The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 28, 2022 Edition-----Sadly the war drags on, Biden seems to be pretty impotent on most policy fronts and the US seems to be heading into a recession. Not good,In the UK the choosing the next PM is off and running as the country and Europe are cooling down after a heatwave (for them) of biblical proportions!In OZ Parliament is meeting which is when the rubber will really hit the road as a new virus wave runs out of control still! We need to do more to control it as we realise just how bad long COVID is!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/how-a-nobel-laureate-got-australian-economists-offside-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
M4A as a Swing Issue
BY MIKE MAGEE
“There’s common ground there—not the warm belonging of full creedal agreement, perhaps, but a place, even a welcoming place, where we can stand together.” Ian Marcus Corbin, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Most Americans would love to believe this statement. But political reality intervenes. A March, 2022 Pew Research Center analysis found our two major parties to be “farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.”
Take, for example, Presidential hopefuls, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). They see political pay dirt on th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy HE/HI CEOs LE/LI strivers M4A Marco Rubio Mike Magee Ron DeSantis Source Type: blogs
Colombia ’s Duque Got Almost Everything Wrong
Daniel RaisbeckAccording toThe Atlantic’s David Frum, Colombia’s outgoing president, Ivan Duque, is a misunderstood statesman. Ungrateful voters,he argues, fail to recognize Duque ’s brilliance and thus assign him “an approval rating in the low 20’s.”Frum cites Colombia ’s vaccination policy, a 10 ‐year work permit granted to Venezuelan refugees, and the country’s current economic growth as examples of “a record of policy success unmatched in recent South American history.” Which is why Duque, as Frum learned during the president’s recent visit to Washington, D.C., “is as baffl ed as ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Raisbeck Source Type: blogs
The moral depravity of the Republican party
Following up on yesterday ' s post about how rich yet unequal we are, it ' s very important to debunk the common idea that Republican voters are somehow responding to " economic anxiety " or the relative decline in income of people with limited formal education. In the first place, the median income of Republican voters is higher than the average median income. They are mostly skilled tradespeople, small business owners, and even very affluent people who work in financial services or technology industries. Yes, there is an urban/rural divide, but most of these voters aren ' t people living in shacks down in the hollo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 1, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Bringing Innovation to the Search for Biomarkers
In this Director ’s Message, Dr. Gordon highlights research supported by the NIMH Small Business Innovation Research program that could advance the development of clinically relevant biomarkers. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - June 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: blogs
The Menace of Fiscal Inflation
ConclusionTo say that“inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon” is not to say that fiscal policy doesn ’t matter. “Fiscal inflation” is indeed “a menace,” as Cochrane and others have argued. Few experts predicted the shift from low inflation before the pandemic to nearly 9 percent CPI inflation today. Policymakers largely ignored the implications of the post-2008 operating system, the close dance between cumulative federal deficits and M2 growth, and the risk of adhering to the Fed’s “lower for longer” recipe for its policy rate in the hope of stimulating asset markets and the economy wi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: James A. Dorn Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
June 09, 2022 Edition-----The Russian war on Ukraine is now well over 100 days old. The destruction and deaths are just awful and the world is being seriously re-shaped. Where this ends is unknowable but unlikely to be good.In the US we are seeing almost daily mass shootings and no-one seems to know what to do. Just pathetic.In the UK the hangover is slowly lifting after the 4 day royal celebration.In OZ we are having an energy crisis which we hope we will find solutions for soon!-----Major Issues.------https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/australias-labor-government-faces-a-whole-new-economic-ball-game/news...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - June 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
How to Build Self-Confidence to Start a Business or Side Hustle
Failure. Humiliation. These are the anxious feelings that creep up the spine of many of us when considering starting a business.
Triumph. Pride. These are the feelings we need to focus on instead!
It’s easy to say just flip the switch from fear to courage. So let’s turn those words into practical actions!
As someone who has started businesses that have resulted in “learning moments” as well as successes, I’ll give you the exact keys to unlock your self-confidence to get started!
