Monthly Archives: May 2018

Modern monetary theorists believe that confusion around money has distracted economists from the real things that affect the economic health of society ― natural resources, technology, available labor. Money is a tool governments use to manage these variables and solve social problems. It is not a scarce resource that governments have to track down in order to pay for projects.

Zach Carter writing for Huffpo about economist Stephanie Kelton

Janet hikes! Janet rock-climbs! I’m grateful she could muster the forces necessary to tackle a National Park; luckily just a few steps out of the car rewarded us with this unspoiled solitude.  I’m pretty sure she enjoyed looking at the scenery, and I know she liked spotting wildlife. But after looking hard a while at this arid land, she summed up: “It looks just like the Cape.” Cod, she meant. “Except without the water,” she quickly added, seeing us baffled. 

Well, I’ve never been to Cape Cod, and she has, so I might just believe her.

The distinctive sandy rock piles in Joshua Tree each create thousands of little micro-climates in their clefts and declivities. They support a diverse and surprisingly abundant biome.

Just think, all this, a two hours’ drive from hectic Valley Village.