Follow this link to see the invitation to our Obama Economic Recovery Meeting.

Saturday, February 7 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Steve and Sharon’s Home (Fiskdale, MA)

We are limited to about 10 attendees

We will get together to discuss how to evaluate different aspects of a recovery plan.

Of all the competing parts of plans that have been proposed, how do we tell which ones are more likely to work?

Follow this link to read the Associated Press story published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Right on the front page of the newspaper there is mention of the “paradox of thrift”.

This article should go a long way to help people evaluate some of the conflicting proposals for stimulating our economy. Finally, word may be reaching the hinterlands about why tax cuts are not the most effective way to stimulate the economy.

Imagine a world where citizens could discuss the economy based on some actual knowledge about how the macro economy really works.

Follow this link to an article on Huffington Post that claims that in the long-run the Israeli military tactics are not helpful for Israel.

You may disagree with Hamas’s claim to success in the latest conflict.  Your logic may tell you that Israel “won”.  However, the above article explains in what sense Hamas “won”.

Whether or not you think Hamas is manipulating words to describe their “win” or you think that Israel really “won”, it is the eventual result of this conflict that will be decide who was “right”.

Consider the possibility that this author has correctly assessed the situation.

Justifying Israel’s actions because you cannot imagine a strategy that would work better, doesn’t really get us anywhere.  Lack of imagination is no guarantee of success.  If they cannot think of a better strategy, then they need to redouble their efforts to imagine one.