Category Archives: Economics

Four Wise Men

Posted on December 20, 2013 by David Schwerin

What do two billionaire capitalists and two Nobel Prize-winning economists have in common? All four see a problem that few want to acknowledge or tackle. Recent comments from these four should alert us to the challenge we face and the … Continue reading →

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It doesn’t make any sense (IX)

Posted on October 24, 2013 by David Schwerin

The Philadelphia Inquirer October 20, 2013 This is a perfect analogy! Wouldn’t it be great if we could design budgets in which we only plan to spend what we take in?

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BTR Interview

Posted on September 26, 2013 by David Schwerin

Please follow this link http://breakthruradio.com/#/post/?blog=107&post=916 to a recent BTR interview in which David discusses some of the latest hot button topics as well as possible solutions to our most vexing problems. Interlaced with music that you can choose to enjoy or … Continue reading →

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For our Planet and Soul

Posted on August 30, 2013 by David Schwerin

  Want to cut taxes, decrease the deficit, reduce regulations and improve the environment? A carbon tax would accomplish all that, but it has surprisingly few supporters. In fact, policy makers are running the other way. Economists have long argued … Continue reading →

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It doesn’t make any sense (VIII)

Posted on July 29, 2013 by David Schwerin

Cities do it; states and provinces do it; even countries do it. So “it” must be good. Or maybe not! What these political entities do is lure businesses, through direct payments and subsidies, to their territory. Politicians can then commend … Continue reading →

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How Taxing Is It? III

Posted on June 28, 2013 by David Schwerin

Budgets need balancing; roads need repairing and CO2 needs to be reduced. All governments face these challenges. Is there anything that can address all three problems simultaneously? How about raising the gas tax? In the U.S., the federal tax on … Continue reading →

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A is for Apple: C is for Chutzpah

Posted on May 27, 2013 by David Schwerin

Earlier this month Apple Corporation (AC), the darling of businesses and consumers alike, sold $17 billion worth of bonds. Thanks to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing (printing money to keep interest rates artificially low) Apple’s new 3 … Continue reading →

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Xinhua News Agency Interviews Schwerin

Posted on April 2, 2013 by David Schwerin

A dozen years ago, when my wife and I took the first of our five trips to China, talking about the environment was almost forbidden. Economic development, no matter what the cost, was the government and peoples’ sole focus. This … Continue reading →

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How taxing is it?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by David Schwerin

  “Heredity and environment play a role, but what really makes you what you are is Tax Policy!” This whimsical wisdom was offered in a comic in the March 18th issue of Barron’s Financial Weekly newspaper. Tax policy has long … Continue reading →

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Old Problems Need New Thinking

Posted on January 9, 2013 by David Schwerin

Over the past 18 months, Wide Angle Thinking has addressed a number of critical problems. The subjects included: pollution and global warming, terrorism and war, debt and deficits and health and health care. We also discussed a number of specific … Continue reading →

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