October 2019 – American Delusions

Nobel Prize Winners Critique Markets – Duflo and Bannerjee

October 27, 2019 Comments Off

It will be no surprise to regular readers of AmericanDelusions that we are skeptical of markets and even more so claims made for markets. So, it was a pleasure to read the recent op-ed piece by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, “Economic --->> read more -->>

Recently Noted – challenging views of Justice Clarence Thomas – the intractable nature of white racism

October 15, 2019 Comments Off

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been famous and more than a bit of an outlier in American life from the moment he came on the public stage over the summer of 1991. Today I noted an interesting book review by Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson in the October 4, 2019 --->> read more -->>

Recently Noted – Your Burger vs. Transatlantic Flight – how much CO2?

October 4, 2019 Comments Off

The New Yorker published “Value Meal: Impossible Foods wants to save the world by inventing a better burger” by Tad Friend in the 9/30/2019 issue. During the introductory paragraphs the following statistic was cited: Every four pounds of beef you eat contributes to as much global warming as flying from New --->> read more -->>