and have it at the same time?
Who doesn't like to eat their cake and have it at the same time?
What We Know About Wealth (2/24/2012)
Most people are uninformed about the actual distribution of wealth in the U.S.
Most people are uninformed about the actual distribution of wealth in the U.S.