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    Category: Economics

    Earning a living, investing for retirement, and understanding how world events impact our living standard.

    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact
    Economics

    Tax Cut 2017 GDP Impact

    Robert Hamill 10 Jul 20247 Dec 20241 Comment

    The upshot of the Republican Tax Cut bill will be a minor increase to GDP yet a major increase to stock prices.

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    Federal Economic Policy
    Economics Government

    Federal Economic Policy

    Robert Hamill 29 Jun 202414 Oct 2024Leave a comment

    Most of our Abilities, fair and stable Marketplace, respond to economic Crises

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    Fed’s Dual Mandate
    Economics

    Fed’s Dual Mandate

    Robert Hamill 9 Jun 202428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Fed fund rate. 1. above the neutral rate slows the economy. 2. below the neutral rate speeds the economy.

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    News with a Twist
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    News with a Twist

    Robert Hamill 25 Jun 20234 Jun 20242 Comments

    Items in the news can lead to insights beyond their apparent straight-forward content.

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    Daily Life over Epochs
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    Daily Life over Epochs

    Robert Hamill 9 May 202328 Sep 2024Leave a comment

    If current trends of robots and AIs in the workplace, by 2100, the world may face an unemployment crisis with a majority of discontented citizens,…

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    Lessons Learned about US Economy
    Economics

    Lessons Learned about US Economy

    Robert Hamill 13 Apr 202322 Jan 20244 Comments

    More than half of our wealth depends on the social fabric, trained workers, clear property rights, and stable government.

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    Inflation, Fed Funds, and Economic Lags
    Economics

    Inflation, Fed Funds, and Economic Lags

    Robert Hamill 26 Nov 202222 May 2023Leave a comment

    A year after the last Fed's increases, its effects finally land and provide a final suppression to economic activity.

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    Bond Duration, Fed Rate, and Valuation Change
    Economics

    Bond Duration, Fed Rate, and Valuation Change

    Robert Hamill 2 Oct 202228 Sep 20241 Comment

    The rule of thumb vastly overestimated the valuation decline.

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    The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street
    a_econ a_update Economics

    The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    Robert Hamill 6 Aug 20222 Apr 20251 Comment

    By empowering consumers and workers first, Bubble Up policies activate the real engine of the economy, fostering both growth and inclusivity.

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    Bitcoin, should it be in your portfolio?
    Economics

    Bitcoin, should it be in your portfolio?

    Robert Hamill 31 Mar 202111 Dec 20232 Comments

    Updated Dec 19, 2022. Bitcoin trades at $16,700., down from $60,000 in early 2021.

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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    How Do We Think

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    War Powers Act

    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    • Morality. Absolute or Relative
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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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      Electricity’s Dark Side: Lessons from the Past

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)