True Confidence Comes From Prior Success
No “fake it ‘til you make it” mumbo-jumbo here. Think of what you’...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: touchdownmoney Tags: career confidence creativity featured productivity tips self-improvement success side hustle Source Type: blogs
Deregulate Home Food Businesses
Chris EdwardsThe pandemic has created lasting changes to the economy. More employees are working from home, videocalls are replacing business travel, and home ‐based entrepreneurship is booming. The internet is a key driver of home entrepreneurship —the number of arts‐and‐crafts businesses on Etsy.com, for example,jumped from 2.6 million in 2019 to 7.5 million by 2021.Another thriving area of internet ‐driven entrepreneurship is home‐based food production for retail sale, often called the cottage food industry. Popular cottage foods include baked goods, canned goods, pickled goods, chocol...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
A letter to our member of parliament
Today, in desperation, we sent a letter to our MP. Usually such letters get a boiler plate response, dictated by Conservative Central Office. We aren’t hopeful about changing the mind of our MP. Before he was elected he ran a shockingly misogynist web site, now deleted. But it’s essential to do what one can to about democracy while we still have some.
Dear Mike Penning
I doubt whether this will be the only letter you’ll get along these lines.1. The Conservative party used to be the party of business. Brexit has destituted many small businesses and impoverished the UK. That’s not jus...
Source: DC's goodscience - April 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Uncategorized Boris Johnson democracy politics Priti Patel Putin Ukraine Source Type: blogs
A letter to our member of parliament
Today, in desperation, we sent a letter to our MP. Usually such letters get a boiler plate response, dictated by Conservative Central Office. We aren’t hopeful about changing the mind of our MP. Before he was elected he ran a shockingly misogynist web site, now deleted. But it’s essential to do what one can to about democracy while we still have some.
Dear Mike Penning
I doubt whether this will be the only letter you’ll get along these lines.1. The Conservative party used to be the party of business. Brexit has destituted many small businesses and impoverished the UK. That’s not just my...
Source: DC's goodscience - April 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Uncategorized Boris Johnson democracy politics Priti Patel Putin Ukraine Source Type: blogs
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: 7 Powerful Habits
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“When you say “yes” to others, make sure you aren’t saying “no” to yourself.”
Paulo Coehlo
When you get stuck in the habit of being a people pleaser then that can have a sneaky and negative effect.
Not only on you but also on the people around you.
Because as you try to please the other people in your life:
You put on a mask and try to guess what to do while getting anxious and stressed.
You sometimes feel taken advantage off by others who use your people pleasing habit and you often feel o...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - March 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness People Skills Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs
DOL Plans to Make the H ‑2A Program Too Expensive for Many Farms to Use
ConclusionNo U.S. workers will be helped by this proposal. It will only result in the elimination of many H-2A positions. The DOL ’s proposal has no other purpose than to inflate H-2A wages, which will harm farmers, exacerbate food inflation, worsen the labor shortage, and increase illegal immigration. These goals are completely contrary to the purpose of the H-2A program. The H-2A program was created to stop illegal immigra tion, prevent labor shortages, and stop food inflation. The DOL should scrap this ill-conceived, half-baked proposal. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 28, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Shop SAFE Spoils America COMPETES
Will DuffieldEarlier this week the House passedAmerica COMPETES, a companion bill to the Senate ’s science and technology package. While the Senate bill focuses on competitiveness with China, America COMPETES is a more of a grab bag. The bill ’s 2,912 pages cover everything from research funding to shark fin sales. Most of the bill’s spending provisions can be seen as somehow bolstering American competitiveness, albeit inefficiently. However, it also includes sweeping e‑commerce regulations that create new liabilities and filtering expectations for eBay, Etsy, and other online marketplaces. These reg...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 9, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Will Duffield Source Type: blogs
Federal Role in Entrepreneurship
Chris EdwardsI testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship yesterday. The focus ofthe hearing was Small Business Administration (SBA) subsidies for entrepreneurial education. The agency spends more than $300 million a year on these efforts. The SBA pays contractors in each state to run programs aimed at helping people start businesses.This is just a small part of the federal budget, but the hearing was the sort of oversight that congressional committees are supposed to perform. And this hearing included witnesses critical of the spending. So kudos to committee Chairman Ben Cardin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs