Author: madpoliticaleconomist

I am trained as a political economist from an institutional economics department. I have worked for a large corporation, small businesses, in academia, and state government. I am an avid outdoor photographer, cook, mother and reader. I am an aspiring futurist and love the field of strategic planning. While my political views do tend to be progressive, I have voted for all parties and am a registered independent. I would really like to see intelligent debate and reasoned arguments return to politics.

The American Dream

We as a society have this delusion that we like to call the American Dream – big house, 2 cars (new and probably big) in the garage, exotic vacations, all the latest gadgets, etc. If we work hard we will be able to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and join the rich and possibly […]

Introduction

I am constructing this blog for two main reasons. First, I am fed up with the level of economic and political literacy in this country. I am certain that if we had a citizenry that understood economics better then we would probably not be in the mess that we currently find ourselves. Second, I need to try […]