Published

1 year ago

December 28, 2024

Alice Rush

I agree with all this, with the exception of “disorder.” Capitalism is extremely well ordered.

Those old enough to remember the movie “Wall Street” with its character Gordon Gecko, played by Michael Douglas, will recall the talk he gave to an audience of investors that begins, “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.”

That said, capitalism promotes war, racism, poverty, environmental degradation, and inter-national hatred. One hundred years ago, this was ugly. Now, it’s a fast track to the unprecedented suffering of all life species on Earth, with humankind at the forefront.

Capitalism’s Pros and Cons

Renewable Energy

When Trump Will Leave

Published

7 hours ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

Obviously, James Carville has been wrong before, but it appears that he’s onto something here.

An ever-increasing number of Americans are realizing that Trump is criminally insane, and is leading this nation to destruction.

When Trump Will Leave

Renewable Energy

The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation

Published

11 hours ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

It’s a pleasure to see that Dr. Brian Cox has people so popular, having joined the ranks for Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and a few others. This phenomenon of celebrity physicists if one of very few bright spots in our modern world.

I would qualify what he says at left as follows: the only people who hate the economics here are those invested in fossil fuels. Clean energy and transportation are already huge industries, and they’re growing at an amazing pace–even in the face of heavy suppression by Big Oil and Donald Trump.