May 2023

32 posts

A $73 Trillion Bonanza

by Larry Shultz| |Democracy Education

America’s 1% Has Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90% | Time Plus, another $23 trillion or so, since 1975, due to lower tax rates on high capital and labor income, has been added to the national debt (increasing debt as a percent…

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The USA is Importing Wheat

by Larry Shultz| |Climate US West

us wheat import: US makes rare wheat imports from Europe after drought ravages crops – The Economic Times (indiatimes.com) U.S. wheat imports and exports, 2022 | Statista  

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Unpaid Care Work

by Larry Shultz| |Public Health

Valuing the Invaluable 2021 Update Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers – AARP Insight on the Issues It now costs $310,000 to raise a child: “Something has to give” – CBS News Key facts about moms in the…

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Forests and Precipitation

by Larry Shultz| |Botany Climate Physical Geography

  Conserving old growth forests is key to stabilising the Earth’s climate – Club of Rome The role of ecosystem transpiration in creating alternate moisture regimes by influencing atmospheric moisture convergence –…

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