Day July 1, 2008

Per capita income falling in US

From John Robb Given that we are moving into a period of extreme system shocks, this isn’t good news. There’s no income buffer to allow an easy transition to resilient communities. It’s looking it will end up being a bare…

Server problems

We are having server problems, hence posts keep disappearing then reappearing. We are in the process of moving to a new host. Sigh.

What Obama will need to do

Dear President Obama: You have inherited a mess. Your predecessor, fixated on emulating a former Republican icon from a far different economic era, chose to emphasize tax cuts for the rich and excessive consumption for all Americans. He promoted deregulation…