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It was indeed under construction.2019-02-14T17:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/02/11/a-good-neighbor/2019-02-11T19:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/02/08/owing-the-future-the-past/2019-02-08T19:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/02/06/debate/2019-02-07T01:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/02/04/walk-the-talk/2019-02-04T22:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/02/01/lift-every-voice-and-sing-3/2019-02-01T14:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/30/polar-vortex/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/windchill.pngwindchillI have really started to wonder.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jet-stream.gifjet streamThe Jet Stream, as seen from the North Pole, today. Note the harsh angle over North America.2019-01-30T18:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/28/what-next/2019-01-29T08:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/25/strategy-leadership/2019-02-04T23:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/23/geoeconomics/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/youtube.jpgyoutubeVideos can be a good way to connect to new ideas. 2021-05-29T11:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/21/dr-kings-long-road-2/2019-01-21T20:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/18/syndesics/2019-01-19T00:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/16/what-is-productivity/2019-01-16T18:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/14/halfway-still-seeking-solace/2019-01-14T20:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/11/building-trust/2019-01-11T18:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/09/for-a-bigger-american/2019-01-10T14:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/07/more-feminine-more-real/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/toor.jpgtoorProfessor Herb Toor, Carnegie-Mellon. 2019-01-07T20:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/04/what-is-a-bear-market/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bear-markets.pngbear markets2019-01-04T18:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/02/2019-predictions/2019-01-02T19:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2019/01/01/happy-2019-special-request/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Donate.gifDonate2019-01-02T06:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/31/2018-wont-go-away/2019-01-02T01:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/28/reacting-vs-planning/2018-12-28T18:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/26/its-a-bear-market/2018-12-26T19:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/24/merry-christmas/2018-12-24T21:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/21/the-meaning-of-christmas/2018-12-23T16:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/19/darkness-into-light/2018-12-19T18:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/17/fads-marketing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Reading.jpgReadingA good read is a great pleasure.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Snickers.jpgSnickersIt's not a candy bar, it's a lifestyle choice. It makes you ... you!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tony-Harris.jpgTony HarrisTony Harris, author of FADS Marketing.2019-03-03T02:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/14/endgame-2/2018-12-14T18:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/12/the-eyes-of-a-child-2/2018-12-12T20:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/10/a-model-for-federal-equity-not-debt/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/harbor.jpgharborSometimes a safe harbor is needed more than anything.2018-12-10T19:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/07/gm-the-national-industrial-model/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/bolt.jpgBoltThe Chevy Bolt.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/inventory.jpgInventorythe inventory of lease returns is staggering.2018-12-08T12:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/05/visit-from-st-klaus/2018-12-05T19:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/12/03/civics/2018-12-03T18:28:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/30/a-charlie-brown-christmas-2/2018-12-21T16:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/28/knowledge-economy-connected-economy/2018-11-28T19:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/26/vision/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/picard.jpgPicardMake it so.2018-11-27T14:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/23/ismism/2018-11-23T18:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/21/thanksgiving-for-a-new-republic/2018-11-21T18:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/19/why-peoples-economics/2019-03-04T04:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/16/peoples-economics-connection/2018-11-16T20:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/14/peoples-economics-dynamic-stability/2018-11-14T22:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/12/peoples-economics-investment/2018-11-13T16:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/09/peoples-economics-personal-development/2018-11-13T16:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/07/post-election-clarity/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mccaskill.jpgMcCaskillSen Claire McCaskill (D-MO)2018-11-07T19:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/05/mid-term-entrenchment/2018-11-05T22:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/11/02/peoples-economics-open-markets/2018-11-02T19:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/31/peoples-economics-five-points-problems/2018-10-31T17:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/29/peoples-economics-the-definition/2018-10-29T19:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/how-you-can-help/facebook-videos/2018-10-28T17:09:09+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2018/10/26/robots-will-enslave-us/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vonnegut.jpgVonnegutKurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)2018-10-26T19:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/24/stability-2/2018-10-24T16:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/22/the-disconnect/2018-10-22T17:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/19/trade-deficits-bad/2018-10-19T17:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/17/fighting-back/2018-10-18T11:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/15/standard-time/2018-10-16T15:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/12/coming-out-even/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fredgraph.pngfredgraph2018-10-12T18:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/10/patriot-get-out-and-vote/2018-10-10T14:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/08/columbus-day-not-so-much/2018-10-08T14:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/05/freedom-from-fear-2/2018-10-05T14:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/03/equity-debt/2018-10-03T18:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/10/01/the-nightmare-before-christmas-3/2018-10-01T14:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/28/getting-away/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dr-ford.jpgDr Ford2018-09-29T16:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/26/corporate-debt/2018-11-13T06:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/24/constitutional-crisis/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cox.jpgCoxArchibald Cox2018-09-24T18:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/21/war-debt-collapse-of-the-empire/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/debt-to-gdp-half-defense.pngDebt to GDP half DefenseUS Federal deficit by year, with half of defense spending taken out. Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve (FRED).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/defense-gdp.pngDefense GDPDefense spending as a share of GDP. Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve (FRED).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/debt-to-gdp.pngDebt to GDP2018-09-21T17:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/19/cooperation-not-combat/2018-09-19T17:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/17/conspiracy-in-hindsight/2018-09-17T15:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/14/faith-and-deeds/2018-09-15T11:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/12/industry-4-0/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ux.pngUXUser Experience (UX) is at the center of products.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/industry-40.pngindustry-40A general depiction of the four proposed stages of industrial development.2018-09-12T17:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/10/formal-email/2018-09-10T14:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/07/when-a-republic-dies/2018-09-09T13:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/05/not-correctness-politeness/2018-09-05T19:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/09/03/labor-day-2018/2018-09-03T16:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/31/happy-as-a-pig/2018-08-31T17:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/29/a-density-gradient/2018-08-29T14:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/27/trumps-minority/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/joker.jpgJokerChaos for its own sake seems like fun to some people.2018-08-30T18:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/24/not-journalism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/trump.jpgTrumpIt's also part of the whole conspiracy theory promotion world, too.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/clinton.jpgClintonNational Enquirer cover on November 2, 2015. It appears to be the place where this stuff was tried out first.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cruz.jpgCruzAfter this sorry event, any support Cruz gives Trump seems like cowardice. Seriously.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bigfoot.jpgBigfootIt used to be this stupid. It's now a lot ... well, stupider.2018-08-25T14:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/22/judgement-time/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/park.jpgParkPark Geun-hye, former President of South Korea.2018-08-24T15:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/20/womens-equality-day-4/2018-09-19T16:24:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/17/winning-a-trade-war/2018-08-17T16:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/15/capital-controls/2018-08-15T15:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/13/panic-but-slowly/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/debt-gdp.pngDebt GDPConsumer debt liabilities divided by GDP. Data from teh St Louis Federal Reserve2018-08-13T15:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/10/presentations-that-boom/2018-08-10T14:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/08/google-craven/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/google-china.jpgGoogle ChinaTime to polish up this ... brand.2018-08-09T14:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/06/inflation-is-hip/2018-08-06T15:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/03/awful-or-awesome/2018-08-03T16:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/08/01/sequels-reruns/2018-08-01T14:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/30/destruction-creative-or/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sun-zi.jpgSun ZiSun Zi (孫子). He wrote the book on warfare. Literally.2018-07-30T15:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/27/ya-gotta-laugh/2018-07-27T15:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/25/how-stupid-are-we/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nixon-tape.jpgNixon TapeDoes this remind anyone of anything?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/giuliani.jpgGiulianiRudy Giuliani, who is either crazy like a fox or just crazy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cohen.jpgCohenMichael Cohen, not in a still from a gritty 1970s cop drama.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/avenatti.jpgAvenatti2018-07-25T16:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/23/other-peoples-money/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rmb-usd.pngRMB USDhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/margin-debt.jpgMargin Debt2018-07-23T16:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/20/one-giant-factory/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/timken.jpegTimkenA roller bearing assembly.2018-07-20T17:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/18/treason/2018-07-21T11:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/16/inflation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mzm-gdp.pngMZM GDPMoney supply growth as the broad MZM, in blue with GDP growth in red. Money supply growth consistently outstripping GDP has to eventually be inflationary.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mankiw.pngMankiwCurrent Fed Funds Rate in red, estimated target in blue. 2018-07-16T16:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/13/raging-against-rage/2018-07-13T14:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/11/trade-war-without-ammo/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/merkel-xi.jpgMerkel XiTwo boring technocrats who together make for an exciting time. Seriously.2018-07-12T18:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/09/the-quality-of-leadership/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/anthony.pngAnthonyYou couldn't stop her.2018-07-09T14:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/06/global-yes-domination-no/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fredgraph.pngfredgraphDeficit in red, defense in blue. Our deficit is well defined by our defense spending.2018-07-06T17:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/04/the-unanimous-declaration-of-the-thirteen-united-states-of-america/2018-07-04T14:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/07/02/fall-of-the-republic-rome-us/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/augustus.jpgAugustusOctavian, later known as Augustus or "the revered one," the first Emperor of Rome.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gaius_gracchus_tribune_of_the_people.jpgGaius_Gracchus_Tribune_of_the_PeopleGaius Gracchus addressing the people of Rome.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/senate.jpgSenate"Cicero Accuses Catiline," by Cesare Maccari . It is a depiction of the Roman Senate in operation.2018-09-08T13:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/29/fly-the-flag-5/2018-06-30T12:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/27/victim/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/empowerment.jpgEmpowermentSome time ago, "empowerment" was the name of the game. It permeated common culture.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/crime.jpgCrimeGive me your money, your sense of security, your innocence, and everything that makes you whole.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/joan-darc.jpgJoan d'ArcJoan d'Arc. Holy warrior and martyr. Not a "victim."2018-06-27T18:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/25/fact-based-policy/2018-06-28T23:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/22/drama-queen/2018-06-22T16:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/20/the-road-to-hell/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/deportations.pngDeportationsDeportations to Mexico. The net change in 1996 is very clear.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/children-on-floor.jpgChildren on floorCurrent human rights abuses are a culmination of years of policy, not anything new.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/statue-child.jpgStatue ChildAmerica is bigger than you or I can ever imagine. But we need to try to imagine how big it is once again. That used to inspire us.2018-06-20T18:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/18/epidemic-of-lies/2018-06-18T18:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/15/inspiration/2018-06-15T19:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/13/appeasement/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kim.jpgNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles next to U.S. President Donald Trump at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in SingaporeKim Jong-Un looked rather happy. Does that concern anyone right away?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chamberlain-piece-of-paper-e1493837426825.jpgChamberlain-Piece-of-Paper-e1493837426825"Peace in our time." It takes much more work than most are ready for.2018-06-14T17:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/11/illegal-orders/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/child.jpgChildA child, separated from his family, sleeps on a cot at a detention facility.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/otto_ohlendorf_at_the_nuremberg_trials.pngOtto_Ohlendorf_at_the_Nuremberg_TrialsOtto Ohlendorf, after his arrest.2018-06-11T20:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/08/the-real-enemy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/goose.jpgGoose2018-06-08T16:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/06/the-good-inside/2018-06-06T18:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/04/when-economics-fails/2018-10-07T22:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/06/01/us-vs-the-world/2018-06-01T14:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/30/beyond-politics/2018-05-30T14:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/28/memorial-day-6/2018-05-28T16:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/25/distraction/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/trade-boxer.gifTrade BoxerA GIF circulating widely in China, showing today's trade talks (old men representing the US) contrasted with the humiliating 1901 Boxer Accord, when China was represented by old men.2018-05-25T14:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/23/unlimited-credit/2018-05-23T14:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/21/moving-beyond-the-us/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gdp2017.jpgGDP2017World Bank data on the relative shares of the nearly $80 trillion world economy.2018-05-21T18:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/18/bread-circuses-2/2018-05-18T23:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/16/reason-as-a-journey/2018-05-16T14:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/14/globalism-isnt-failing-industrialism-is/2018-05-14T15:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/11/narrowing-learning/2018-05-11T14:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/09/eight-reasons-why-ending-the-iran-deal-is-stupid/2018-05-11T04:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/07/workers-paradise-2/2018-05-07T14:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/04/a-celebration-in-the-family/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bandera-mexicano.jpgBandera MexicanoLa Bandera de México 2018-05-04T17:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/05/02/renewing-our-cities/2018-10-07T20:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/30/on-american-privilege/2018-07-21T03:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/27/get-what-you-pay-for/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ken-david-lam.jpgKen David LamConstable Ken Lam and his father, Officer David Lam.2018-04-27T16:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/25/our-brotherskeeper/2018-04-25T20:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/23/nuking-the-narrative/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/north-korea-missile-reuters-1.jpgNorth-Korea-Missile-Reuters-1Missile test make good photo-ops. The message is that we are expected to be scared of North Korea.2018-04-23T15:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/20/de-bunking-buncombe/2018-04-20T18:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/18/boundaries-2/2018-04-18T17:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/16/climate-culture/2018-04-16T18:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/13/rule-of-law/2018-04-15T14:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/11/the-rats-know/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/beto.jpgBetoBeto O'Rourke can't wait to sink his teeth into Cruz. And those are some impressive incisors.2018-04-13T10:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/09/social-media-should-be-boring/2018-04-09T18:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/06/barometer/2018-04-16T02:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/04/risk-and-reward/2018-04-04T15:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/04/02/the-case-for-pragmatism-2/2018-04-02T14:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/30/underestimating-the-kids/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/monroe.gifMonroeJames Monroe. 18 years old in 1776, he rose to the rank of Major in the Revolutionary War. Just a kid?2018-04-03T11:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/28/anything-is-still-possible/2018-03-29T00:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/26/its-all-about-racism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted.pngdiscretionary_spending_pie,_2015_enactedDiscretionary Spending by the feds, or what comes after Social Security and Medicare. 2018-06-06T19:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/23/bizzy-world/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/keep-calm.jpgkeep calmIt's a veteran of Nazi fighting.2018-03-23T15:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/21/js-bach-spiritual-leader/2018-03-21T15:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/19/culture-war-meets-cyber-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wylie.jpgWylieChristopher Wylie, the man at the center of the process. Brilliant and driven to create, his energy was what made this happen.2018-03-28T07:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/16/irish-pride-2/2018-03-16T15:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/14/dynamic-not-chaotic/2018-03-15T02:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/12/order-vs-chaos/2018-03-12T14:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/09/jobs-are-good/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/inflation-dashboard.jpgInflation DashboardThe Atlanta Fed's Inflation Dashboard. Worth keeping an eye on.2018-03-09T18:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/07/a-big-week/2018-03-07T20:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/05/ill-thrash-the-economy-for-you/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lamb.jpgLambConor Lamb. One vision of the future for Democrats.2018-03-06T17:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/03/02/yes-but-how-is-it-all-screwed-up/2018-03-03T19:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/28/an-open-china/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/zhang.jpgZhangZhang Wumao, back in the countryside he came from.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xi-pooh.jpgXi PoohOne of the images banned on Weibo, along with all references to Winnie the Pooh.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/chai-jing.jpgChinese TV celebrity's air pollution video stirs online dust-upChai Jing, who showed that standing up can make a difference.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/li-datong.jpgLi DatongLi Datong, an important press leader in China. Will his actions embolden others?2018-03-01T00:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/26/redefining-work-2/2018-02-26T15:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/23/this-time-is-different/2018-02-24T00:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/21/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/makebelieve.jpgMakeBelieveThe Trolley connected everything on the set. Mister Rogers taught us how we connect to the world, and to our own hearts.2018-02-24T02:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/19/your-papers-please/2018-02-19T22:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/16/the-symptom-the-disease/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/stoneman-douglas-shooting-credit-ian-witlen-19.jpgstoneman-douglas-shooting-credit-ian-witlen-19How many more?2018-02-16T19:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/14/inflation-is-back/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cpi1.pngCPIChange in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since 2000. There is little doubt it is over 2.0% now, and rising steadily. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve2018-02-14T20:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/12/iceing-fresh-produce/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/truck.jpgTruckIt isn't as glamorous as this.2018-02-12T17:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/09/a-bold-prediction/2018-02-11T07:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/07/where-do-stocks-go-now/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jerome-powell.jpgJerome PowellJerome Powell is sworn in as Federal Reserve Chair. We know nothing about this guy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/10yr-ffr.png10yr-FFRThe net spread between the yield on 10yr Treasuries and the Federal Reserve Funds Rate since 2000. 2018-02-07T19:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/05/why-stocks-are-falling/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cpi.pngCPIThe consumer price index (CPI) since 2010. It's firmly crossed the target of 2% and is expected to only increase from here.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fredgraph.pngfredgraphThe actual Fed Funds Rate in red, with the Makiw estimation in blue. Note that it only goes up from here.2018-04-16T02:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/02/02/dr-george-washington-carver/2018-02-02T15:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/31/credit-the-good-economy/2018-01-31T23:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/29/trade-war-or-trade-tantrum/2018-01-30T00:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/26/daca-debacle/2018-01-27T20:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/24/fractured-world/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wef.jpgWEFLove it or hate it, there's no better place for primary sources.2018-01-25T00:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/22/imagine-better/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/carter.jpgCarterPossibly the most honest and hard-working president ever. He was ultimately hated and denied a second term.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/oprah.jpgOprahSmart, successful, inspirational. Not necessarily a bad choice. But experience does count in legislation and administration ...2018-02-20T02:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/19/great-vowel-shift/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shakespeare.jpgShakespeareShakespeare happens to appear right in the middle of the transition to Modern English.2018-01-20T14:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/17/developing-innovation/2018-01-17T15:16:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/15/institutional-racism/2018-03-06T11:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/12/brutal-cold/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/jet-stream-jan-11-2018.gifJet Stream Jan 11 2018The Jet Stream today. The kinks are what mark the flow of water from the south or cold from the north.2018-01-12T01:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/10/strategy-and-leadership/2018-06-05T20:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/08/destruction/2018-01-10T17:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/05/bread-circuses/2018-01-05T21:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/03/china-standing-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wu_jing.jpgWu_JingWu Jing. See this excellent interview with him on Wolf Warrior 2 and its reception.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wolf-warrior-flag.pngwolf-warrior-flagThe penultimate scene, as a poster. Don't let it strike fear into your heart no matter how you are conditioned.2018-01-03T17:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2018/01/01/forward-to-2018/2018-01-01T20:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/29/a-year-of-conflict/2017-12-29T18:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/27/turmoil/2017-12-27T03:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/25/when-it-all-stops/2017-12-25T14:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/22/christmas-truce/2017-12-23T12:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/20/conflict-and-peace/2017-12-20T15:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/18/winter-solstice-3/2017-12-18T19:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/15/sermon-on-the-mount/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloch-sermononthemount.jpgBloch-SermonOnTheMountA depiction of the Sermon on the Mount by Danish painter Carl Bloch.2017-12-16T21:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/13/what-did-jesus-teach-and-why/2017-12-16T21:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/11/evangelicals-are-not-christians/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171210_125335.jpg20171210_125335The Sermon on the Mount. You know it's Jesus 'cuz it's in red.2022-08-24T12:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/08/no-one-is-indispensable/2017-12-08T16:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/06/the-eyes-of-a-child/2017-12-06T06:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/04/no-time-for-laughs/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/clown.jpgClownLet's go with clowns. Clowns are funny, right?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/flynn.jpgFlynnFlynn about to plead guilty. Nothing funny about this. Do you know any good lawyer jokes?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tax-bill.pngTax billIt has to be a joke, but what's the punchline?2017-12-04T01:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/12/01/be-not-afraid-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/white-house.jpegWhite HouseIs this year's White House decoration a statement from a multi-year victim of constant gaslighting?2017-12-04T15:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/29/charlie-brown-christmas-2/2017-11-30T13:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/27/taxing-times/2017-11-27T18:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/24/it-will-get-better/2017-11-25T19:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/22/religious-freedom/2018-01-15T18:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/20/thanksgiving-and-the-new-republic/2017-11-20T15:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/17/hero-worship/2017-11-17T21:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/15/casualties-of-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hiram-johnson.jpgHiram JohnsonSen Hiram Johnson (R-CA)2017-11-15T00:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/13/black-friday-4/2017-11-17T23:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/10/good-people/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/carter.jpggsp Melvin CarterMelvin Carter, incoming mayor of St Paul, was also a decent regular guy who worked hard.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/roem.jpgRoemDanica Roem worked hard for the win.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/northam.jpgNorthamRalph Northam won big. Way bigger than expected.2017-11-10T20:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/08/jenna-abrams-who-knew/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jenna2.jpgJenna2"Jenna" on her blog. They clearly only had one pic that they had to match, so they used one with an obscure face. Our only real clue.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jenna-abrams.jpgJenna AbramsThe picture of "Jenna Abrams" from her twitter feed, from before it was taken down. No word on who this really is or where the pic came from.2017-11-08T17:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/06/regulation-something-different/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bolt-nut.jpgbolt nutYou'd be surprised how regulated these are. And how necessary that is, too.2017-11-06T02:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/03/the-core-sickness/2017-11-03T21:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/11/01/america-under-attack/2017-11-01T17:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/30/reformation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/individualism.jpgIndividualismIndividualism doesn't mean standing apart. It means knowing where you stand.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/95.jpeg95The 95 Theses were not "complaints" but rather talking points. The idea is to start debate and challenge blind obedience.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/luther.jpgXPH308462Martin Luther2017-12-30T19:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/27/freedom-from-fear/2017-10-27T18:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/25/this-is-how-it-ends/2017-10-25T00:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/23/global-system-to-the-test/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gita-gopinath.jpgGita GopinathGita Gopinath2017-10-23T01:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/20/failing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/george-w-bush.jpgBush Center Forum, New York, USA - 19 Oct 2017Pres. George W Bush, speaking to the "Spirit of Liberty" forum.2017-10-20T00:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/18/me-too/2017-11-30T21:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/16/st-crispian-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/archer-lineup.jpgno captionThe longbow, in the right hands, could fell the most well equipped knight. At Agincourt, they did in the hundreds.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/globe.jpgglobeA reconstruction of the Globe Theater, giving some idea what it was like for "Henry" to address the "soldiers".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/branagh.jpgBranagh2017-10-16T16:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/13/dies-irae-nightmare-before-christmas/2018-11-09T07:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/11/xi-on-the-brink/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/djulmxgvaaashzp.jpgDJuLmXgVAAASHzp"Straighten your waist!" ("Get in shape") The enigmatic rabbit-filled first post of the short-lived Communist Youth League's twitter account.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-wall.jpgGreat WallIt'll keep out the Mongols. Maybe.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/map.jpgMapThe Belt and Road Initiative, including the new Silk Road. As a foreign policy initiative it's daring and ambitious. It's also expensive.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pla.jpgPLAIs the People's Liberation Army a capable fighting force or just a source of easy cash?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/corrupt600.jpgcorrupt600A top leader from all 31 of China's provinces has been removed for corruption since 2012. They are serious about this.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/china_new_leaders_1114.jpgchina_new_leaders_1114The Standing Committee poses for a group photo after the "election" in 2012. This is what passes for openness in China.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/xi.jpg-Xi Jinping. This is about as close to a smile as he ever has.2017-10-11T05:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/09/product-of-the-times/2017-10-09T00:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/06/october-holidays/2017-10-06T02:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/04/guns-change-the-attitude/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chart-guns.jpgChart Guns"Expert" opinion of effectiveness, x-axis, versus popularity, y-axis, for various proposed gun law changes. Note that it includes proposals from across the political spectrum.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gun-deaths-main-artboard_1.pnggun-deaths-main-Artboard_1"Expert" opinion of effectiveness, x-axis, versus popularity, y-axis, for various proposed gun law changes. Note that it includes proposals from across the political spectrum.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gun-sideways.jpgGun SidewaysThis is a fashion statement. That it is a popular image demonstrates the problem.2017-10-04T09:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/10/02/target-the-future/2017-10-02T15:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/29/fairness-or-fairy-tale/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/easterbunny_1.jpgEasterbunny_1He's Real!2017-09-29T00:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/27/faith-or-works/2017-09-27T15:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/25/taking-a-knee/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dolphins.jpgDolphinsWe don't win enough, but I'm always proud of my team. Especially today.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ravens.jpgRavensThe Baltimore Ravens united, on their knees, before the game.2017-09-25T03:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/22/life-support/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cali.jpgCaliFederalism feels like this sometimes.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/states.jpgstatesIt gets more colorful if you do it this way, too.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cassidy.jpgCassidySen Bill Cassidy (R-LA). He's got a term paper due, but midnight is a good time to start, yes?2017-09-22T16:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/20/united-nations-sort-of/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-kelly.jpgJohn Kelly,Melania TrumpJohn Kelly facepalms. We all do from time to time.2017-09-22T16:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/18/e-z-reform/2017-09-18T18:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/15/correctness-try-politeness/2017-09-24T10:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/13/one-hell-of-a-show-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/us-bank-stadium.jpgUS Bank StadiumUS Bank Stadium, home of the Vikings. Was it worth a billion bucks?2017-09-13T15:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/11/the-storms-behind-the-storms-ahead/2017-09-11T18:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/08/improve-act/2017-09-08T15:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/06/pay-as-you-go/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170905_155235.jpg20170905_155235The stuff. Was it really worth all the trouble? (yes)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170905_155204.jpg20170905_155204Just about the worst picture of me ever. Usually it's my living conditions that are described as "sty".2017-09-06T15:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/04/unions-are-our-future/2017-09-07T14:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/09/01/objectivism/2017-09-01T00:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/30/sing-along/2017-08-30T00:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/28/disaster/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sal.jpgSalThe Salvation Army in Texarkana is getting ready to help as soon as they can.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/harvey.jpgHarveyA rescue in Houston. We must learn to live each other or perish.2017-08-30T17:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/25/elaborate-hobbies/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bob-ross.jpgBob RossBob Ross, who taught millions to just get painting. Why not?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mussorgsky.jpgMussorgskyModest Mussorgsky. He looks like a lot of fun to hang with.2017-08-25T00:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/23/womens-equality-day-3/2017-08-23T16:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/21/awful-awesome/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/snark_warning.pngsnark_warningYou have been warned.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gene-wilder-as-willy-wonka.jpgGene-Wilder-as-Willy-WonkaA world of pure imagination. Not fake news.2017-08-21T20:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/18/fighting-words/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tolerance.pngToleranceValues cannot exist in a vacuum. If anything, the belief that ideas are more important than humanity is what got us here.2017-08-18T21:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/16/beyond-good-and-evil/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/everglades.jpgEvergladesMangroves. Looks like home to me.2017-08-17T20:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/14/the-bright-red-line/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jefferson.jpgJeffersonThomas Jefferson, Third President and author of the Declaration of Independence.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/charlottesville.jpgCharlottesvilleLosers marching in Charlottesville for a cause which lost.2017-09-11T07:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/11/double-irish/2017-08-28T15:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/09/a-slow-journey/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/amish-power.jpgAmish PowerThings you never see. But should you?2017-08-09T00:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/07/the-idiots-diet/2017-08-07T14:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/04/firehose-of-falsehood/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/firehose.jpgFirehoseDo not stand in front of the firehose. Cut it off at its source.2017-08-04T21:18:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/08/02/putin-global-menace/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/magnitsky.jpgMagnitskyThe grave of Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky.2017-12-03T10:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/31/never-ending-sequels/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/keynes.jpgkeynesJohn Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946.2017-07-31T18:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/28/one-weak-show/2017-07-27T23:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/27/peoples-economics-update/2017-07-27T20:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/26/resiliency-and-interdependence/2017-08-04T21:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/24/schmidt-rathskeller/2019-01-10T00:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/21/frenzy/2017-07-23T03:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/19/stands-for-nuthin/2017-07-21T14:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/17/female-lead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/charlize-theron.jpgCharlize TheronCharlize Theron.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jodie-whittaker.jpgJodie WhittakerJodie Whittaker as The Doctor.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/wonderwoman.jpgWonderWomanToday's great superhero. We need her.2017-07-21T17:06:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/14/peoples-economics-the-fundraiser/2017-07-21T17:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/12/tea-coffee-2/2017-07-13T11:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/10/character/2017-07-10T16:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/07/cottonwood-witnesses/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pike-island-today.jpgPike Island TodayPike Island today. It is a State Park, largely left as a preserve. The small sign up ahead tells the story.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pike-island-1862.jpgPike Island 1862A photo of the Dakota "Internment Camp" in 1862. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pike-island-1844.jpgPike Island 1844A landscape painting of Fort Snelling and Pike Island from 1844.2017-07-07T00:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/05/isms/2017-07-12T19:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/07/03/independence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/declaration.jpgDeclarationIn Congress, July 4th, 1776.2017-07-03T19:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/30/150-years-of-canada/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/justin-trudeau.jpgJustin TrudeauNorth America's hearthrob.2017-07-03T19:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/28/keeping-score/2017-07-03T19:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/26/how-economics-fails/2017-09-06T19:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/23/a-system-of-connections/2017-06-23T00:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/21/47-irvine-park-the-spencer-house/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170620_164919.jpg20170620_164919Detail shot of a window trimmed like a door, with panel.2024-11-11T20:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/19/peoples-economics-the-campfire/2017-06-20T20:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/16/foresttrees-campfire/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/forest.jpgForest2017-06-20T20:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/14/objectivity-is-dead-journalism-must-live/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/kelly-putin.jpgKelly PutinKelly alone with Putin. Another master of this darkest art, it was always his platform.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/context.jpgcontextThe real king.2017-06-22T20:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/12/forward-america/2017-06-15T16:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/09/progress-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/comey.jpgComeyJames Comey is a patient, deliberate man.2017-06-09T18:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/07/the-crazy-peaks/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/infrastructure.jpgImage: President Trump Signs Executive Order In Oval OfficeGetting anything done? Anything?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sadiqkhan.jpgsadiqkhanSadiq Khan, the Mayor of London.2017-06-08T19:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/05/fun-with-funny/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trevor-noah.jpgTrevor NoahImmigration is a mirror. We see what we might not want to see.2017-06-05T13:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/06/02/mens-issues/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/passive-active.pngPassive ActivePassive language is not polite. it's cowardly.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dictionary.jpgdictionaryIn English, especially, words are not cold and unchangeable.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/happy-black-woman.pnghappy-black-womanHappiness is the goal. Always.2017-06-02T21:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/31/reason/2017-06-02T14:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/29/memorial-day-5/2017-05-29T03:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/26/count-our-blessings/2017-05-26T20:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/24/thats-our-hitler/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dick-shawn.jpgDick Shawn"That's our Hitler!"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mostel-wilder.pngMostel WilderEver get the feeling that all of this is just a Producers remake? That Trump wasn't supposed to win and actually be ... get this ... responsible for stuff?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mostelzero.jpgmostelzeroZero Mostel as Max Bialystock. The secret to the con is earnest looking drama.2017-07-20T17:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/22/know-it-all/2017-05-22T01:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/19/stumbling-into-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/19-may.jpg19 MayThe situation on 19 May. Tabqa has been taken and Raqqah is nearly surrounded.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/21-mar.jpg21 MarOn 21 Mar 2017, US Marines assisted the SFD in an amphibious assault near the Tabqa Dam, near the bottom left.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/10-jan.jpg10 JanThe situation on 10 Jan 2017, when the US chose not to intervene - at Flynn's request.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/24-aug.jpg24 AugTurkish troops cross into Syria. Map from 24 Aug 20162017-05-19T14:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/17/post-political/2017-05-18T13:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/15/formali/2017-05-15T17:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/12/trump-alternative-universe/2017-07-03T23:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/12/malaise/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170511_171531.jpg20170511_171531My hand-painted chalk bust of Nixon. From the date acquired and location it appears to be from the 1972 Republican Convention in Miami Beach.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rosenstein.jpgRosensteinRod Rosenstein. He won't end his career for Trump.2017-05-12T17:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/10/ensemble-la-monde/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/macron-victory.jpgMacron VictoryThe victory rally at the Louvre. Ultimately, Macron is just one small man filling one big role.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/better-together.jpgBRITAIN-EU-POLITICS-BREXIT-DEMONSTRATIONIn the end, the appeal is emotional. This one ... just didn't work.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/macron.jpgMacronHe's got the looks, he's got the brains. But can he keep the hearts of France a'flutterin'?2018-06-08T13:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/08/cat-language/2017-05-09T16:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/05/not-even-trying/2017-05-05T14:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/12/the-wealth-of-nations/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/adam_smith_the_muir_portrait.jpgAdam_Smith_The_Muir_portraitAdam Smith, 1723-17902017-05-04T14:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/03/strong-dollar/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fredgraph-8.pngfredgraph (8)Net rate on a 10yr Treasury note. This is a key benchmark which determines the rates on consumer credit.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fredgraph-9.pngfredgraph (9)US Dollars per Eurohttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fredgraph-10.pngfredgraph (10)Current Account, or net balance of trade.2017-05-03T13:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/05/01/a-north-american-story/2017-05-26T20:16:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/28/american-privilege/2017-04-28T19:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/26/underground-economy/2017-04-26T16:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/24/the-conch-republic-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/race.jpgRaceWith things opening up, this year had some special celebrations.2017-07-15T04:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/25/prince/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/batdance.jpgBatdanceBatdance.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/baltimore.jpgBaltimorePlaying the "Rally for Peace" in Baltimore.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peace.jpgPeacePeace.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eiffel-tower.jpgEiffel TowerYou can almost hear Prince saying, "I got the Eiffel Tower! Cool!"2024-02-14T00:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/21/crazy-gets-real/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/un.jpgGeneral Assembly 70th session 27th plenary meeting Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United NationsGeneral Assembly 70th session 27th plenary meeting Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations [item 113] (a) Letter from the President of the Security Council to the President of the General Assembly (A/71/531) (b) Draft resolution (A/71/L.4 (to be issued))https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chinese-army.jpgchinese-armyThe Chinese Army is the largest in the world.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/president-podium.jpgPresident PodiumAwaiting real leadership.2017-04-21T17:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/19/a-crisis-of-faith/2017-06-13T21:20:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/17/practical-in-a-way/2017-04-19T07:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/14/divide-not-divide/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/church-planting.jpgChurch-plantingThere is work to be done.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unplug.jpgunplugYou say you want a revolution? Free your mind instead.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/still_1972_man_mancha1.jpgstill_1972_man_mancha1Ah, Dulcimea ...2017-04-14T19:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/10/ten-years-on/2017-04-11T03:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/07/a-new-low/2017-04-10T17:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/05/the-american-century/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wilson.jpgWilsonWoodrow Wilson, 28th President of the US.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/marines-battle-of-belleau-wood.jpgMarines-battle-of-belleau-woodIt was brutal at Belleau Wood.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/zimmerman.jpgzimmermanWhat we fear more than anything - Mexico. Mexico?2017-04-05T18:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/04/03/the-illusions-which-ennoble-us/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pushkin.jpgPushkinAleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) A truly great icon of Russian poetry.2017-04-03T18:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/31/it-starts-with-an-excuse/2017-03-31T17:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/29/politics-and-interest/2017-03-29T17:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/27/chaos-versus-order/2017-03-29T13:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/24/syria-degenerates/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/syria-map.jpgSyria MapA map of Syrian territory, from liveuamap.com2017-03-27T01:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/22/fake-maybe-fattening-yes/2017-03-22T01:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/20/js-bach-spiritual-guide/2017-03-20T20:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/17/yes-not-again-2/2017-03-17T16:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/15/st-patricks-day-5/2017-03-15T17:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/13/4-leaves/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/clover.jpgCloverSee them? It's all a matter of patience and concentration.2017-03-13T17:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/10/good-seasonal-adjustment/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fredgraph-6.pngfredgraph (6)ADP net change in job growth over the last year. It's encouraging.2017-03-11T21:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/08/yes-anything-is-possible/2017-03-15T09:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/06/a-glance-at-the-dashboard/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fredgraph-5.pngfredgraph-5Workforce Participation among 25-54 year olds, as a percent. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fredgraph-4.pngfredgraph-4Wage Growth. From the St Louis Federal Reserve.2017-03-06T20:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/03/ready-for-the-main-event/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3ring.jpg3ringIt's always a circus. Remember the song?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/blind.jpgblindJustice is famously blind. It's not stupid.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sessions.jpgsessionsAG Sessions has some explaining to do. This will either take a long time or a very short time.2017-03-04T02:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/03/01/do-we-have-an-actual-president/2017-03-02T02:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/27/syria-the-next-phase/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sdf-offensive.jpgsdf-offensiveA map of the SDF Offensive on Raqqa this year.2017-03-01T18:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/24/walk-talk/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/complex-change.jpegcomplex-changeA handy guide.2017-02-24T16:16:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/22/cyprus/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/theresa-may.jpgtheresa-mayPM Theresa May.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/turkish.jpgturkishTurkish troops advancing in Cyprus, 1974.2017-02-23T23:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/20/why-we-write/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/news.jpgMan reading newspaperThe dog probably has the right idea.2017-02-21T20:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/17/an-immediate-crisis/2017-02-20T18:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/15/firm-hand/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fredgraph-3.pngfredgraph-3Commercial Lending, as a Share of the Economy. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yellen.jpgyellenDon't be fooled - Yellen is not amused.2017-02-15T15:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/13/dr-carver-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/spring.jpgspringHope springs eternal.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/plow.jpgplowNot everything can be mechanized - at least not easily.2017-02-14T11:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/10/renew-america/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/payne.jpgPayne Ave is looking pretty good these days.2017-02-10T23:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/08/new-line-of-thought/2017-02-09T21:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/06/national-brand/2017-02-08T20:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/03/staying-positive/2017-02-04T05:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/02/01/conspiracy-time/2017-02-01T19:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/30/bigger-america/2017-01-30T19:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/27/mary-tyler-moore/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mary-tyler-moore-battle-with-diabetes.jpgBroadway Barks! 14 Pet Adoption EventLater in life, Moore had many private struggles. She kept them as private as possible, and deserves respect for that.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hug.pnghugThe famous final hug. Love is all around.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mtm.jpgmtmThe iconic hat toss on Nicollet Mall. She made it, after all.2017-01-30T19:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/25/make-america-great-again/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/toyotaindiana1.jpgtoyotaindiana1The Toyota plant in Evansville, Indiana.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nafta.pngnaftaThe game goes on forever, like it or not.2017-02-03T18:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/23/a-time-for-tactics/2017-01-26T22:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/20/seeking-solace/2017-01-21T04:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/18/its-all-history/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/raj.jpgrajThe glory daze of the British Raj. Not so glorious, eh?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ibn_khaldoun_timbr.jpgibn_khaldoun_timbrIbn Khaldun, as honored on a Tunisian stamp.2017-01-18T20:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/16/50mpg-banned-in-the-us/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/diesel-cycle.jpgdiesel-cycleThe Diesel Cycle is different from the Otto Cycle of a gasoline engine.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tdi.jpgtdiThe VW TDI engine. It looks the same, but it's a precisely engineer marvel.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/diesel.jpgdieselIt's a completely different fuel. But better.2017-02-22T07:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/13/ex-machina-2/2017-01-17T22:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/11/bread-and-circuses/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/juvenal.jpgjuvenalThe poet Juvenal, 2017-01-17T22:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/09/screwing-it-all-up/2017-10-19T08:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/06/its-all-a-game/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/clapper.jpgclapperDirector of national Intelligence, very much outgoing, James Clapper. He has many reasons to frown.2017-01-08T04:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/04/economy-of-people/2017-01-04T18:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2017/01/02/start-the-year-right/2017-01-02T17:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/30/may-you-live-in-interesting-times-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gita-gopinath.jpggita-gopinathGita Gopinath2016-12-30T18:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/28/2016-the-rot-at-the-core/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chakras.jpgchakrasAny sense of "self" which does not open up all the parts of "self" has the potential to be poisonous. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/politician.jpgpoliticianIt is easier to blame a cartoon than to blame ourselves, generally.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/carrie_fisher_2013.jpgcarrie_fisher_2013Even Carrie Fisher was taken from us this horrible year.2016-12-29T22:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/26/the-spencer-house/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/spencer-grave.jpgspencer-graveThe family plot of the Spencers in Oakland Cemetery.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/steamboats.jpgsteamboatsThe Upper Landing of St Paul, 1859.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/spencer-house.jpgspencer-houseThe Spencer House2019-03-30T19:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/23/christmas-every-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/depression.jpgdepressed young man sitting on the benchFred Rogers is with you when you need him.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/creche04.jpgcreche04For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chinese.jpgchineseTraditions come in all forms. Some are yummier than others.2016-12-23T20:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/21/solstice-greetings/2016-12-21T14:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/19/resistance/2016-12-19T21:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/16/dealing-with-crazy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/baldwin.jpgbaldwinAlec Baldwin as Trump on SNL. It clearly hits a nerve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/protecting-vulnerable-adults.jpgprotecting-vulnerable-adultsWe must at all times protect the vulnerable, including the old, the different, and the outspoken.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bergman.jpgbergmanIngrid Bergman in George Cukor's Gaslight (1944).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/man-liking-himself-in-mirror.jpgman-liking-himself-in-mirrorNarcissism is essentially normal in today's America.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/vice.jpgviceIt was a documentary. Things were that nuts - and more.2016-12-16T14:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/14/throw-it-to-the-house/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ballot.jpgballotIt comes down to this. But it's much more personal leading up to it.2016-12-16T14:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/12/civics-101/2016-12-14T15:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/09/the-sensible-assupmption/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reason.jpgreasonLogic. Facts. Things that are supposed to rule our world.2016-12-21T08:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/07/bloated-pentagon-revealed/2016-12-08T23:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/05/how-about-that-economy/2016-12-06T06:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/12/02/tao/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-drop.jpgwater-dropWater is the strongest force in the world because it constantly seeks out low places.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/uncarved-block-1.pnguncarved-block-1Another Taoist concept is"Wei wu wei", or doing without doing. 为无为 in Hanzi characters.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yin-yang.pngyin-yangHarmony, of a sort.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tao.jpgtaoTao, or Way, as a Hanzi character.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/vinegar.jpgvinegarOne version of The Vinegar Tasters.2016-12-02T18:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/30/the-outrage-is-only-starting/2016-12-01T21:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/28/no-credit-bad-credit/2016-11-29T10:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/25/a-thanksgiving-appeal/2016-11-25T23:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/23/2016-holiday-shopping-forecast/2016-11-23T23:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/21/statuary/2016-11-22T16:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/18/why-thanksgiving-is-in-november/2016-11-18T22:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/16/what-went-wrong/2016-11-18T03:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/14/black-friday-3/2016-11-15T14:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/11/where-do-we-go-from-here/2016-11-11T15:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/09/the-wisdom-of-solomon/2016-11-16T14:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/07/final-thoughts/2016-11-08T17:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/04/powerpoint-is-a-blast/2016-11-04T14:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/11/02/gdp-catches-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fredgraph-1.pngfredgraph-1Net change in inventory value, annualized, since 2008. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fredgraph.pngfredgraphAnnual change in inflation adjusted GDP since 2008. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-11-02T16:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/31/unity-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20161013_232410.jpgimg_20161013_232410You don't want this guy in charge of things. Trust me.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chicago.jpgchicagoMy hotel was on the left. Nice!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/white-elephant.jpgwhite-elephantDon't think about it.2016-11-03T13:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/28/the-nightmare-before-christmas-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rachel-barton-pine_exs0jr6.jpgrachel-barton-pine_exs0jr6Rachel Barton Pine. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jacks-lament.jpgjacks-lamenthttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dies_irae_musical_notation.jpgdies_irae_musical_notationhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jack.jpgjackThe ever stylish hero of Halloween Town, Jack Skellington2016-10-28T21:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/26/how-an-election-is-actually-won/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mormon_bikes.jpgmormon_bikesIn the end, it's like being on a Mission.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/enten-affirmativeclinton-1-1.gifenten-affirmativeclinton-1-1Percent of Supporters voting affirmatively for their candidate, by party, since 1980. From fivethirtyeight.com2016-10-26T14:21:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/24/under-attack-from-who-and-why/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/datacenter.jpgdatacenterServers everywhere rely on "normal traffic" to keep from being overloaded.2016-10-24T18:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/21/what-to-watch-on-election-night/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ayotte.jpgayotteSen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is unlikely to be smiling on the night of 8 November.2016-11-08T03:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/19/oil-finds-a-range/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fredgraph-2.pngfredgraph-2The Big Crash - and recovery. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) since mid 2014. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-10-19T19:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/17/donde-esta-el-bano/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/75201112_languages.jpg_75201112_languagesWhat is the lingua franca? Why is that phrase not in English?2016-10-18T20:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/14/keep-the-faith/2016-11-14T20:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/12/gotterdamerung/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gasoline.jpggasolineWe always knew it was like this.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gotterdamerung.jpggotterdamerungA scene from a production of Wagner's Götterdämerung earlier this year in Barcelona.2016-10-12T15:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/10/over-the-lines/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sea-dawn-sunset-holiday.jpgsea-dawn-sunset-holidaySometimes the coming of dawn requires a bit of faith.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mr_rogers.pngmr_rogersFred Rogers.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/boyton-bed.jpgboyton-bedA recent cartoon from Sandra Boynton's facebook page.2016-10-11T20:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/07/twitter-must-die-and-it-will/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/firehose.jpgfirehoseIt's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Or their sanity.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/twitter.pngtwitterTwitter is the root of all evil. No, sorry, the root of all mindless.2016-10-07T20:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/05/the-final-countdown/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/fredgraph-1.pngfredgraph-1The ADP net job gain per month in blue, the BLS in red. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-10-06T23:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/10/03/patriotism-2/2016-11-04T14:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/30/ending-institutional-racism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hannibals-cavalry.jpghannibals-cavalryNumidian light cavalry, under the command of Hannibal.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cannae-battleschematics-1480px.jpgcannae-battleschematics-1480pxThe progress of Canae, during the Second Punic War in 216 BC. The Carthaginians under Hannibal are on the right in blue, the Romans on the left in red.2016-12-02T02:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/28/confidence-is-back/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fredgraph-3.pngfredgraph-3Comprehensive unemployment U6 since the last time consumer confidence was this high. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-09-28T20:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/26/debate-i-wanna-rebate/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/trump-rep-debate.jpgtrump-rep-debateThe last cycle of debates was a cage match. The alpha male won.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/trump-clinton.jpgtrump-clintonThe last time Clinton and Trump got together was at his wedding.2016-09-28T01:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/23/why-we-say-black-lives-matter/2016-10-07T20:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/21/terror-sinks-in/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fbi.pngfbiWe have every reason to believe they are doing their jobs well.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chelsea.jpgchelseaThe aftermath of the Chelsea bombing - mostly people standing around confused.2016-09-21T16:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/19/formal-e-mail-tips-concepts/2016-09-19T23:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/16/simply-too-big/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bpea-fall-2016-web-sarin-new.pngbpea-fall-2016-web-sarin-newBefore, during, and after the panic bank stocks are not well regarded by financial markets. From the Brookings Institution Paper.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/size-vs-roaa.jpgsize-vs-roaaBank assets in billions of dollars vs expected return on assets, from the Kansas City Federal Reserve paper.2017-06-17T19:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/14/clinton-stumbles/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/clinton-stairs.jpegclinton-stairsClinton tripping on the stairs in February - the pic that launched a thousand conspiracy stories.2016-09-18T02:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/12/shipping-meltdown-or-not/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hanjin-boston.jpghanjin-bostonThe Hanjin Boston, awaiting the scratch to dock at Long Beach, CA.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/shipping-prices.jpgshipping-pricesPrices per container out of Shanghai . https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/global-shipping.jpgglobal-shippingGrowth in shipping and container capacity. From the International Transport Forum.2023-01-10T03:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/09/another-way/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gary-johnsonx-large-1.jpggary-johnsonx-large-1Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/libertarianbooth640.pnglibertarianbooth640The Libertarian Party booth at the Minnesota State Fair.2016-09-09T19:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/07/education-at-the-speed-of-profit/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/graph.pnggraphMost online education is run by traditional public universities. Graph from US News & World Report.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/online-education.jpgonline-educationOnline Education is necessary for many students.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/for-profit.jpgfor-profitEarning a BS in Debt.2016-09-07T16:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/05/labor-unions-are-inevitable/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/labor-by-nation.gifLabor by nationUnion participation for various industrialized nations over time.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/german-strike.jpgGerman Strike2016-09-07T01:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/09/02/labor-day-2016/2016-09-02T18:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/31/irelands-big-payday/2016-08-31T18:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/29/racists-anonymous/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trinity.jpgTrinityTrinity UCC in Concord, NC.2016-08-31T04:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/26/a-new-fed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ady-barkan.jpgAdy BarkanJanet Yellen chatting with Ady Barkan of Fed Up!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fredgraph-21.pngfredgraph (2)A calculated Fed Funds Rate (blue) versus actual policy. Data from the St Louis Fed.2016-08-27T16:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/24/productivity-down-blame-the-kids/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/millenial-smartphone.jpgMillenial SmartphonePrivacy issues are everywhere today. We deal with them in a very haphazard way.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/productivity-bls.gifproductivity BLSProductivity growth, separated out by major trend periods. Chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.2016-08-24T17:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/22/is-objectivity-dead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/blank-slate.jpgBlank SlateAll stories start with this.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cronkite.pngCronkiteWalter Cronkite. That's the way it was.2016-08-23T13:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/19/post-capitalist-pre-whatever/2016-08-19T16:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/17/defeating-isis/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f18.jpgF18A carrier based F-18https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iraq.jpgIraqThe Iraqi Army is heavily defined by US advisors and armshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/syrian-rebels.jpgSYRIA-CONFLICTMembers of the FSAhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/raqqah.jpgRaqqahThe area around ar-Raqqah, from the same map. Note the scale - this map is about 200km by 150 kmhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mosul.jpgMosulThe area around Mosul, from the same map. Note that this is only about 150 km square.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/overview-isis.jpgOverview ISISThe incredible complexity of the Syria-Iraq Wars. Please see the original map for much more detail.2016-11-29T14:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/15/facts-or-feelings/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fredgraph.pngfredgraphThe University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Poll, since 2000. Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gallup-direction.pngGallup DirectionThe Gallup Poll, "Is this country going the right direction?" 2016-08-19T17:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/12/resetting-the-middle-east/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/egypt-volleyball.jpgEgypt VolleyballDoaa Elghobashy of Egypt competing in Beach Volleyball at the 2016 Olympic Games. A perfect symbol of a nation in two worlds at once.2016-08-14T16:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/10/energy-independence-and-beyond/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fredgraph-2.pngfredgraph (2)Current Account (trade in goods and services) as a Percent of GDP. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-08-10T19:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/25/countering-bs-arguments/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/corp-profits.jpgCorp ProfitsCorporate Profits.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-4.pngfredgraph (4)Civilian Workforce Participation Rate, going back to WWII. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/crime.jpgcrimeViolent Crime since 1970. Data from the FBI.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/food-stamps.pngFood StampsAmericans on Food Stamps. From Bloomberg.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-32.pngfredgraph (3)Civilian Workforce Participation Rate, going back to WWII. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/not-working-2014-pie.jpgNot Working 2014 PieReasons why Americans Aren't Working, end of 2014. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-21.pngfredgraph (2)Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate since 2000. It's the percentage of people over 16 have a job. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-11.pngfredgraph (1)Total Unemployment (U6) since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph.pngfredgraphThe total number of workers in the US since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-08-08T21:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/08/player-piano-2/2016-08-09T15:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/03/the-future-of-work/2016-08-08T07:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/05/happy-as-a-pig-in-something/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/heels.jpgHeelsWouldn't "Heels over Head" be more unusual?2016-08-05T16:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/08/01/progress-and-history/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/life-expectancy-us-1850-1990.jpgLife-expectancy-US-1850-1990US Life expectancy. From Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition, 2000.2016-08-02T15:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/29/spring-is-coming/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/total-salary-compensation.pngTotal Salary CompensationTotal compensation of all workers, billions of 2016 dollars (adjusted). Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/monthly-job-growth.pngMonthly Job GrowthMonthly job growth since 2008. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/weekly-earnings.pngWeekly EarningsWeekly earnings by workers, adjusted to 2016 dollars. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/labor-force-participation-rate-projection.pngLabor Force Participation Rate ProjectionThe BLS projection for Labor Force Participation.2016-07-29T14:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/27/beyond-watergate/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/gaazprom.jpgGaazpromThe headquarters of Gazprom, the state owned centerpiece of the Russian natural gas bonanza.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/birth-cert.jpgBirth CertWe first saw Trump's famous "double down and deny" strategy after this was produced. Why did it continue?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/felix_sater.jpgFelix_SaterFelix Sater.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/manafort.jpgManafortPaul Manafort.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/140915165158-computer-hacker-exlarge-169.jpg140915165158-computer-hacker-exlarge-169Email hacks are common, and most are traced to Russia.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/woodward-and-bernstein.jpgWOODWARD-AND-BERNSTEINBob Woodward and Carl Berstein, back in the day.2016-08-08T02:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/22/three-views-of-the-economy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-31.pngfredgraph (3)Mean Length of Unemployment, since 1948. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-07-22T16:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/20/erdogans-power-grab/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/turkey-coup.jpgTurkey CoupTurks face down tanks in opposition to the failed coup. Erdogan's power comes from the people.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kemal.jpgKemalKemal Ataturk, father of secular Turkey.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/erdogan.jpgErdoganRecep Erdogan of Turkey2016-07-20T19:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/how-you-can-help/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/order-chaos.jpgOrder ChaosPick one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/youtube.pngyoutube2016-07-18T20:01:24+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2016/07/18/the-race-is-hotter-than-july/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/pence.jpgPenceGov. Mike Pence. Does he get to define himself?2016-07-21T21:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/15/forcing-investment/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/beyonce.jpgBeyonceTwo things in this world you don't want to mess with - the bond market and Beyoncé.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-2.pngfredgraph (2)More recent trends in GDP and the 30yr Bond.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-1.pngfredgraph (1)Change in GDP versus the yield of the 30yr TBill since 1973. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hamilton.jpgHamiltonLin Manuel Miranda as Hamilton. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fredgraph-3.pngGold per ounceThe price of Gold since we made the call it would slip below $1,000 per ounce.2016-07-15T17:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/13/the-big-endorsement/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/poll.jpgPollThe Reuters / Ipsos polls results on 12 July 2016, broken down by age group.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sanders-clinton.jpgSanders ClintonBernie talks, Hillary beams. They're all getting what they want.2016-07-13T17:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/11/us-versus-them-put-it-to-an-end/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rashad-turner.jpgRashad Turner, Black Lives Matter, St Paul. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/i-94.jpgI-94The endgame. It had to be with the police as there was no other possible outcome.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/94early.jpg94earlyI-94, the racist scar that remains after 55 years.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/philandro.jpgPhilandroPhilandro Castille in his Saint Paul Public Schools garb. The kids at JJ Hill Montessori loved him.2016-11-16T01:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/08/corporate-taxes/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/medtronic.jpgMedtronicMedtronic's "headquarters" in Galway.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/budgeting-2.jpgbudgeting-2Perfect balance - perfect tax bill (zip).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/profit1.jpgProfit1What everyone wants - until the tax bill comes.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ball.jpgballOne big market.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/s-corp-or-c-corp-thumb.jpgS-Corp-or-C-Corp-thumbPick one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/corps-by-year.pngCorps by YearCorporations by year, from the American Tax Foundation.2016-07-08T15:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/06/about-those-e-mails/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/comey.jpgComeyFBI DIrector James Comey, 2016-07-06T15:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/how-you-can-help/sponsorship/2016-07-05T01:43:51+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2016/07/04/fly-the-flag-4/2016-07-04T22:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/07/01/the-star-spangled-banner/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/old-glory.jpgOld GloryOld Glory.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/homeplate.jpgHomePlateThe Home Plate of Old Comiskey, now in the parking lot north of New Comiskey.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/comiskey751.jpgcomiskey751Comiskey Park (1910 - 1990)2016-07-08T16:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/29/big-ideas-fall-apart/2016-07-03T22:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/27/brexit-blowup/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/corbyn.jpgCorbynSorry, Corbyn, you're on your way out.2016-06-28T18:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/24/about-this-eu-thing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lfpvsgini.jpglfpvsginiDevelop Nations + BRICS plotted as the Gini Index (higher is more inequality) vs Labor Force Participation Rate. Data from the World Bank and OECD Index.2016-06-28T13:50:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/22/dump-trump/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/trump-u.jpgTrump URule #1: Have an actual product to market.2016-06-22T17:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/20/risk-aversion/2016-06-20T15:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/17/brexit-turns-violent/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/90005689_jocoxtributespa.jpg_90005689_jocoxtributespaAn impromptu tribute to Jo Cox in Parliament Square in London.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cameron-merkel.jpgCameron Merkel"Are you really ready to leave, David?" Prime Minister Cameron and Chancellor Merkel. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ballot.jpgBallotThe ballot for 23 June. A simple question loaded with complex considerations and emotions.2016-06-21T16:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/15/common-sense-gun-laws/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nj.jpgNJAn example of the current form, this one in New Jersey.2016-06-15T19:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/13/constant-outrage/2016-07-13T16:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/10/turning-texas-blue/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cristobal-alex-latino.jpgcristobal alex latinoCristobal Alex, the man who will paint Texas blue.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/opencarrytexas.jpgopencarrytexasThe conventional view of Texas - very white, very Republican, and more than a little nutty.2016-06-26T21:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/08/finding-good/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chakras5.jpgChakrasWomanDescriptionIf you want to go further, good writing resonates through all of the Chakras. But let's start with three.2016-06-17T10:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/06/the-campaign-ahead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/texas.jpgTexasTexas should see a lot more of this.2016-06-21T03:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/03/everything-counts-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/st-stans.jpgSt StansSt Stan's Churchhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fr-clay.jpgFR.-CLAYFather Clay, Pastor of St Stanislaus (St Stan's) Catholic Church since 1975.2016-06-05T17:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/06/01/neoliberalism-oversold-yes/2016-06-01T20:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/30/leadership-d-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/destroyers.jpgDestroyersA depiction of the Destroyers, led by the USS Frankford, nearly running aground to supply close support.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cota.jpgCotaBrigadier General Norman Cotahttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/towards-omaha.jpgTowards OmahaUS Soldiers heading towards Omaha Beachhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eisenhower.jpgeisenhowerSupreme Allied Commander Gen. Eisenhowerhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/omaha.jpgOmahaOmaha Beach on D-Day2016-05-31T07:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/27/memorial-day-4/2016-05-28T05:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/25/automation-for-people/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/jetson_button2.pngjetson_button2Meet George Jetson. The Button is his master.2016-05-26T22:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/23/national-identity/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1968.png1968The 1968 Democratic Convention was just one very big sign that everything had fallen apart.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bismarck_pickelhaube.jpgBismarck_pickelhaubeOtto von Bismark, not realizing that this picture would eventually look more like a cartoon than a human. Empire does that to people.2016-05-23T21:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/20/eyes-on-the-prize-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/politifact-photos-politifact-photos-vegas_sanders.jpgpolitifact-photos-politifact-photos-vegas_sandersA scene from the Nevada State Democratic Convention.2016-05-21T17:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/18/gun-rights/2016-05-23T01:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/16/break-big-banks/2016-05-16T18:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/13/reinventing-the-labor-market/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/days-to-fill.pngDays to FillIt currently takes 26 days on average to fill a job opening. From a Duetsche Bank report.2016-05-13T16:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/11/buncombe/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/walker-memorial.jpgWalker MemorialMonument to Felix Walker somewhere near where he is believed to be buried in Clinton, Mississippi.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ryan.jpgRyanRyan can't get away with as much as he'd like. What happens to the resentment built over this?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/patriot.jpgpatriotThere are no known portraits of Felix Walker, so here is a pic of Mel Gibson from "The Patriot". Why not?2016-05-11T15:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/09/job-growth-crashes/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/job-growth-as-percent.pngJob Growth as PercentYear over year growth in jobs (blue line) is still outpacing growth in population (red). From the St Louis Federal Reserve2016-05-10T22:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/06/angry/2016-05-08T14:52:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/04/visions-for-west-seventh/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/herb-brooks.jpgHerb BrooksStreet furniture, like lighting, benches, and even statues, tie everything together for solid "placemaking".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/streetcar.jpgStreetcarMy best guess as to what Seventh wants. The streetcars share a lane with traffic (and may just be buses until a certain ridership threshold is hit).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lrt-traffic.jpgLRT TrafficA "Hybrid" of LRT in traffic, from the Riverview studies.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lrt-fixed1.jpgLRT FixedHow a full-blown LRT implementation might look, as per the Riverview studies.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lrt-fixed.jpgLRT FixedA full LRT implementation as per the Riverview Corridor effort's study on how it would look.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lrt-heaven.jpgLRT HeavenIf it were all about trains ... presuming the widest place for them, at a stop.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cycling-elysium.jpgCycling ElysiumBikes don't ask for much, but a safe bike route needs some space.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pedestrian.jpgPedestrianIf it was all about the Xcel Crowds - and 100 or more nights a year, it is.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/carvana.jpgCarvanaIf cars really did rule the street ...https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/existing.jpgExistingThe existing West Seventh cross section between Walnut and Chestnut.2016-05-05T03:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/05/02/age-of-anxiety-2/2016-05-02T19:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/29/the-big-rally/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rally-mom.jpgRally Mom"When you were a baby, I took you to see Bernie!"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sanders-rally.jpgLouisiana Rally with Bernie SandersA Sanders rally in Kenner, LA2016-04-29T18:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/27/boundaries/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/100.jpg100https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/carl-jung-irritates-728x400.jpgcarl-jung-irritates-728x400Yes, let's get Jungian about it - if it helps.2016-04-27T20:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/22/still-not-over/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/elsa.jpgElsaClinton is not an Ice Queen. Seriously. She's not.2016-04-24T22:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/20/spatters-of-dragon-blood/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/money-laundering.jpgmoney launderingIf only it were this easy. But it is becoming this mechanical.2016-04-20T18:28:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/18/a-durable-city/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/interiorstudio2_northernwarehouse_web.jpginteriorstudio2_northernwarehouse_webThe interior of the Northern Artists' Coop in Lowertown. Flexible space has many uses.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/333-hennepin.jpg333 HennepinA proposed 28 story apartment building at 333 Hennepin, Northeast. Seriously, WTF?2016-04-18T23:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/15/japan-down-the-rabbit-hole/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/black_retire.jpgblack_retirehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/workers.jpgworkersAs Boomers age there will be more retirees for everyone still working.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wokers.gifwokersThe IMF projection of workers per retiree in developed nations. Japan is just ahead of us in this regard.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kuroda.jpgKurodaKuroda, explaining where things are. The charts have gone 3D.2016-04-15T19:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/13/the-case-for-pragmatism/2016-04-13T16:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/11/the-1-try-the-31/2016-04-12T16:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/08/the-next-economy-an-8-point-plan/2016-05-16T01:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/06/todays-pirates-the-panama-papers/2016-04-10T19:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/04/outrage/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/freeman.jpgfreemanHennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman2016-04-09T18:24:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/04/01/on-wisconsin/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/favre.jpgPackers Favre FootballThe analogies come from football. Or war. They're rather similar.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/innercowhero.jpgcowHow ya doin'?2016-04-02T04:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/30/fed-futzes-fuses-financial-fracas/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/invest-gdp-share.pngInvest GDP sharePrivate investment as a share of GDP since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-03-31T00:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/28/a-smaller-government-is-a-peaceful-government/2016-03-28T23:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/25/how-the-system-works/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/arizona_voting_ap_img.jpgArizona_voting_AP_imgWaiting in line to vote in Arizona. A very long line.2016-03-26T22:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/23/coopertition-2/2016-03-24T17:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/21/racism/2016-08-08T15:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/18/trade-deals-bad-deals/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/production.pngProductionManufacturing output, adjusted for inflation, with 2012 defined as 100. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/employment.pngemploymentTotal US Manufacturing Employment. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-03-21T02:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/16/original-source/2016-03-17T20:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/14/it-gets-serious/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/trump-more-violence.jpgTrump More ViolenceTrump supporters aren't likely theater people, at least outside of the WWE sense of it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/trump-violence.jpgTrump ViolenceThe protests in the streets went as street protests usually do - more than a little messy.2016-03-16T15:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/11/definitely-not-over/2016-03-13T23:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/09/flexible-cities/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bitola_2007.jpgBitola, Macedonia, has a traditional neighborhood that never was changed. It's all "mixed use".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/post-and-beam-construction-2.jpgpost-and-beam-construction-2Post and Beam construction, done really big. It's essentially a barn, but it works.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/open-concept.jpgOpen ConceptA trendy "Open Concept" (really "Open Design") home with few walls.2016-03-10T17:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/07/the-industrial-arts/2016-03-07T00:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/04/the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/buffett.jpgBuffettBuffett looks up.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fear.jpgfearNo one who fears is truly free.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gold.pngGoldGold, $/oz, since the big peak in 2011. From the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-03-05T21:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/03/02/7346/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/clinton-sanders.jpegClinton SandersWe all know they are better together.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/robertreich.jpgRobert ReichRobert Reich2016-03-04T03:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/29/54-counting-slowly/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rossini.jpgRossiniThe most famous picture of Rossini, late in life.2016-03-01T17:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/26/scary-ol-populism/2016-02-27T22:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/24/be-careful-what-you-measure/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/retail-growth.pngRetail GrowthYear-over-Year (YoY) growth in retail sales since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2016-02-25T15:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/22/apple-and-the-good-fight/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tim-cook.jpgTim CookTim Cook, Apple CEO, is sticking his neck out on this one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gavel.jpggavelWho is the judge pounding the gavel?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/iphone.pngiphoneToday's phones are more than just phones - they are our lives in a box.2016-02-22T19:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/19/to-my-generation-gen-x/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nirvana-nevermind-300px.jpgNirvana-Nevermind-300pxHad to have this up. It's not worth fighting over.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/genx.jpgGenXYou can't define us. Hell, we can't define us - so we don't try.2016-02-21T22:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/17/market-funk/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/funk.jpgFunkThese days, it's Downtown that'll funk you up.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/usx.pngUSXThe US Dollar Index (USX) since 2000.2016-02-19T00:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/15/just-plain-lazy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/patrick.pngPatrickPatrick for Congress! "We can't do worse."https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mcconnell.jpgMcConnellSen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) There are worse pictures of him.2016-02-17T00:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/12/give-peace-a-chance/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/red-state-blue-state.pngRed-State-Blue-StateThat's a long front line.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aversion.pngaversionit's a heavy load.2016-02-12T20:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/10/lift-every-voice-and-sing-2/2016-02-10T17:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/08/no-more-games/2016-02-08T19:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/05/crying-wolf/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fairy-tale-village-efteling-the-netherlands.jpgFairy-Tale-Village-Efteling-The-NetherlandsGullibalogna, in the winter.2016-02-08T10:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/03/but-what-about-those-republicans/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rubio.jpgGANG OF EIGHT SPEAK ON IMMIGRATION ON CAPITOL HILLMarco Rubio (R-FL)2016-02-03T21:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/02/01/four-views-two-candidates/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/teddy.jpgTeddy Kennedy, campaigning in 1980.2016-02-17T18:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/29/fun-times-in-iowa/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/superdelegate.pngSuperDelegateSuperdelegates actually look like mild mannered Democrats most of the time.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/caucus.jpgCaucusLook fun yet?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hokey.jpghokeyBonus Points to anyone who knows why there's a pic of a turkey dancing here.2016-01-30T15:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/27/its-a-downer-kinda-thang/2016-01-28T23:46:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/25/transit-in-the-twin-cities/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ford.jpgblg 33 aerial photosThe Ford Site is the big redevelopment prize, but serving it will be hard. So how will it be done well?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/trolley-conductor.jpgTrolley ConductorWhat all transit needs is someone obviously in charge.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cp.jpgjea 0020 rail yardThe CP line and railyard are dominant features in St Paul.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/urban-streetscape.jpgUrban StreetscapeA pleasant urban street.2016-01-26T18:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/22/skiing-the-digital-divide/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/biden.jpgBidenUnca Joe at the Davos WEF 2016https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/paper-push.jpgpaper pushBack in the day, some of that paper were xeroxed things you'd now call "memes" and share on facebook.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4th-industrial-revolution1.png4th-industrial-revolution12016-01-24T19:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/20/the-democrats-year/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vote.jpgVoteNo one votes like this anymore, but the image stays.2016-01-22T16:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/18/the-struggle-continues/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tavis-smiley.jpegTavis SmileyTavis Smiley2016-01-20T00:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/15/the-dragon-bleeds/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/china-pollution.jpgChina pollutionWhat happens when Chinese see themselves as victims of their system?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yuan-tea.jpgYuan TeaYou like your tea green or fermented?2016-01-17T01:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/13/the-faith-of-bach/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fiddle.jpgfiddlePerhaps this is indeed how the creator sees us all.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jesus.jpgJesusIt's not easy to always walk with Jesus, but He understands.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/frederick.jpgFrederickFrederick the Great, King of Prussiahttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/zimmermans-coffee-house.jpgzimmermans-coffee-houseZimmerman's Coffee House2016-01-13T17:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/01/happy-new-year-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10yr-6-mon.jpg10yr 6 monThe last six months for the 10yr TBill. From Yahoo! Finance.2016-01-11T03:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/11/the-case-for-clinton/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fdr.jpgFDR"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."2016-02-01T04:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/08/panic-or-laugh/2016-01-12T15:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/06/people-not-guns/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/obama-gun.pngObama GunTears after Sandy Hook. Tears after all daily news. 2016-09-16T12:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2016/01/04/not-our-big-fight/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dubai-fire.pngdubai-fireA truly bad omen for the new year.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/abduallah_obama_3153001c.jpgabduallah_obama_3153001cThe look chummy, but was it all a show?2016-01-06T17:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/30/humanity-boiled-away/2015-12-30T17:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/28/careful-what-you-wish-for/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/all-one-logo-21.jpgALL-oNE-Logo-21A logo for "ALL oNE", a left-libertarian group. The wobblie-ness of it is a key feature.2015-12-29T18:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/25/josephs-journey/2015-12-26T16:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/23/stop-count-our-blessings/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circle_cos_sin.gifCircle_cos_sinNot opposites, but reactions.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/waronchristmas.jpgWarOnChristmasAll things come 'round, all things go 'round.2015-12-23T21:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/21/starts-with-an-idea/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hands-300x280.jpghands-300x280Equity at its best is partnership.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/s-rumold-fp-pyramid.pngS.Rumold-FP-PyramidThe financial pyramid. It's built on a solid foundation.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sharks.jpgsharksDo not feed them. Please.2015-12-23T16:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/18/can-we-talk/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sidhetalk.pngSidheTalkWould Pope Francis approve? Sure!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/troll-6.jpgtroll 6Not all "trolls" look like this. But it's fun to image that they do.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/female-giving-a-talk-at-a-podium.jpgFemale-giving-a-talk-at-a-podiumA podium may feel nice, but you have to trust your audience more to make a real connection.2015-12-20T19:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/16/ready-for-anything/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/yuan.jpgYuanThe Chinese Yuan (Renminbi).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10yr.jpg10yrNet interest for the 10yr Treasury Bill, with the 50-day average in red. There is no solid "trend". From Yahoo! Finance.2015-12-18T19:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/14/charlie-brown-christmas/2015-12-15T17:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/11/crossing-the-line/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/trump_your_cat_1.jpgtrump_your_cat_1This is as close to a picture of him that I'll use.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cartman-hitler.jpgcartman-hitlerCartman as Hitler. Did anyone ever think reality would catch up with this?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/matt-trey.jpgMatt TreyMatt & Trey of "South Park". They know the line better than anyone.2015-12-12T01:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/09/empathy-2/2015-12-11T20:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/07/as-words-fail/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/brain1.jpgbrain1The human brain must express itself or it fails to remain human.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ak47.pngAK47https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ptsd-300x233.jpgptsd-300x233We know it happens in our soldiers. But it is happening in all of us who live in a violent world.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sb-shooting-suv.jpgsb-shooting-suvWhat more can we say?2015-12-10T16:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/04/black-lives-matter/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nekima.jpgnekimaNekima Levy-Pounds of the Minneapolis NAACP, a principle founder of BLM Minneapolis.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/problem-property.jpgproblem-propertyBad people leave a lot of destruction in their wake. All the resources of the city have to come to bear.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20130510__cl-mpls-shooting-1.jpg20130510__cl mpls shooting 1Jamar Clark's death was not the only incident.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/white-hand.jpgwhite handI know I'll be OK based on this color. That's white privilege for ya.2015-12-26T03:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/12/02/peoples-economics/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a_sunday_on_la_grande_jatte_georges_seurat_1884.pngA_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte,_Georges_Seurat,_1884Don't stand too close, you'll miss it!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kids.jpgkidsThe future is theirs. Let's make it bright!2015-12-04T01:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/30/violence-at-the-core/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mandela.jpgMandelaNelson Mandela made a lot more progress as a fighter for peace and order.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wwi.jpgWWIMass killing for political aims was not invented by Europeans, but they sure perfected it - and relied on it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/blm-white-violence.jpgBLM White violenceFrom the recent Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis. The two were identified as a Disciples of Christ Pastor and a Presbyterian Minister. The get this.2015-12-02T17:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/27/a-bit-darker/2015-11-29T21:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/25/give-thanks/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/black_and_white_handshake.jpgBlack and white handshakeBeing polite is easy. There are no good excuses for not doing it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/liberty.jpgEllis Island"I lift my lamp beside the golden door."2015-11-27T21:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/23/rising-again/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/big-mac.jpgBig macThe standard commodity that is the same everywhere - but made from local materials & labor. And the indigestion is the same, too.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/msci-emerging.pngmsci emergingThe MCSI Emerging Markets Index. From FT.com.2015-11-25T01:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/20/all-politics-is-stupid/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paris-terror-attack.jpgparis-terror-attackStand with Paris - not fear.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/syrians.jpgSyriansDesperation.2015-11-23T22:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/18/money-down-a-hole/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fossilfuel_infographic_5.pngfossilfuel_infographic_5Infographic supplied by ODI.2015-11-19T17:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/16/black-friday-2/2015-11-17T15:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/13/not-so-fast/2015-11-15T00:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/11/curtain-rises-on-kashkari/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tarp.jpgTARPTestifying before Congress on the TARP funding. He's been in the hotseat.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fed-districts.gifFed DistrictsThe Federal Reserve Districts. Minneapolis is Number 9, or "I" to those of us who are dollar bill watchers.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kashkari.jpgkashkariWhat does Neel Kashkari know that you don't?2015-11-12T19:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/09/a-thanksgiving-deliverence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/thanksgiving.jpgThanksgivingAnd so the tradition was born ...2015-11-11T16:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/06/ready-for-liftoff/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/10yr-6-mon.jpg10yr 6 monNet interest on the 10yr T-Bill has jumped like crazy over the last 6 months. Chart from Yahoo! Finance.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/initial-claims-2015.pngInitial Claims 2015Initial Claims for Unemployment keep hitting new lows in 2015. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-11-07T23:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/04/failing-facts/2015-11-06T07:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/11/02/too-much-credit/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/financial-capacity.pngFinancial CapacityFinancial Capacity, defined as available private credit as a share of GDP, since 1952. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/roger-bootle.jpgRoger BootleRoger Bootle is always looking out for new perspectives.2015-11-03T16:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/30/tempus-fugit-2/2015-11-02T04:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/28/paint-the-map-blue/2015-10-29T13:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/26/credit-cards-still-failing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fraud.jpgfraudThe new chip cards, introduced in Canada in 2008, did reduce fraud.2015-10-28T17:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/23/clinton-the-team/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cummings.jpgCummingsElijah Cummings (D-MD) did his job very, very well.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/biden.jpgbidenUnca Joe will make an excellent elder statesman.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/clinton.jpgHillary Clinton"I got this."2015-10-26T02:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/21/the-glass-steagall-battle/2015-10-26T02:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/19/econ-for-everyone/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/beer-hall.jpgbeer hallMost of my ideas come from informal conversations with smart people. This is definitely my definition of fun!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/me.jpgMeHello! Can't wait to see you in real life!2015-10-26T02:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/16/holiday-shopping-2015/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/santa-clause.jpgsanta-clauseNow, that's a retail forecast!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/holiday-sales.pngholiday salesHoliday sales history, from the NRF.2015-10-16T17:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/14/first-democratic-debate/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/data.jpgDataControl over the streams of data is control over a lot.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/omalley.jpgOMalleyMartin O'Malley looking up?2015-10-14T15:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/12/never-ending-conflict/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mohammed_bin_salman_al-saud2.jpgMohammed_Bin_Salman_al-Saud2Saudi Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/azaz_syria.jpgAzaz,_SyriaWhat's left of Azaz, Syria.2015-10-12T17:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/09/republican-chaos-democrats-in-charge/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/running-dogs.jpgrunning-dogsCry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/duckworth.jpgDuckworthRep Tammy Diuckworth (D-IL)2015-10-09T18:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/07/runnin-on-empty/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/checkbook.jpgCheckbookDon't look, it'll only depress you.2015-10-08T17:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/05/bad-jobs-numbers/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/statistics.pngStatisticsStatistics can tell us a lot, but it also tells us the limits of what it can tell us (when we pay attention).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/adpblsannual.jpgADP+BLSannualhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/adpblsmonthly.jpgADP+BLSmonthlyhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/clipboard.jpgclipboardCould you please fill out this survey? Thanks!2015-10-05T19:49:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/10/02/black-hole/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hymanminsky.jpgHymanMinskyHyman Minsky. 2015-10-06T04:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/30/reforming-reform/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/thesoundofmusic.jpgTheSoundOfMusicLet's start at the very beginning.2015-10-04T17:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/28/exit-boehner-enter/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kevin_mccarthy2.jpgKevin_McCarthy2Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/founding-fathers.jpgfounding-fathersThe only reason we can talk about the Founding Fathers as a group is they got over their petty differences.2015-09-29T19:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/25/good-news-its-good-news/2015-09-26T18:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/23/pope-francis-teacher/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sermon-mount.jpgsermon-mountComfort the disturbed, Disturb the comfortable. As long as they all listen ...https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/so-close.jpgSo CloseHoly Father, how will we do that? Can we think through this a bit?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/immigration.jpgimmigrationPeople are here. Deal with it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/franciswashington.jpgFrancisWashington"Wait until you see what I have for you!"2015-09-23T23:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/21/read-their-lips/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/balance-budget.jpgbalance-budgetA balanced budget is a happy budget. And we see problems coming if we don't act soon.2015-09-22T22:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/18/s-s-same-as-it-ever-was/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/choice.jpgChoiceIt's getting to the point where you label just who owns your body. (you do)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/debate.jpgGood luck getting this party together, but we hope you keep trying.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pp-protest.jpgPP ProtestPlanned Parenthood really excites the right - but more and more also the left and center.2015-09-22T15:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/16/6962/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ha-tien.jpgha tienOne of my favorite stores on University Ave, Ha Tien grocery.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mississippi-river-st-paul-minnesota.jpgMississippi-River-St-Paul-MinnesotaDowntown St Paul, Minnesota. My home town.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/le-corbusier.jpgle corbusierPlan by Le Corbusier (Eduard Generet) for remodeling Paris, 19252015-09-18T00:57:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/14/anarchy-in-the-uk/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cameron.jpgDavid CameronDavid Cameron likes his new opposition leader - but he is always a bit too smug for taste.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sid-vicious.jpgSid ViciousThe US tends to import a lot of interesting trends from the UK.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jeremy-corbyn_3341664b.jpgjeremy-corbyn_3341664bWho do you think you're dealing with? Jeremy Corbyn, new Labour Party leader.2015-09-16T00:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/11/the-day-the-world-changed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mukker2-v2.jpegmukker2-v2Inderjit Singh Mukker was beaten badly just yesterday in Chicago by thugs calling him "bin Laden" and a "terrorist". He is Sikh.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bush-bunker.jpgBush BunkerGW Bush heading into the SAC bunker on 9/11.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/towers.jpgTowersThe image we cannot forget.2015-09-13T21:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/09/the-case-for-raising/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/money-fight.jpgMen pulling tug of war with bag of money on itThere's always a fight. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mankiw.jpgMankiwThe Mankiw Equation, in blue, vs the actual Fed Funds Rate, in red, since 1957. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/u6.jpgU6U6 unemployment since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-09-10T23:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/07/labor-day-2/2015-09-09T15:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/04/a-critical-weekend/2015-09-05T22:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/09/02/a-hell-of-a-show/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/usbankstadium.jpgusbankstadiumUS Bank Stadium will be home to the Vikings next year. I'm still not impressed (though I'm paying for this thing).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dan-fouts.jpgdan-foutsDan Fouts, a worthy adversary.2015-09-03T12:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/31/the-idiot-diet/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phosphoric-acid.jpgphosphoric acidNow available in cola flavor! Yes, this is why it's great for cleaning spark plugs and valves.2015-08-31T21:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/28/drama-over-yet/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/capital-investment.jpgcapital-investmentStrong capital investment today looks like a net negative on Wall Street. But the benefits come later.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/strong-economy.jpgStrong EconomyThis is the plan, yes.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vix.jpgVIXThe Volatility Index (VIX) for the last month. The spike is nasty, and hasn't entirely retreated. From Yahoo! Finance.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/initial-claims.jpgInitial ClaimsInitial Claims for Unemployment, a measure of how many people lost their job in the last week. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-08-28T14:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/26/about-that-rate-increase/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/forex-carry-trade.jpgForex-carry-tradeLocked together. Note all the arms are rather pale.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/renminbi.jpgRenminbiThe People's Currency. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10yrspread.jpg10yrSpreadThe "spread" between the 10yr Treasury Bill and the Fed Funds Rate. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-08-27T19:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/24/for-what-its-worth-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/blm_clinton.jpgblm_clintonA still from the meeting of Clinton and BLM. Yes, she does look uncomfortable.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kerry.jpgKerryHere's a guy we let twist in the wind. Secretary John Kerry, the man that was trounced by GW Bush. Yes, that Bush.2015-08-25T16:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/21/stock-panic/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sp500.jpgSP500The last year of the S&P 500, from Yahoo Finance.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/stock-market-panic.pngStock-market-panicBad stock news requires a picture like this. Apparently, these traders still exist.2015-08-23T23:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/19/womens-equality-day-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/alice-paul.jpgAlice PaulAlice Paul, champion of the Suffragette movement that led to the 19th Amendment.2015-08-20T22:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/17/density-gradient/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/opus.jpgOpusThe Opus development at Seven Corners.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/freeway.jpgfreewayThe bad old days. But we also still do this.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rochat-louise-sauerwein_block.jpgRochat-Louise-Sauerwein_BlockThe Rochat-Louise-Sauerwein Block on West Seventhhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/density.jpgDensityhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/density-gradient-explained.jpgDensity Gradient Explained2015-08-17T21:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/14/summer-of-discontent/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sanders.jpgSandersStill Feel the Bern? https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jeb.jpgJebHas Jeb given up? No, but he looks like it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/megynkelly.jpgMegynKellyMegyn Kelly in her Glory Daze at Fox.2015-08-15T14:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/12/people-not-a-machine/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/clipboard.jpgclipboard"Mind if we watch what you're doing and take notes?"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/h-simon.jpgH-SimonA good quote from Herb Simon.2015-08-30T04:48:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/10/post-capitalist-pre-something/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10yrrate.jpg10yrRateEffective yield of the 10 year Treasury Bill over time, a benchmark for real interest rates. It keeps dropping.2015-08-27T19:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/07/shows-over/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2016-electoral-college.jpg2016 Electoral CollegeMoody's Analytics prediction for the 2016 Electoral Collegehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bill.jpgBillBill Clinton. 2015-08-07T22:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/05/demographics-is-still-destiny/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/laborpartrate.jpgLaborPartRateLabor force participation rate since 1947. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/u6change.jpgU6ChangeU6 Unemployment, the broadest measure, shown as a net change year to year.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/popgrowthlaborgrowth.jpgPopGrowthLaborGrowthWorking age population growth in blue, employment growth in red. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/demitrimartin.jpgDemitriMartinCharts are fun.2015-08-07T01:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/08/03/growth-is/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ducling.jpgduclingThis is the best image of happiness I can come up with.2015-08-03T16:47:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/31/fight-for-15/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cashier.jpgcashierCan he make a lot more? Or will his job only be more automated and turned into "self service"?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/minwagebyprodindexannote.jpgMinWagebyProdIndexAnnoteAn inflation and productivity adjusted minimum wage by year. Data from the St Louis Federal reserve, annotations by the author.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/productivityindex.jpgProductivityIndexA "productivity index" where 2015 output per worker is normalized to 1.00. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/minwageconst2015.jpgMinWageConst2015The Federal minimum wage, in constant 2015 dollars. Chart from the Federal Reserve of St Louis.2015-08-03T16:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/29/end-quarterly-capitalism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clinton.jpgClintonSec. Clinton right before her speech at NYU.2015-07-29T22:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/27/an-ethnic-pennsylvanian/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ben-franklin.jpgBen FranklinWhat would Ben Franklin say? Probably, "Get over yourself".2015-07-27T17:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/24/fear-doesnt-glitter/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/intellectual-property.jpgIntellectual PropertyAn economy based on software is an economy with less need for capital and more need for brains.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gold.jpgGoldGold. Lots of it. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/100-year-gold-annotate.jpg100-Year-Gold-AnnotateThe price of a Troy Ounce of gold in constant 2009 dollars, with annotations for bear and bull markets.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/100-year-history-of-gold.jpg100-Year-History-of-GoldThe price of a Troy Ounce of gold in constant 2009 dollars. From Kitco.2015-07-27T01:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/22/fight-it-with-funny/2015-07-23T01:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/20/crisis-and-calm/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/investperemployee.jpgInvestPerEmployeeCapital Investment per Employee in constant 2009 Dollars. From the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/domesticprivateinvestment.jpgDomesticPrivateInvestmentPrivate Investment since 2000, in constant 2009 Dollars. From the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-07-21T20:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/17/bear-or-bull/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bear.jpgBearBear markets, by PE Ratio, and where they end. From Crestmont Research.2015-07-20T02:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/15/tax-profits-not-labor/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/payems2000.jpgPayems2000Total employment since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/productivitysince2000.jpgProductivitySince2000Productivity since 2000, in constant 2009 Dollars. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gdpperworkercycles.jpgGDPperWorkerCyclesProductivity since 1947 in constant 2009 Dollars. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-07-16T21:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/13/broken-social-contract/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1950s-kitchen.jpg1950s-kitchenHey, people seemed happy. When was valium invented?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gdpperworker.jpgGDPperWorkerProductivity, defined as real (inflation adjusted) GDP per worker. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wagesinflation.jpgWagesInflationAverage (median) pay per worker in constant 2015 Dollars. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wagespergdp.jpgWagesperGDPWages as a share of GDP. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-07-13T23:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/10/chinese-meltdown-latin-america-next/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/embraer.jpgEmbraerWorkers building an Embraer plane in Brasil. Welcome to the developed world!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/chinese_soldier_on_tienanmen_square.jpgChinese_soldier_on_Tienanmen_SquareMao is always watching. Is he, though?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/latin_america_face_map.jpglatin_america_face_mapThose hungry eyes are watching us.2015-07-11T19:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/08/banks-amok-perhaps-not/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bank.jpgbankIt's interesting how the traditional view of a bank looks like the Parthenon.2015-07-08T23:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/06/oxi-means/2015-07-07T21:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/03/fly-the-flag-3/2015-07-06T00:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/07/01/qa-on-greece/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/greece.jpgGreeceThey didn't like having Germans tell them what to do in 1940, either.2015-07-06T00:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/29/scalia-scowls-take-notice/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/antonin_scalia_scotus_photo_portrait.jpgAntonin_Scalia,_SCOTUS_photo_portraitJustice Antonin Scalia. It's the argle that makes him smile more than the bargle.2015-06-30T14:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/26/glory-hallelujah/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rebelflag.jpgRebelFlagThe Rebel Flag still flies in South Carolina - for now.2015-06-27T02:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/24/a-new-democratic-platform/2015-06-25T20:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/22/pop-inspiration/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fry.jpgFryCognitive dissonance makes my head hurt.2015-06-22T20:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/19/tpp-a-slow-death/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tpp.jpegTPPObama attending one of the more public moments in TPP negotiations. 2017-07-18T20:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/17/part-time-work-revisited/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/part-time.pngPart TimeForced Part-Timers divided into "cyclical" and "structural" components, from the SF Fed report.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/parttimeeconomic.jpgPartTimeEconomicTotal number of those Part Time for Economic Reasons, chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve.2015-06-17T18:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/15/a-new-generations-time/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/protest.jpgUnrest somewhere in the world is often met with one of these declarations.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fighting-parents.jpgfighting-parentsIt doesn't do anyone any good.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sanders.jpgSandersSen Bernie Sanders (I-VT)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sinecosine.pngsinecosineSine (in red) and Cosine (in green). 2015-06-15T20:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/12/rockstar-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/theater-an-der-wien.jpgTheater an der WienTheater an der Wien, where it all started.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/prince_purplerain1.jpgprince_purplerain1Prince. We can call him that again, right?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/beethoven.jpgBeethovenLudwig van Beethoven2015-06-18T15:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/10/bad-weather-ahead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wall_st_bear.jpgwall_st_bearToday's bears are not irrational.2015-06-10T14:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/08/women-wielding-power/2015-07-12T20:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/05/not-hiring-but-not-firing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/berveridge.jpgBerveridgeThe Beveridge Curve since 2001. From the March 2015 JOLTS report, BLS.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ppopening.jpgPPOpeningUnemployed Persons (as per U3 definition) per Job Opening. From the March 2015 JOLTS report (BLS).https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/icratio.jpgICratioInitial Claims for Unemployment over Total Employment, displayed as the net percent of all jobs being lost each week. Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pinkslip.jpegpinkslipA thing of the past?2015-06-09T15:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/03/a-connected-approach/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/neurons.jpgneuronsOur brain remembers by making new connections, so the concept is central to our entire thought process.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/web.jpgwebIs it personal or is it ideological? It's always both.2015-06-04T16:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/06/01/gdp-down-take-it-with-a-little-seasoning/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gdpplus.jpgGDPplusGDP+ since 2011from the Philadelphia Federal Reservehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gdp2010.jpgGDP2010GDP by quarter since 2010. Chart by the Federal Reserve of St Louis.2015-06-01T18:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/29/catching-up-on-old-stories/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/us-debt-to-gdp-0515.pngUS-debt-to-GDP-0515Debt has been creeping up for a long time. It will take a long period of "deleveraging" to creep back down.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wti.jpgWTIThe price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) over the last two years. It isn't going up nearly as quickly as gasoline at the pump.2015-05-29T17:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/27/what-is-software-worth/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pricehdwrsftwr.jpgPriceHdwrSftwrExhibit 4 from Goldman's research, showing how computer hardware has a price "deflator" since 1995 but software does not.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jan-hatzius.jpgJan HatziusJan Hatzius, Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs. 2015-05-29T03:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/25/ireland-stands-for-equality/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/church.jpgChurchWhat's left of the Church in Ireland now?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ta.jpgtaA big Ta!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ireland-gay-marriage-referendum.jpgireland-gay-marriage-referendumA rally before the election. Yes.2015-05-26T18:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/22/memorial-day-in-oakland-cemetery-2/2015-05-26T01:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/20/devouring-the-dreams-and-cash/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/boeing3760.jpgboeing3760The WTO ruled that state subsidies to this Seattle Boeing plant were illegal. The result? Nothing.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/carrot-stick.jpgcarrot stickIf only companies were rabbits. Sadly, they want the ca$h money.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apple-computer-runner.jpgApple-Computer-RunnerLong ago, IBM was the "Big Brother" threat. Not so much anymore.2015-05-26T01:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/18/suspending-disbelief-2/2015-05-27T16:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/15/betting-on-low-interest/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yellen-laughing.jpgJanet YellenGo ahead, take us on!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/liquiditytrap.pngLiquidityTrapBetter than cheese, at least to the investment savvy mouse.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dollarspereuro.jpgdollarspereuroUS Dollars per Euro. Chart by the St Louis Fed.2015-05-21T20:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/13/productivity-panic/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/productivity-2000-on.gifProductivity 2000 onProductivity growth since 2000, from the BLS.2015-05-13T19:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/11/winds-of-change-blow-both-ways/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lost-confused.jpgLost and Confused SignpostWhich way?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rachel-notley.jpgRachel-NotleyRachel Notley, the new Premier of Alberta.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/margaret_thatcher.pngMargaret_ThatcherMargaret Thatcher. Hey, stop throwing things at the screen!2015-06-07T20:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/08/online-ad-bust/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blindfold.jpgBlindfoldWhat advertising really is.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mouse_money.jpgmouse_moneyIt's all about the clicks, except when it's all about the money.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/advertising.pngadvertisingUm ... no.2015-05-09T01:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/06/rue-brittania/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nicola_sturgeon.jpgNicola_SturgeonNicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, and the only real antidote to mushy politics in the UK.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ed_miliband_2.jpgEd_Miliband_2"Boyish Charm" only goes so far when electing a Prime Minister. Miliband has it in excess.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/david-cameron.jpgdavid-cameronDavid Cameron left because he felt he did not have public trust any longer. It was that simple.2015-05-08T14:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/04/sitting-on-cash/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/corp-cash-on-hand.pngcorp cash on handhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/corpprofit.jpgCorpProfit2015-07-23T11:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/05/01/a-workers-paradise/2015-05-03T03:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/29/restoring-order/2015-05-10T17:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/27/from-net-collector-to-payer/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/repoman4big.jpgrepoman4bigRepo men are always intense. But that has nothing to do with this repo rate.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dr-econ-q1-1-13.pngDr-Econ-q1-1-13Deposits by banks alone total $1.8T now, far exceeding what they are required to maintain.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/federal-reserve.jpgfederal-reserveThe headquarters of the Federal Reserve. Imposing, yes?2015-05-04T18:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/24/brothers-keeper/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/anger.jpgangerMany people feel angry when the world gets away from them constantly.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dilbert.jpgdilbertDilbert is good at what he does, but clueless outside of it. 2015-04-26T21:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/22/revelation/2015-04-26T21:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/20/cinco-de-mayo-3/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/accordian.jpgaccordianWhy so many accoridan playing mariachis? They, like the polkas, came with Germans.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/puebla.jpgPueblaA mural depicting the Battle of Peubla.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mexico.jpgMexicoMap of Mexico at independence, 1810.2015-04-26T21:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/17/exstasism-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kindness.jpgKindnessEncouraging kindness requires a cute cat pic.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/relativity.jpgRelativityNearly everything is a matter of perspective.2015-04-26T21:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/15/a-holiday-together/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/paying-taxes.jpgpaying-taxesOh, it's not this bad. It just feels like it.2015-04-26T21:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/13/the-race-is-on/2015-04-14T23:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/10/scenes-from-childhood/2015-04-13T15:10:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/08/cocktail-french/2015-04-09T19:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/06/eight-years-on/2015-04-07T03:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/03/pragmatism-2/2015-04-04T06:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/04/01/logistics/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/warehouse.jpgwarehouseWarehouses like this are simply not needed anymore.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mntkablvd.jpgMntkaBlvdThis bridge was completely gone in 56 hours.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/logistics.jpgLogisticsLogistics is much more than moving stuff around, but that's the main emphasis.2017-08-15T15:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/30/coopertition/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/peugeot107.jpgPeugeot107The Peugeot 107 - it's exactly the same as the Toyota Aygo, and sold in the same markets.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tradeshow.jpgTradeShowA classic trade convention, where people in the field swap stories (but leave out the good ones).2015-04-02T05:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/27/a-bloody-dangerous-game/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/shehab3.jpgShehab3An Iranian Shehab-3 Missile. We have more information on what Iran has than we do for Israel.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/houthi.jpgHouthiHouthi Rebels in Yemen. They are winning, though Saudi Arabia is now intervening.2015-04-12T19:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/25/technology-science/2015-03-28T15:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/23/flak-over-frack/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/flamingtap.jpgFlamingTapThe "flaming tap" caused by natural gas in ground water. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fracking.jpgFrackingThe Fracking Process. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/frackwell.jpgFrackWellA frack well tower in Pennsylvania. The reach of one of these may radiate out for miles.2015-03-24T22:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/20/whither-oil/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/oilwell.jpgoilwellOnce they stop drilling new wells, the price can only go up.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wti.jpgWTIWest Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, a benchmark grade, over the last year in $/bbl. Chart by the St Louis Fed.2015-03-27T14:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/18/smaller-government-peaceful-government/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/global.jpgGlobalThe world is connected. The answer is out there.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/military.jpg070331-A-0497K-009All this stuff is expensive.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fednetoutlaysgdp.jpgFedNetOutlaysGDPTotal Federal Outlays as a share of GDP, data from St Louis Federal Reserve2015-03-19T15:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/16/capital-idea/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/balanced-budget.jpgbalanced-budgetBalancing the budget isn't actually in the Constitution.2015-03-17T05:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/13/new-season-old-stories/2015-03-14T23:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/11/grandstanding-not-governing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dailynews.jpgDailyNewsIt's a bit much to call it treason, but it was dumb. And this is a paper that is against negotiating with Iran.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bonfire.jpgbonfireBlazinghttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tom_cotton_official_senate_photo.jpgTom_Cotton_official_Senate_photoSen Tom Cotton (R-AR). Yes, he is that wet behind the ears.2015-03-13T14:45:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/09/the-original-source/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ukraineag.jpgUkraineAgThreshing wheat in Ukraine. It's still non-GMO by law to this day.2015-03-11T19:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/06/iranian-ambition-the-great-chessgame/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/trust-building.jpgtrust buildingAs long as the arms catching aren't nuclear arms ... maybe?2015-03-16T16:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/16/putin-khameni-netanyahu-and-march/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/turkeypipeline2.pngTurkeyPipeline2Proposed pipelines across Turkey. All have been dropped.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/merkelmeme.jpgMerkelMemeI really want this meme to catch on. Really.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/natgas.jpgnatgas2015-03-05T19:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/04/payday-cant-come-fast-enough/2015-03-04T17:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/03/02/fed-raising-rates-when/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yellen-smiling.jpgYellen SmilingIt's gonna be allright ... Janet Yellen when she was introduced to the world in 2013.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mankiw.jpgMankiw2015-03-04T16:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/27/redefining-work/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bender.jpgBenderNot all robots are evil.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bk-coke.jpgBK CokeThe Coke machine at Burger King. Not a huge job killer, but a sign of the future?2015-09-29T13:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/25/humbling-cold/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/equality.jpgequalityWhen it's cold, we're all in it together.2015-02-27T20:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/23/greece-stands-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/panic.pngpanicPanic doesn't help anyone. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/varoufakis.pngVaroufakisGreek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, from his twitter account pic. No, I'm not kidding.2015-03-20T18:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/20/contracted-change/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hired.jpgHiredEmployees are ready to work, but the terms keep changing.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/contractworker.jpgcontractworkerSign it and get to work!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/selfemployed.jpgselfemployedThe official "Self Employed" number from the BLS over time.2015-02-26T19:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/18/europe-muddles-through/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/drachma1.jpgDrachmaWill we see the Drachma again? https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/drachma.jpgDrachmaWill we see the Drachma again? It's doubtful.2015-02-20T20:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/13/the-future-is-theirs/2016-01-20T20:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/11/audit-the-fed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/curtain.jpgcurtainWho is behind the curtain? There is no mystery here. Really.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rand-paul.jpgrand-paulSen Rand Paul (R-KY) is choosing to grandstand over doing actual work. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/feddists.jpgFedDistsThe 12 Federal Reserve Districts. All US Dollars are marked by which District issued them with letters A-L.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fed-ust.jpgFed USTThe Fed's holdings of US Treasuries. Data, like nearly all the data publicly available, from the St Louis Fed.2015-04-05T21:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/09/money-is-just-a-tool/2015-02-24T06:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/06/the-expectations-game/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/junkyardusa_1000.jpgJunkyardAt some point, money doesn't buy happiness - in only buys more waste.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/reagan.jpgReaganIncreasing the supply of investment capital makes sense when there is a shortage of it. There sure isn't now.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/oil.jpgoilDemand for oil didn't rise as fast as expected, so supply got ahead of it.2015-02-09T20:02:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/04/a-slippery-commodity/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/economics.jpgeconomicsEconomics has too much hand-waving to be an exact science. But it tries.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/albadri.jpgOPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri speaks during the Reuters Global Energy and Climate Summit in LondonOPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri wants to talk the price of oil up.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cheapgas.jpgGas below 2 dollarsA common sight throughout the nation lately.2015-02-11T19:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/02/02/lift-every-voice-sing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gwcarver.jpgGWCarverGeorge Washington Carver is one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, period.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kids.jpgKidsIt's always about our future as a people.2015-02-05T20:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/30/hot-center-to-a-cold-storm/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk.jpgUkraineRussian rebels in Eastern Ukraine, fighting through the Winter.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gorbachev2.jpggorbachev2Even Gorby is blaming this on the West, something we should take notice of.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/russia_bank_run.jpgStanding in line at a Russian bank. There are rumors this is happening a lot, but no solid media reports.2015-02-09T20:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/28/a-tale-of-two-classes/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/worker.jpgworkerConstruction is picking up along with everything else.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rollercoaster.jpgRollerCoasterIt seems like fun when you're at the top.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wagessince2006.jpgWagesSince2006Inflation adjusted hourly wages, on average, since 2006. From the Federal Reserve of St Louis.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spoctjan.jpgS&POctJanThe S&P 500 since October. It's been one Hell of a ride, and it's probably not over.2015-01-30T00:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/26/bibi-comes-to-washington/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hassan_rouhani.jpgHassan_RouhaniHassan Rouhani, President of Iran. He is not a reliable bogeyman, but can we go as far as to make peace with him?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fallen.jpgThe US is already war-weary. The last place we want to go into deeper is Israel.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/churchill.jpgChurchillThe last foreign leader who could tell us what to do. He's been dead for 50 years.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/netanyahu1.jpgNetanyahu simply looks like a hard-liner.2015-01-27T19:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/23/the-nightly-show/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cosby.pngcosbyWilmore takes on Cosby. "How many women have to accuse him before we accept it?"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/panel.jpgpanelWilmore with Sen Corey Booker (D-NJ) on his panel. He is the first, and probably the last, politician on The Nightly Show.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wilmore.jpgwilmoreLarry Wilmore's classic "What did you expect?" look. The real face of Black America, 100%.2015-01-25T21:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/21/why-economics/2015-01-22T17:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/19/franc-ly-you-must-be-kidding/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/broken-supply-chain.jpgbroken-supply-chainWhen currencies break, supply chains can break with them.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/upside-down-piggybank.jpgupside-down-piggybankBanking has turned upside down.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/matterhorn.jpgMatterhornThe Matterhorn, a big stable rock.2015-01-19T19:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/06/17/funny-is-more-fun/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oliver.jpgOliverhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/duckbar.jpgDuckBar2015-01-24T02:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/16/do-you-get-it/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/matt_trey.jpgMatt_TreyMatt & Trey of South Park. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lester.jpgLesterAlan Alda as Lester in "Crimes and Misdemeanors". 2015-01-20T17:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/14/forward-into-2015-and-beyond/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/skillsgap.jpgSkillsGapWho will replace him when he's ready to rest?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hillaryoath.jpgExpect to see this, but on the Capitol steps.2015-01-20T17:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/12/inflation-naw/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/globaltrade.pngGlobalTradeWhere are all those containers going?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/usd-index.jpgUSD IndexThe US Dollar Index since 2000, from the St Louis Federal Reserve. The recent gains have room to continue in historic terms.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eurusd.jpgEURUSDUS Dollars per Euro over the last year, from Oanda.com2015-01-13T20:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/09/je-suis-charlie/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gun.jpggunYou can't force respect.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/respect.jpgRespectA little respect goes a long way.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/freedom_of_speech.jpgFreedom_of_SpeechFree Speech, from Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms series. We don't live in this kind of world anymore.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/charlie.jpgCharlie2015-01-20T21:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/07/strategy-as-leadership/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bigbrother.jpgBigBrotherCharismatic leadership has become an excuse for excess. We've outgrown it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/roadmap.jpgroadmapOpen road would be nice, yes.2015-01-15T05:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/05/boehners-big-wave-goodbye/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/davecamp.jpgDaveCampRep Dave Camp. The serious ones have been the first to go.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jonstewart.jpgJonStewartJon Stewart, the only for sure winner, plots his next move.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gohmert.jpgGohmertRep Gohmert has his eye on something. I'm not sure I want to know what.2015-01-18T22:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2015/01/02/taking-care-of-creation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/romeny-obama-debate.jpgThe process of making Democracy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/johnpaulii.jpgSaint John Paul II. Would he approve? Sure.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/life-of-brian-sermon-on-the-mount.jpglife-of-brian-sermon-on-the-mountThe scene at the Sermon on the Mount. We always get it a bit wrong.2015-09-23T16:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/31/2014-ex-machina/2015-01-02T21:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/29/managing-inevitability-the-clinton-story/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hillarycoloringbook.jpghillarycoloringbookGet your copy today! https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/warrenclinton.jpgWarren, like Clinton, wants to win - for what she believes in.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hillarytexts.jpgHillaryTextsThe image that launched "Texts from Hillary". She's at her best looking bad-assed.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hillarycoloring.jpgHillaryColoringMy daughter Thryn coloring in Hillary Clinton's life.2015-02-08T02:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/portfolio/technical-portfolio/2014-12-26T20:33:20+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/portfolio/2014-in-review/2014-12-26T20:28:37+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/portfolio/2013-in-review/2014-12-26T19:08:04+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2014/12/26/a-tale-of-two-worlds/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ordem.jpgOrdemCan you see the future? Can we hope for order and progress?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/us-strength.jpgUS StrengthIs this the real American Century?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/putin-surrender.jpgPutin SurrenderThe Russian government has pretty much given up - on the Ruble, not power.2014-12-30T20:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/24/happy-christmas-happy-new-year/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gaspump.jpggaspumpLow gas prices make people happy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/retail.jpgretailRetail is always tricky.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mzmv.jpgMZMVVelocity of money, as MZM, since 2000. Data from the St Louis Federal Reserve2014-12-25T17:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/22/winter-arrives/2014-12-23T06:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/19/santas-downfall/2014-12-22T00:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/17/lowdown-oil/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/napoleons_retreat_from_moscow.jpgNapoleons_retreat_from_moscowWinter is unpleasant in Russia. Just as those who pushed it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ruble.jpgRubleIt's worth a lot less every day.2015-01-14T00:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/15/sen-warren-politics-inside-out/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bailout.jpgDemonstrators protest the U.S. Congress' proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry in New York's Times SquareIs there a party which really holds this belief?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/banker.jpgHappy Rich Businessman with US Dollars banknotes and Euro banknotesThe happy daze are over.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sen-warren.jpgSen WarrenSen. Warren in fighting form.2014-12-17T18:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/12/the-christmas-truce/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas_truce_poster.jpegChristmas_truce_posterA depiction of the Truce, as it passed into a terrific legend of Christmas peace,https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas-truce-map.jpgChristmas Truce MapA map of the Christmas Truce of 1914, from St Yves south.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas_truce_1914_iwm_hu_35801.jpgChristmas_Truce_1914_IWM_HU_35801German soldiers of the 134th Saxon Regiment and British soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment meet in no man's land, December 26, 1914.2014-12-15T04:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/10/despicable-by-any-measure/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/waterboarding.pngwaterboardingWaterboarding is only part of the horror.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/snowden.jpgSnowdenEdward Snowden was only one man, so how much of what is going on could he tell us? https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cia.jpgCIAGeorge Tenet, CIA Director at the time of the torture, with President GW Bush.2014-12-12T05:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/08/glad-tidings/2014-12-10T01:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/05/a-charlie-brown-christmas/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hark.jpegHark"Hark! The herald angels sing!"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/peanuts-cover.jpgPeanuts CoverThe cover of Time Magazine on 9 April, 1965. It launched the strip into the stratosphere.2015-04-26T03:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/03/wacky-weather/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elnino.jpgElNinoHow El Niño affects the airflow, and thus the weather, in North America.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jetstream.gifJetStreamThe Jet Stream on 2 December, 2014. There is ... something ... there.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/buffalo-snow.jpgBuffalo SnowThis also happens in the Winter. So it could be worse.2014-12-05T16:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/12/01/black-friday-dead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/target-ad.jpgTarget AdTarget's Black Friday ad from the paper. An omnivorous dinosaur run in a tree-eating dinosaur.2014-12-05T16:25:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/28/cast-in-bronze/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/love.jpgLoveThere's always room for abstraction, too, such as this sculpture depicting love.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/f-scott.jpgF ScottNative son F Scott Fitzgerald, enshrined in bronze in Rice Park. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lincoln-memorial.jpgLincoln MemorialThe Lincoln Memorial still inspires.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/beethoven-monument.jpgBeethoven MonumentThe van Beethoven Monument in Vienna.2014-12-03T05:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/26/be-thankful-not-fearful/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hands.jpghandsTogether. It will be different.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/declaration.jpgdeclarationThe Founding Fathers gave us many things, but especially our basic principles.2014-12-01T21:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/24/crude-and-junky/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/grasshopper.jpggrasshopperNone of this is cheap.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/financing.jpgfinancingIf you need a lot of this stuff, you go to the bond market.2019-10-08T07:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/21/boom-goes-powerpoint/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sleeping.jpgsleepingHey! You're going to be tested on this stuff!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/canon.jpgCanonA French "la Hitte" canon from 1859. Deadly accurate in trained hands.2014-12-01T21:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/19/net-neutrality-heats-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/confused.jpgConfusedMost Americans don't know enough to have an opinion. But it affects their ability to download pics of kittens all the same.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/franken.jpgFrankenSen Al Franken (D-MN)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/satdish.jpgsatdishIf we all had one of these, there could be an open market without regulation. But we're tied to landlines.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tr.jpgTRTeddy Roosevelt didn't take any crap.2014-12-01T21:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/17/holiday-shopping-2014/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/holdiaysales.jpgHoldiaySalesHoliday Sales, courtesy NRF.2014-11-19T18:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/14/crude-goin-down/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wti.jpgWTIWTI, $/bbl. Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gasprices.jpgGasPricesOne of the cheapest near my house - and it's only gone down from here.2014-11-14T20:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/12/whither-republicans/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ted-cruz.jpgTed CruzYes, this is the worst picture of Ted Cruz I could find. Sue me.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/krauthammer.jpgKrauthammerhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/buckley.jpgBuckleyWilliam F. Buckley, founder of the National Review. Yes, he was always a bit askew.2014-11-17T18:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/10/william-penn-and-religious-freedom/2014-11-12T22:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/07/progressive-in-every-sense-of-the-word/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tea-party-concord-nh.jpgIt may not look like a platform for progress, but it is a platform for change.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/harryreid.jpgHarryReidSorry, Harry - you're a dinosaur.2014-11-14T21:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/05/guy-fawkes-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ganges1.jpgGanges"The American River Ganges" by Thomas Nast, Published in Harper's 1871.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fawkesmask.jpgFawkesMaskA Guy Fawkes mask, as used by Anonymous.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pennyfortheguy.jpgPennyForTheGuyKids with their "Guy" in Dorset, 2012.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ganges.jpgGanges"The American River Ganges" by Thomas Nast, Published in Harper's 1871.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/guy_fawkes_portrait.jpgGuy_Fawkes_portraitGuy Fawkes2014-11-07T18:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/11/03/shadow-banking/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shadowliabilities.jpgShadowLiabilitiesLiabilities in traditional and "shadow" banks, from the NY Fed.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wonderfulgeorge.jpgIt's a Wonderful Life"You're money's not here ... it's in your house, and yours!"2014-11-05T04:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/31/disruptive-philanthropy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mandela.jpgNelson MandelaYes, let's change the world.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/faye.jpgfayeMichael Faye of GiveDirectly.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/disruptive.jpgdisruptiveOne workshop at the conference.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hand-cash.jpghand cashDon't make those in need have to reach for it.2014-11-13T17:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/29/saving-thanksgiving/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thanksgiving-dinner.jpgthanksgiving-dinnerMay these blessings be for everyone.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsw.jpgDSW2017-10-02T17:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/27/what-is-europe/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ecb.jpgECBECB's new digs in Frankfurt. Note that it looks like it's leaning a bit ...2014-10-29T15:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/24/riverview-corridor/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/adm-elevator.jpgADM ElevatorThe ADM Elevators, a small part of about 5 acres of potential redevelopment.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/untitled-1.jpgUntitled-1https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/green-line.jpggreen-linehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rv-map-9-25-14-21-revised.jpgRV-Map-9-25-14-21-REVISEDThe Riverview Corridor Map.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rclogo.gifRClogoThe Riverview Logo. Yes, it's a train.2014-11-20T22:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/20/credit-card-system-fail/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cc-fake.jpgcc fakeAll the equipment needed to make a fake credit card with a stolen number.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/swipe.jpgswipeYou swipe your card, they swipe your card. 2018-05-20T09:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/22/putin-losing-the-real-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/prokofiev-airport.jpgProkofiev AirportProkofiev Airport in Donetsk. It's a ruin.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ruble.jpgRubleRubles in US Dollars over the last year, courtesy oanda.comhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ukrainetroops.jpgUkraineTroopsUkraine has always been ready for this fight, at least in the old fashioned way.2014-11-13T17:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/17/shia-vs-sunni/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1953.jpg1953Burning of a communist newspaper in Tehran, 1953. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mecca.jpgMeccaSaudi Arabia is the guardian of Mecca, which gives them a lot of power.2015-01-29T13:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/15/senate-shakedown/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/biden.jpgbiden"I like my odds!"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pressler.jpgPresslerLarry Pressler, the man of experience running as an independent outsider. This could be the start of a trend - especially if he wins.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/senate.jpgSenateThe august body at, um, "work".2014-10-22T20:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/12/global-policeman-again/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/isil.jpgISILDa'ish on the march. Yes, these monsters must be stopped.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b-2_spirit_bombing.jpgB-2_spirit_bombingA B-2 Spirit doing what it was designed to do.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/military-spending.jpgmilitary-spendingChart from The Economist.2014-11-13T17:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/13/the-time-of-the-doctor/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hartnell.jpgHartnellWilliam Hartnell as Doctor #1. Note the tie, last seen in "Mummy on the Orient Express"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/baker.jpgBakerTom Baker's cameo in "Day of the Doctor."https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/clara.jpgClaraJenna Coleman as Clara Oswin.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/capaldi.jpgCapaldiPeter Capaldi as The Doctor.2014-11-13T17:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/10/up-is-down-until-its-just-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/corpdebt.jpgCorpDebtNonfinancial corporate debt since 2000, from the Federal Reserve.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sp.jpgS&PThe last five days of the S&P500, from Yahoo! Finance.2014-10-15T17:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/08/paralyzed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mouseketeers.jpgMouseketeersThe world was black & white back then.2014-11-13T17:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/songs-poems/short-stories/the-art-of-storytelling/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/light-bulb.jpgAYEBD4That moment. That's what it's about.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stroytelling.jpgstroytellingTell me a story ...https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/steak.jpgsteakIt's the sizzle that gets your mouth watering.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/flo_from_progressive_insurance.jpgFlo_from_Progressive_InsuranceYou know who she is.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/colbert-truthiness.jpgcolbert-truthinessYes, Colbert invented the word - but the concept has been around a long time.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/car-in-air.jpgCar in AirThis is the moment it all got weird.2014-10-07T22:32:51+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2014/10/06/yellens-dashboard-update/2014-10-15T16:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/03/pop/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/teller.jpgTellerCheap money is gone. Exactly how gone is what we're debating.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/worry.jpgworryThis is the season for worry. 