Elites revitalize city with quiet consent of public; dissenters want more government
Robert Ashton Winslow tells how superior people of means and talent in the past 50 years have reshaped the river city into a tourist town with a pro-environment reputation. “We are so diverse and full of ideas and we do have real divisions,” the young filmmaker says. “But polarization makes us forget that we really […]
When companies export profit from local economy, negative multiplier effect kicks in
The sun sets in Hixson upon retail shops that energize two sorts of clientele. By Alfred Adask In 1999 Drs. William Heffernan, Robert Gronski, and Mary Hendrickson (professors in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri) presented a paper entitled “Concentration of Agricultural Markets” to the National Farmers Union. That paper outlined […]
Listen in as Mrs. Beecher uses ‘local economy’ to sell to small shops
Local economy ideas help in sales pitches. By David Tulis Local economy is a winning idea that helps local businesses sell themselves to members of the shopping public. I am developing this idea of local economy with your help, and I appreciate your seeing the brightness in the connection between a Christian worldview and free […]
Governor pretends resistance to gay tide, quickly calls it quits in Wisconsin
Gov. Bill Haslam meets with state regulators in August 2013. (Photo Tn.gov/governor) For us, it’s over in Wisconsin. The federal courts have ruled that this decision by this court of appeals *** is the law of the land and we will be upholding it.” — Gov. Scott Walker [I have been considering our situation in […]
Establishment gangs up to deprive Tennesseans vote on judges
The state’s business and political establishment supports force-fitting the constitution to fit an illegal law. Please read my essay at this link. Tweet Pin It
Uncle sky stripes city on national holiday; should we worry, or say thanks?
The U.S. sky stripes Chattanooga on July 4, 2014, though few people are aware of the program enough to thank it. This scene greets me looking up through my workplaces’s front door. By David Tulis / Chattanoogan.com Americans celebrate their country’s patriotic day looking up to exploding fireworks in the night sky. On Thursday thousands […]
Think of local economy in terms of productive ‘trading circles’
The destructive consequences of a parasitic Tyranny of the Wealthy and Majority have yet to play out, but they will, and sooner than most believe possible. By Charles Hugh Smith One of the core concepts of my work is that our state-cartel dominated economy is fundamentally a vast parasitic skimming machine that redistributes the nation’s […]
Relying on people, new local economy will burst through old
(Cartoon The Moneychanger newsletter) [I published this essay from The Moneychanger in August 2012, but I suspect as you are a new reader and missed it. — DJT] By Franklin Sanders Let’s face a reality most Americans refuse to confess: America is not the land of the free. Not only does very little freedom — […]
The ominous continuity of Thrive 2055
Thrive 2055 is an effort by the political establishment toward economic and social central planning. Media coverage presents it as a story with one side. By David Tulis A marketing program paid for by Hamilton County and other taxpayers plays on a theory of local economy so diluted it is effectively an argument for national […]
How in local economy Sheriff Hammond’s superiority works against him
Hamilton County’s incumbent sheriff, Jim Hammond, left, has much experience in international policing. His challenger Chris Harvey listens at a tea party event. By David Tulis The sheriff’s contest in Hamilton County is between a greater man and a lesser, between an officer whose scale of experience is global vs. the other whose is more […]