Reflections on President Obama’s commentary and the U.S. credit rating downgrade

Let me start by stating none of the economic news in the last week concerning the United States is surprising.  A rating downgrade, like jobs or economic growth is a consequence resulting from actions previously taken, not as many appear to suggest, a signal.  The actions of our government and citizenry over the last 5 read more…

110408 John Rawls Quote

I discovered an animation website last week and look forward to sharing commentary in that medium. For now just a short quote was all I could muster…I hope you enjoy it!

110312 Rethinking Predictions

In light of the recent devastation in Japan, perhaps its time (again) to acknowledge the limits of our knowledge and pay heed to those constraints when making predictions about nature specifically and complex systems in general (such as economics, world trade, and the environment). While watching yet another dumbfounded scientist babble about how their assumptions read more…