2014-10-15T16:23:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/10/01/thanksgiving-and-dia-de-la-raza/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/couple-shouting.jpgcouple.shoutingIt doesn't help a thing, but it's pretty much what we do.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/piombo-columbus-br.jpgPiombo-Columbus-BRCommitted genocide, so we don't talk about it.2014-10-01T21:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/29/the-secret-goldman-tapes/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/box.pngboxMind the Box.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/police.jpgPoliceWell, the laws do apply to you. Plus a little more.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/goldmansachstower.jpgGoldmanSachsTowerGoldman Sachs' tower at 30 Hudson St. Nice digs.2014-11-13T17:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/26/heforshe/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wecandoit.jpgwecandoitIt takes on a different meaning when ya do it right.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/baby.jpgAdnams.inddI didn't look this good doing it.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/steel.jpgsteel10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Not good for anyone.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/watson.jpgWatsonEmma Watson speaking at the UN.2014-11-13T02:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/08/minneapolis-new-generation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ponder.jpgPonderIt would really help if the Vikings weren't 1-7 so far.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/minneapolis_on_mississippi_river.jpgMinneapolis_on_Mississippi_RiverThe Minneapolis Skyline. They like to show off.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/oldvsnew.jpgOldvsNew2014-09-25T14:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/24/hindsight-conspiracies/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/reichstag.jpgreichstagThe burning Reichstag. Ultimate proof of all Hindsight Conspiracies?2014-10-01T21:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/22/what-is-a-nation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/geneva-talks-on-ukraine-c-014.jpgGeneva talks on Ukraine crisisIt took a lot of people at the table to get Ukraine and Russia to even talk about setting up an arrangement.2014-09-24T19:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/19/industrial-capacity-is-back/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bioplant.jpgbioplantManufacturing tends to look more like this now.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/olddays.jpgOldDaysThe Good Old Days. ?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/capacity.jpgCapacityData and chart from the Federal Reserve.2014-11-13T17:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/17/writing-a-formal-e-mail/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mobilephone.jpgmobilephoneYou never know what device your email will be read on.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/formal.jpgformalFormalism is cool.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/message-in-a-bottle.jpgMessage in a bottle"Help! I'm trapped by a limited amount of space to get my point across!"2014-09-22T18:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/15/no-longer-driven-by-oil/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/delivery.jpgDeliveryThis ain't cheap.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gasoline.jpgGasolinehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wti.jpgWTI2014-11-13T02:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/10/job-loss-hits-a-milestone/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jobs-by-size.jpgJobs by Sizehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/initial-claims.jpgInitial Claims2014-09-12T19:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/08/bizarro-world-finance/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bizarro_world_race.jpgbizarro_world_raceIf you're serious about fixing income inequality, this would not be a bad idea.2015-12-13T07:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/05/maglev-trains-in-our-future/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/manufacturing1.jpgmanufacturingMake what you want, when you need it - and get it right to your door cheaply.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/manufacturing.jpgmanufacturingMake what you want, when you need it - and get it right to your door cheaply.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/maglev.jpgMaglevA maglev train coming out of Pudong International Airport, Shanghai2014-09-05T19:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/03/skills-gap/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/labor-market.jpglabor marketWaiting around for a job?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/skillsgap.jpgskillsGAPIs there a skills gap? Apparently so.2014-09-05T20:00:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/09/01/labor-creates-all-wealth/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/honor-labor.jpgHonor LaborIt's been a tough decade or two for Labor.2014-09-03T18:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/29/a-cant-lose-war-he-cant-fight/2014-09-04T15:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/27/player-piano/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/outofwork.jpgoutofworkThe fuure has to have room for everyone, 'cuz we're all going there.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/vonnegut.jpgVonnegutVonnegut knew the score.2014-09-04T15:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/25/labor-in-a-jackson-hole/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/eurozoneusunemployment.pngEurozoneUSUnemployment2014-08-26T17:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/22/when-great-force-becomes-easy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ferguson.jpgferguson"Hands Up" won't save any of us. Be afraid?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bou-phonesavanh.jpgBou-PhonesavanhBounkham Phonesavah was severely injured. Now they don't want to pay his medical bills.2014-08-26T17:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/20/six-things-schools-should-teach/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cook-with-a-wok.jpgcook-with-a-wokCooking is a lot of fun, and can be a way to explore the world.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dining_etiquette_diagram.jpgDining_Etiquette_DiagramKnow this. You never know when it'll be handy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ibm_selectric.jpgIBM_SelectricIBM Selectric. Touch typing is only more useful today.2014-08-26T17:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/18/the-opportunity-cost/2014-08-26T17:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/15/one-last-bubble/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exit-sign.jpgExit-signThe exits are carefully market, please don't panic.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bubble.jpgBubbleBut it looks so pretty!2014-08-17T20:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/13/a-jolt-of-confidence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jobopenings.jpgJobOpenings2014-08-15T20:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/11/surviving-thriving/2014-08-15T20:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/08/stocks-lower-because-they-just-are-dammit/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sp-composite-secular-trends.gifSP-Composite-secular-trendsSince 1871, it's been all booms and bustshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/djia2000.jpgDJIA2000DJIA since 2000, from Yahoo Finance2014-08-15T20:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/06/the-small-stories-inside/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/matryoshka.jpgmatryoshka2014-08-08T16:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/04/a-new-cold-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/social-capital.jpgSocial-CapitalWe must be in this together, or we are not in this.2014-08-07T14:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/08/01/new-measures-for-new-times/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flat-tire.jpgFlat-tireIt could be worse. A lot worse.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/productivity.jpgProductivityhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/go-gdp.jpgGO-GDP2014-08-07T14:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/30/world-currency/2014-08-07T14:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/28/making-predictions/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kramer7.jpgkramer7This is not business reporting.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/adp.jpgADPhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crystal-ball.jpgcrystal-ballMine doesn't glow like this. It's a base model.2014-08-01T16:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/25/tea-coffee/2014-07-26T23:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/23/wackos-with-guns/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ukraine.jpgBattalion DonbasTo be fair, Ukraine has its own wackos with guns ready to battle the Russian wackos with guns.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hamas.jpgHamasHamas' core military is very small, but well armed.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/russia-ukraine-mh17.jpgrussia-ukraine-mh17The crash site.2014-07-23T02:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/21/james-garner/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/beth.jpgBethGretchen Corbett as Beth Davenport. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/plate.jpgplateTrivia Time! Garner joined the SAG in August 1953, and OKG stands for "Oklahoma Garner".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/rockford.jpgRockfordJames Garner as Jim Rockford2014-07-23T01:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/18/too-clever-by-a-lot/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/putin.jpgPutinYou're not as clever as you think, Vlad.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/boeing-777-from-below.jpgboeing-777-from-belowFrom below, many planes look the same.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/budapest_memorandum.jpgBudapest_MemorandumYeltsin, Clinton, and Kuchma signing the Budapest Memorandum, assuring Ukrainian independence in 19942014-07-20T04:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/16/one-state-solution/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mouners.jpgMounersGrief looks about the same no matter who has been killed.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1024px-vrancx_soldiers_plundering.jpg1024px-Vrancx_Soldiers_PlunderingEurope had to go through a period of endless war before true unity was found to be the only way.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/palestine-forever.jpgPalestine ForeverPalestine has always been built on hope.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/palestineisraelmap580.jpgPalestineIsraelMap5802014-07-25T04:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/14/its-in-the-um-timing/2014-07-18T21:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/11/too-many-dollars-too-few-dollars/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/charles-gave.jpgCharles GaveCharles Gave, living proof that some money managers really do "get it".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/walmart-cpi.gifWalmart CPI2014-07-14T16:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/09/yellens-dashboard/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yd-wages.jpgYD Wageshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yd-quits.jpgYD Quitshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yd-lfpr25-54.jpgYD LFPR25-54https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yd-duration.jpgYD Durationhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/yd-u6.jpgYD U62014-07-09T18:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/07/suspending-disbelief/2014-07-09T18:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/04/to-fly-the-flag/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/problems.gifProblemsIt's an American thang.2014-07-20T22:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/07/02/the-long-reach-of-personhood/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/healthcare_piggybank.jpghealthcare_piggybankIs it a market or not? Pick one. Please.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ginsburg.jpgGinsburgLeft-Wing Icon or just the only person paying attention?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/halal.jpghalalDid "unclean" people handle this?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hobby-lobby.jpgHobby LobbyIs it just a store, or is it a person?2014-07-09T19:34:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/30/women-in-power/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/maria-theresa.jpgMaria TheresaMaria Theresa, Empress of Austriahttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/elizabeth-i.jpgElizabeth IElizabeth I, Queen of England.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hatshepsut.jpgHatshepsutA statue of Hatshepsut, the first woman Pharoh.2014-07-02T03:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/27/revisions/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/puzzled.jpgpuzzledIt's all puzzling, so we should go to a cute cat pic.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/chart.jpgchartGeneric clip-art might be as accurate.2014-07-02T03:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/25/stability/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/artstor_delacroix_liberty.jpgartstor_delacroix_libertyLiberté, egalité, fraternité. Yeah, that again. It still works.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/i_want_you.jpgI_want_youIt's a War.2014-07-01T22:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/23/the-great-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jc.jpgjcFrom the time of Julius it was all about emperors - until the last century.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/franz_ferdinand.jpgfranz_ferdinandThe Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His empire died with him.2014-06-23T02:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/20/confidence-in/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dilbert.jpgdilbertWho runs the databases of our lives?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/soldiers.jpgsoldiersWe salute you, too!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/clipboard.jpgclipboardNo, they don't use clipboards anymore.2014-06-21T20:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/18/wealth-is-how-you-feel-2/2014-06-20T19:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/16/nationhood-the-hard-way/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kurdistan-flag.pngKurdistan FlagThe flag of Kurdistan.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kurdistan-map.jpgKurdistan MapWhere Kurdish people live.2014-06-20T19:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/13/lines-and-language/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dimensions.gifDimensionsWhen so many people are interconnected, it takes more than one dimension to describe it all.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/elephant.jpgElephantDon't blame me, I voted Democratic.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cantorconcession.jpgcantorconcessionCantor at his concession.2014-06-20T19:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/11/working-rich/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baby.jpgbabyDoes your baby have the stacks it takes to make it today?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ford.gifFordFord knew - he could only sell cars to people that had a way of affording one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/carnegie.jpgCarnegieCarnegie rose from nothing - and gave it all away.2014-06-12T23:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/09/greed-beats-fear-for-now/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/roadwork.jpgroadworkThere is work to be done.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bubble.jpgBubble2014-06-11T21:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/06/commencement/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/signpost.jpgsignpostAll roads lead ahead.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/katedance.jpgKateDanceAt the Father Daughter Dance, February 20052014-06-11T02:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/04/brazil-comes-of-age/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cup-for-who.jpgCup for Who"Cup for Who?"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/brazil-protests-june2013.jpegbrazil-protests-june2013https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/719px-wc-2014-brasil-svg.png719px-WC-2014-Brasil.svgIt was supposed to be a big party.2014-06-11T21:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/06/02/better-news-ahead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/poroshenko.jpgPoroshenkoPetro Poroshenko. He has a lot to get done, and fast.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/initclaims.jpgInitClaimshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/adp.jpgADP2015-03-18T13:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/04/17/perhaps-a-revolt/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/elizabeth_warren.jpgelizabeth_warrenSen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/torches_pitchforks.jpgtorches_pitchforks2014-05-31T19:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/30/yes-all-women/2014-06-03T14:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/28/changing-attitudes-about-work/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pay-envelope.jpgPay-envelopeHow much is in that pay envelope?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gallup.pngGallup2014-05-29T22:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/26/memorial-day-at-oakland-cemetery/2014-05-29T22:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/23/enough-work-to-go-around/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/robots.jpgrobotsAt some point you have to ask, "Who are the robots really working for?"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hhincome.jpgHHincomehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/incomeshare.jpgIncomeShare2014-05-29T22:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/21/age-of-anxiety/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/alex.jpgalexMalcolm McDowell as Alexhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/auden.jpgAudenW H Auden in 19392014-05-22T17:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/19/the-big-story/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/translaterisk.jpgtranslateriskTranslating technical papers to identify the risk is the trick.2014-05-21T13:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/16/oil-patchwork/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spaceimagebakken.jpgSpaceImageBakkenhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pipelines.jpgPipelineshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/productiondemand.jpgProductionDemandhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/crude-oil-chart.jpgCrude Oil Chart2014-05-16T21:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/14/2nd-person/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/i-want-you.jpgi-want-you2014-05-16T21:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/12/an-anxious-spring/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/parie.jpgParieThryn with Parie, her bird.2014-05-14T16:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/09/credit-where-its-due/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/iraqsoldiers2.jpgiraqsoldiers2Whatever your feelings about them and their insitution, please keep an open mind.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sointsevskaya-bratva.jpgsointsevskaya-bratvaThe Bratva still uses the communist imageshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cards.jpgcardsThe whole system has to be regarded as insecure at this point.2014-05-10T21:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/07/whither-twitter/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wrigley-scoreboard.jpgWrigley ScoreboardSome scoreboards are more attractive than others.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hyacinth-macaw.jpghyacinth-macawLet's get real 'bout the blue bird.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bisocialengagement.jpgBISocialEngagementRelative User Time on Site, from Business Insider2014-05-23T22:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/05/pick-a-number-any-number/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2024gap.jpg2024gaphttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/adpyoy.jpgADPYoYhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/u6overu3.jpgU6overU32014-05-07T02:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/05/02/the-check-is-against-the-boards/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/parise-suter.jpgParise-SuterTwo years ago. Yeah.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coyotes.pngcoyotesSomething like a Hamilton Tiger-Cat, no?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/score.jpgScoreNino Niederreiter celebrates after scoring the winning goal2014-05-10T19:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/30/the-moral-lowground/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/putin.jpgputinThe source of all chaos.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jobs.jpgJobsReinvent or die.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/captainmorgan.jpgcaptainmorganNo, that's the fun Captain Morgan2014-05-07T02:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/28/satire/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chicken-poetry.jpgchicken poetryhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colbert.jpgcolbertThe image of satire today.2014-04-29T20:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/25/eurocrisis-ii-the-hot-one/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/brandenburg.jpgBrandenburgPerhaps we can build the Great Gate of Kiev, too.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/printeuros.jpgEurosThat's the stuff.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shadows.jpgShadowsShadows of War lay across Ukrainehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/eurusd.jpgEURUSD2014-04-28T20:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/23/pragmatism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/boris.jpgBorisOh, Boris, what did you do?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kissinger_henry.jpgKissinger_HenryThe ultimate pragmatist, or just a jerk?2014-05-17T20:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/21/keystone-xl-no-decision-a-good-decision/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/alberta-pipeline.jpgAlberta PipelineAlberta has pipelines everywhere, but few cross provincial lines.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/david-koch1.jpgDavid KochWhen David Koch is happy, the left isn't.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/david-koch.jpg2013 School Of American Ballet Winter Ball: A Night In The Far Easthttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pipelines.jpgPipelineshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wti.jpgWTI2014-04-24T17:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/18/the-underground-economy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spending-money-you-dont-have.jpgspending-money-you-dont-haveNot everyone can do this.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/farmers-market.jpgFARMERS MARKETYou're declaring all this income, right?2014-05-24T18:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/16/the-amazing-dollar/2014-04-21T05:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/14/resurrection/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/superpope.jpgsuperpopeGraffiti in Rome depicting Francis as "SuperPope".https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/95thesis.jpg95thesisChurch reform has come before - but far too often the hard way.2014-04-21T05:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/31/industrial-arts/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/drillpress.jpgdrillpressThe future belongs to those who have the tools to make it happen.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/robettes.jpgRobettesThe Robettes of Visitation School, who won the Regional at Mariucci Arenahttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wood-plane.jpgWood-PlaneIndustrial Arts - it's not just for the 19th Century anymore!2021-05-29T11:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/11/the-case-for-optimism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/research.jpgresearchIt's not actually a science. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/occupy-wall-street-campaign-finance-reform.jpgoccupy-wall-street-campaign-finance-reformNaw, I'm on a low-fat diet.2014-04-15T04:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/02/markets-big-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/brad-katsuyama.jpgbrad-katsuyamaBrad Kasuyama - hero?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/corpprofit.jpgcorpprofitCorporate Profits since 20002014-04-10T01:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/09/velocity-and-inflation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mzmv.jpgMZMVData from the St Louis Federal Reserve2014-04-10T18:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/07/enough-work/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lfpvsgini.jpgLFPvsGinihttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/balance.jpgScalesSupply and demand, not always in perfect balance.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/iww1.jpgiww1Workers of the world Unite - it is one big economy, after all.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lfpwithgini.pngLFPwithGiniData from the Federal Reserve of St Louis2014-04-15T04:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/04/04/jobs-back-to-even/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/adptotal.jpgADPtotalTotal Private Employment by ADP2014-04-07T20:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/28/cant-wait-til-payday/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/postalsavingssystem.jpgpostalsavingssystemThe seal of the Postal Savings System.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/digging.jpgdiggingKeep digging the hole?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/paydayloans.jpgpaydayloansThis will be expensive.2014-05-05T16:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/26/fault-tolerance-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/crack_in_the_wall_small.jpgcrack_in_the_wall_smallThere may be cracks in the wall already.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/knot-e1395800689901.jpgknotThings often get knotty.2014-03-28T00:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/24/a-more-open-fed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/quit-job1.jpgQuit-Job1A new measure to look for - how willing people are to leave their job.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/u6.jpgU6U6 Unemployment since 2000, from the St Louis Federal Reserve2015-03-02T16:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/21/seek-the-original-source/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fountain_pen.jpgfountain_penhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lake_itasca_mississippi_source.jpgLake_Itasca_Mississippi_Source2014-03-22T00:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/19/golden-years/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/beach.jpgbeachRelax. https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/retirementage.jpgretirementage2014-03-22T00:30:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/17/mn-minimum-half-a-cent-per-buck/2014-03-20T19:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/14/st-patricks-day-4/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flagongpodublin.jpgflagongpodublin2014-03-18T23:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/12/us-get-over-yourselves/2014-03-20T03:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/10/time-flies/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clock.jpgclockhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/time_zones.jpgtime_zoneshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sailing-ship-painting.jpgsailing-ship-paintingClipper ships united the world in the 1700s.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the_persistence_of_memory.jpgThe_Persistence_of_MemoryI feel like this when the alarm goes off, too.2014-03-11T03:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/07/how-to-fight-a-war/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ashton.jpgAshton2014-03-09T18:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/05/ongoing-currency-war/2014-03-09T23:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/03/02/ukraniana/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tochka1.jpgtochka1Human trafficking is a huge problem, and much comes from Ukraine and Russia.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/black-sea-fleet-sevastopol.jpgUKRAINE RUSSIA NAVYA supporter of Russia with part of the Black Sea Fleet behind him in Sevastopol.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ukraine.jpgUkraineThe protests in Kiev. Note the blue and gold flag of Ukraine alongside the blue with gold stars of Europe.