Author Archives: binkleym

Let me ask fellow conservatives a question: Would you be in favor of replacing single-payer education with the individual mandate (aka, school vouchers)? Or reforming single-payer Social Security with an individual mandate to save (meaning, you *own* your retirement savings, … Continue reading →

Note:  I actually wrote this May 11, but neglected to publish it because I was thinking about adding a few more things and eventually got side-tracked by some research I was doing on Cheatham County.   Unfortunately, my predictions seem to … Continue reading →

A work in progress.   This will be updated from time to time. Population Cheatham County’s population growth (in blue) has been slowing for some time, and in recent years has grown slower than the Tennessee average (in red). UTK’s Center … Continue reading →

Trying to understand the economy is hard enough if you’re an actual economist.   But if your a normal person trying to filter through all the people who are just repeating the latest crazy they read on the Drudge Report and … Continue reading →

You asked why I didn’t believe in Austrian economics. Both Austrian and the various schools of Keynesian economics make very specific testable, measurable predictions about the economy. If X occurs, then Y will happen. Austrian economics predicts that austerity in … Continue reading →