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ussrpiplines.jpgussrpiplineshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ukr-1918.jpgUKR 1918Ukraine in 1918, a big mess.2014-03-04T15:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/28/a-not-so-bold-plan/2014-03-02T22:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/26/6-myths-about-the-economy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jobgain1998.pngJobGain1998Job Gain by Year since 1998, from the St Louis Federal Reserve2014-02-27T01:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/24/talking-to-teens/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/strategy-chess1.jpgStrategy-Chess1It's hard to see the endgame, especially when it's not all back & white.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/breakfast-club-2.jpgbreakfast-club-2"The Breakfast Club" has a remarkable resonance with the next generation.2014-02-25T15:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/21/jobs-now/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/squirrel.jpgsquirrelYeah, it seems like a pretty good life.2014-02-23T18:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/19/managing-innovation-2/2014-07-05T20:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/17/a-humbling-cold/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/banyan.jpgBanyanOld Cutler Road, framed by Banyan trees.2014-02-19T04:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/14/union-yes-maybe/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/worker-freedom-billboard.jpgworker-freedom-billboardOne of the billboards around Chattanooga.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/plant.jpgplantVW Chattanooga - a very modern, efficient auto plant.2014-02-15T03:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/12/new-boss-same-as-old-boss/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yellen.jpgYellen"This is how it is. Got it?"2014-02-14T04:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/10/more-games-more-work/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brokenpiggybank.jpgBrokenPiggybankOooooouch!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/reporter.jpgNewspaper reporter at typewriterLong time ago.2014-02-12T22:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/07/back-to-the-future-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/four-kondratieff-waves-1789-2003.jpgfour-kondratieff-waves-1789-2003Business Cycles, of "Kondratieff Waves", since the founding of our Republic. Courtesy financialsense.comhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/millennials.jpgmillennialsThey're not all hipsters. They're allright.2014-02-09T19:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/05/something-like-a-warning/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rev-vs-outlays.pngRev vs OutlaysFederal outlays as a share of GDP should continue to grow - and so does the deficit if nothing changeshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/potential-gdp.pngPotential GDPThe CBO says we'll make up the losses in growth.2014-02-06T03:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/02/03/kids-being-kids-amazing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kidsleadership.jpgKidsLeadershipKids can do anything, if you let them. The only risk is how much you're willing to be amazed.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/robot3.jpgrobot3It shoots, it scores!https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bullrush.jpgbullrushKids playing "Bullrush" in New Zealand. It's like rugby without a ball.2014-02-04T17:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/31/cities-and-the-future/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/stpaul.jpgStPaulSt Paul, Minnesota. My town.2014-02-03T04:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/29/head-count-or-overhead/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/workercost.jpgworkercostData from the BLS2014-01-30T21:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/songs-poems/cost-of-roads/2016-10-20T02:09:22+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2014/01/27/acts-of-destruction/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/radio.jpgradioRadio brought news and music to everyone's home. The good life was democratized.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/picasso-femme-en-pleurs.jpgpicasso-femme-en-pleurs"Woman Weeping (Femme en Pleurs)" by Pablo Picasso (1937)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/destruction.jpgDestruction"Destruction" from the series "The Course of Empires" by Thomas Cole, 18362014-01-28T11:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/about/creed/2014-01-26T06:16:47+00:00weekly0.6https://erikhare.com/2014/01/24/what-do-you-expect/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/skiing.jpgskiingDavos: Come for the skiing, stay for the economic policy.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/facebook-marketing-dislike.pngFacebook-Marketing-DislikeThere's still no "dislike" button.2014-01-24T21:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/22/exit-the-eurocrisis-slowly/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/usbroke.jpgUSBrokeWe like to complain.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dice.jpgdiceWhat's the risk?2014-01-24T16:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/20/the-long-road-of-dr-king/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/racial-justice-1.jpgRacial-Justice (1)Many hands make lighter work. Many different hands make the work a triumph.2014-01-21T22:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/17/a-big-fat-target/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/targetlogo.jpgTargetLogoSuch an easy Target (such an easy joke)https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pos.jpgPOSA Target POS system. They really are called that.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bratva.jpgBratvaCould the Russian Mafia be involved? It'd be more surprising if they weren't.2014-01-17T21:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/15/no-decision-is-a-decision/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/i35w.jpgI35WA disaster Minnesota would rather forget.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/paper-mill.jpgpaper-millWe still need paper, even in the internet age.2014-01-17T06:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/13/a-persistent-lie/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/manemp2000.pngmanemp2000https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/reasonforleaving.jpgreasonforleaving2015-01-07T06:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/10/jobs-unfrozen/2014-01-11T21:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/08/answers-or-questions/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spongebob.gifSpongebobWhat people really want is to be entertained.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/expert.jpgexpertSearching for answers is one thing, searching for the right questions another2014-01-09T16:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/06/at-a-minimum/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/change-ahead-e1400382058132.jpgchange-aheadYou've been warnedhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/murrayryan.jpgMurrayRyanAre we a team yet?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/minwage.jpgMost workers who make minimum are adults, many have families to feed2014-01-22T03:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/03/inequality-a-feature-of-the-system/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/deblasio.jpgdeblasioEveryone wants to be seen with Mayor de Blasiohttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/labor_force.pnglabor_forcehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/prodcomp.pngProdComphttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/civpart48-13.pngCivpart48-132014-01-22T03:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2014/01/01/heat-of-time-cold-of-midnight/2014-01-02T21:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/30/promises-to-keep/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rockford.jpgRockfordTough guys don't talk about themselves, but that means you have to actually be tough.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pinky.jpgPinky Swear!2013-12-31T16:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/27/2013-a-good-year/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/death-of-the-middle-class.jpgDeath-of-the-Middle-Classhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cashregister.jpgcashregisterThis is what changes everything.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/unemp2013.pngUnemp20132013-12-28T21:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/25/christmas-comes-when-we-stop/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lion-and-the-lamb.jpglion-and-the-lambAnd why not?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sirius_600.jpgsirius_6002013-12-25T15:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/23/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/optimism.jpgoptimismPaint your own chart. Everyone else is.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/warlock.jpgwarlock"Just put one foot in front of the other ..."2013-12-24T15:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/20/confidence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/consumer.jpgconsumerIt's a long way down that aisle ...https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/confbyincome.gifconfbyincomehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/confidence.jpgconfidenceI have confidence!2013-12-23T00:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/18/solstice-is-here/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/invictus.jpginvictusSol Invictus, from which we get many Christmas traditionshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/winter-solstice-large.jpgEarth-lighting-winter-solstice_ENThe exact moment of the Solsticehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/candle-light.jpgCandle LightWe have to be the candle in the darkness.2019-07-17T10:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/16/empathy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/respect.jpgRespectLet's start with Respect and build from there.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/middle_eastern_jesus.pngMiddle_Eastern_JesusJesus probably didn't look like any Western mythhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/empathy.jpgempathyMore than a hand up2013-12-18T15:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/01/18/shadows-of-the-past/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/segregated-water-fountains.jpgsegregated-water-fountains2013-12-15T22:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/13/three-million-reads-one-purpose/2013-12-14T22:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/11/romanticism-reborn/2013-12-12T04:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/09/new-rules-new-game/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/volcker.jpgvolckerFormer Fed Chair Volcker, apparently trying to make sense of Washington2013-12-11T22:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/06/a-good-week/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gainbysize.jpgGainbySize2013-12-08T20:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/01/fed-funds-future-foggy-fudgy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mankiw.jpgMankiwThe Mankiw Rule since January 2008. It's not an exact science by any measure, but it works.2013-12-04T05:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/04/the-economy-of-people/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1819.jpg1819Hard money was hard to come by in the Panic of 1819https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rosie-the-riveter.jpgRosie-the-RiveterWhat it takes2014-06-22T17:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/12/02/pope-francis-teaches-another-way/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/economicjustice.jpgEconomicJustice2013-12-25T00:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/29/the-fall-of-santa/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/santa.jpgSantaEveryone is naughty (except Zoidberg)2013-11-30T16:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/27/thanksgiving-deliverence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gw.jpgGWIndependence was deliverance, and a reason to give thanks. But so were our precious civil liberties.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/treatyofparis.jpgTreatyofParisThe Treaty of Paris, 1783. We official became a nation.2013-11-29T03:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/25/black-friday-psychology/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/black-friday-survival.jpgblack-friday-survivalIt's the industrial and military precision that makes Black Friday everything it is.2014-07-26T22:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/22/one-week-to-go/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/4wkinitclaims.png4wkinitclaimsPeople are not losing their jobs at the same pace as 2012, despite the bump up in early October.2013-11-24T23:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/20/the-year-everything-changes/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kidscircle.jpgKidsCircleKids learn from any source willing to teach.2013-11-22T00:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/18/point-of-no-return/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mzmv.pngMZMVhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zirp10.pngZIRP102013-11-20T03:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/15/the-immigration-solution/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/money_transfer2.jpgmoney_transfer2Forget time - money is what really flieshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/liberty.jpgLibertyGive me your energetic, your educated ...2013-11-15T23:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/13/day-of-the-doctor/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/11doctors.jpeg11DoctorsThe 11 men who have played The Doctor, each with a different personality. It's hard to keep up with sometimes.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/doctorwhonations.pngDoctorWhoNationshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/poster_day-of-the-doctor.jpgPoster_Day-of-the-DoctorThe official post for "The Day of the Doctor" 2013-11-14T11:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/11/jobs-debate-heats-up/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bbbirths.jpgbbbirthsGraph from Baby Boomer HQhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blsadp.pngBLSADPBLS net job gain in blue, ADP job gain in red since 20102013-11-12T04:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/06/good-evil-puzzling-stupid/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bitcoin.jpgbitcoinSilence is golden - especially in financial markets2013-11-07T20:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/11/04/the-facts-are-failing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kaldor.jpgNPG x104756; Nicholas Kaldor, Baron Kaldor by Antony Barrington BrownBaron Nicholas Kaldor. Yes, he got a Lordship for his work.2013-11-05T22:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/30/corporate-profits-a-bad-thing/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/netmargins.gifNetMarginsCorporate profit margins since 2000https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/profitgdp.gifProfitGDPCorporate Profit as a share of GDP, data from BEA2013-10-31T21:35:48+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/28/science-technology/2014-07-12T16:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/25/fix-the-debt/2013-10-28T15:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/23/dissin-the-jobs-report/2013-10-24T12:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/21/holiday-shopping/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/buying-online.jpgbuying-onlineIt's growing faster, it's sexier, but people really are just guessing.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/black-friday.jpgBlack FridayThe look of desperation is totally unnecessary. Really.2013-10-22T22:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/18/meanwhile/2013-10-22T22:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/16/appalling-behavior/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pelosi.jpgNancy PelosiNancy Pelosi served her time, but her generation should step aside.2013-10-26T18:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/14/losing-change-the-rules/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cantor.jpgCantorOnly Eric Cantor has the power to put funding to a vote that it would surely pass.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/im-just-a-bill.pngim-just-a-billCartoon stars are good for people with short attention spans.2013-10-17T22:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/11/dia-de-la-raza-2/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/zapatistas.jpgZapatistasZapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico. They gave up their weapons but their struggle continues.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bolivar.jpgBolivarEl Libertador, Simón Bolívarhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sotomayor.jpgSotomayorJustice Sotomayor.2013-10-14T02:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/09/ready-to-panic/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gold.jpggoldGold Bugs are usually wrong, but when they are right they let you know in a big way.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/grinch.jpggrinchYou were expecting a holiday season in Whoville?2013-10-10T23:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/07/the-tough-quarter-starts/2013-10-08T21:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/04/endgame/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/teaparty.jpgteapartyWho doesn't enjoy a lovely tea party? https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/peter-king.jpgPeter-KingRep Peter King. He's an expressive guy (from New York, duh)2013-10-04T21:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/10/02/dear-republican-friends/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reagan.jpgReagan"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/will_rogers.jpgWill_Rogers"I belong to no organized political party - I'm a Democrat."https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gotterdamerung.pngGotterdamerungThe finale of the Met Opera's production of Götterdämmerung. Do we all have to be Wagnerian?2013-10-05T16:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/30/opportunity-costs/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/defense.jpgDefenseF-22s are not cheap2013-10-02T00:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/27/resiliency-vs-interdependence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/earth.jpgearthWe only have one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/warehouse.jpgwarehouseLook at all this idle capital, er, safe cusion for market fluctuations2014-09-15T00:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/25/triple-threat/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kids.jpgkidsGet back to work, kidshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/annette.jpgannetteThe children of Endless Summer aren't doing so well in an Economic Winter2013-09-26T22:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/23/gameday-in-washingtoon/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/boehner.jpgBoehnerI'm still in charge here, so ... I'll do as you say.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shutdown.jpgshutdownIt worked so well before, right?2013-09-23T21:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/20/bernanke-in-charge/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bernanke.jpgBernankeBernanke speaking to reporters on Wednesday. Did they listen?2013-09-21T22:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/18/poverty-persists/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/foodshelf.jpgFoodShelfFood. We need it. Every day.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uspoverty.jpgUSPovertySign Time is a sign of the timeshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/poverty.pngpovertyCensus Bureau poverty rate, graph by me2013-09-19T23:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/16/5-years-after-lehman/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lehman.jpgA Lehman Brothers employee carries a box away from the office of the U.S. investment bank in LondonAn un-named Lehman employee grabbing his stuff from the London officehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/payems2001.pngpayems2001Total employment in the US, 2001-today, from the St Louis Federal Reserve2013-09-17T01:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/13/how-good-will-it-be/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/foundation.jpgfoundationBuilding the foundation is always the slow and nasty parthttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/corporate.jpgcorporateCorporate America is calling ...https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hiring.jpgHiringIt gets easier for everyone with timehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/initialclaims.pnginitialclaimsUnemployment Initial Claims, or the rate of job loss, since 2006 (from the St Louis Federal Reserve)2013-09-16T18:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/11/syria-breaks/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/syrianrefugees.jpgSyrianRefugees120,000 Syrians live in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordanhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/syriamap.jpgSyriaMapA map of the strikes of 21 Augusthttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/syria.jpgSyriaA child amid the rubble of Taflanaz in June, 20122013-09-16T18:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/09/containerized-cargo/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/traincontainer-e1397596483213.jpgtraincontainerDouble-stacked containershttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/teu.jpgTEUOne TEU, Twenty foot Equivalent Unit2014-05-18T19:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/02/what-is-employment/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/waitress.jpgwaitressWhat would you like today? If only you could ask that of twitter.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/94u6.png94U6Chart from the St Louis Federal Reserve2013-09-07T20:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/06/adp-employment-report/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/smallbiz.jpgsmallbizSmall businesses have been hiring much more rapidlyhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/payroll-system.jpgpayroll-systemhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/empbysize.gifempbysizehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/adpalltime.pngADPalltime2013-09-07T19:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/04/realistic-generation/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/slackers.jpgslackersThis will not be a generation of slackershttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/graduation.jpgGraduationGo on, go face the world2013-09-10T16:50:29+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/09/02/sovereignty/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/westphalia_treaty.jpgwestphalia_treatySigning the Peace of Westphalia. When the modern world was invented.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/te_lawrence.jpgTe_lawrenceCol. T.E. Lawrence. The man who brought the West to the regionhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alassad.jpgalassadBashar al-Assad, the Butcher of Damascus2013-09-06T21:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/30/part-time-work/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/assemblyworker.jpgAssemblyWorkerBig companies have been slow to hire, slow to increase hourshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/parttime.pngparttimeChart from the San Francisco Fed2013-09-10T02:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/28/march-of-history-made-and-unmade/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/birmingham.jpgBirminghamThe struggle was not always so eloquenthttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marian-anderson.jpgMarian AndersonMarian Anderson singing "My Country 'tis of Thee" in 19392013-09-04T15:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/26/womens-equality-day/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/votes-women1.jpgvotes-women11919-2019, 50 years of progress.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mlk.jpgMLKThe advancement of rights defines us like no other nationhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alicepaul.jpgAlicePaulAlice Paul, whose tireless efforts made this day possible2013-08-27T23:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/16/retail-challenges/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/walmart.jpgwalmartNo one actually likes long lineshttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/buy-fresh-buy-local.jpgBuy-Fresh-Buy-LocalNice, if you can.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/consumerspending.pngConsumerSpendingYoY change in comsumer spending, less inflation2013-08-23T03:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/23/government-101/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chicken-in-flight.jpgchicken-in-flightChickens don't really fly, at least not for longhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ruchirsharma.jpgRuchirSharmaRuchir Sharam even looks like a no BS kinda guy2013-08-26T02:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/21/cabinet-government/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/egypt.jpgEgyptA strong leader or chaos? No, don't just pick one.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ussenate.jpgUSsenateThe US Senate. Imagine if they had something they had to do.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/commons.jpgCommonsThe UK House of Commons. It mostly works.2013-08-23T02:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/14/the-junker-brotherhood/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/purple.jpgPurpleDespite its color, it has never sung, "I love you, you love me"https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pacer.jpgPacer2013-08-20T23:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/19/bezos-buys-post-speculation-rampant/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jeff_bezos.jpgAmazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, Taking On Apple's IPadJeff Bezos knows what he is doing, toohttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cfk.jpgCFKCharles Foster Kane knew what he was doing2013-08-21T00:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/12/fundamentalism/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/aretha_franklin.jpgaretha_franklinAretha knows - it starts with RESPECThttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dalailama.jpgDalaiLamaThe Dalai Lama has something to say to everyonehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/timecover.jpgTimeCoverTime Magazine cover from 1 July 20132013-08-15T00:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/09/peter-capaldi/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tardis.jpgTardisIt's not about the man (or woman), it's really about the blue boxhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldimaster.jpgNew Doctor Who unveiledCapaldi - as the Master?https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldilapels.gifCapaldiLapelsPeter Capaldi being introduced to the Whoniverse (note lapel grab)2013-08-12T01:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/07/a-st-paul-moment/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/glock.jpgGlockInside the Glockhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cathedral.jpgCathedralThe Cathedral of St Paul2013-08-09T01:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/08/05/chairwoman-of-the-fed/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cash-printing-press.jpgcash-printing-pressThis is what it's about, after allhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lawrence_summers_2012.jpgLawrence_Summers_2012Larry Summershttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/janet_yellen.jpgJanet_yellenVice Chair of the Fed Janet Yellen2013-08-12T00:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/07/31/coffee-tea/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/flying-cloud.jpgFlying CloudThe Flying Cloudhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/brazilcoffee.jpgBrazilCoffeeOrdem e Espresso?2013-08-02T03:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/07/29/convergence/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/egypt-protest.jpgegypt-protestEgypt has a lot to figure outhttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/marketplace.jpgmarketplaceOne Big Marketplacehttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gdpppp.pngGDPpppChart from the Economist, data from the IMF2013-07-31T03:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/07/26/three-views-of-an-economy/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jaco_pastorius1.jpgjaco_pastorius1Jaco Pastoriushttps://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/milton-friedman.jpgmilton-friedmanMilton Friedman. He always had a wry smile like this.2013-08-12T00:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.com/2013/07/24/nate-silver/https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/horserace.jpghorseraceThis is not a horserace.https://erikhare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nate-silver.jpgnate-silver2013-07-25T23:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://erikhare.comdaily1.02025-03-19T03:17:27+00:00