Gabby
Garrulous Gabby Hayes Saturday morning at breakfast, I asked Dad, “What do you think President Johnson should do about Vietnam?”He lifted his eyes above the sports section. “I think,” he turned the page, snapping it…
Author: Robert Hamill
Non-Logical Influences
Placebo Effect If a number of people are given a sugar pill (unbeknownst to them and inert with respect to an illness), some will report relief of their symptoms. The placebo effect demonstrates one way…
Fundamental Attribution Error. A Real Impact
Let me start with a formal description. The fundamental attribution error (FAE), also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to under-emphasize situational explanations for an individual's observed behavior while…
Lockdown GDP Decline & Steps for Reopening
Magnitude of Economic Cost GDP in US dropped 4.8% in 1Q. What GDP contraction in March must have occurred to make 1Q annualized decline 4.8%? In the calculation below, I used the official GDP numbers…
Why Lockdown?
Governors State governors were faced with an overwhelming demand on their hospitals or a near future which promised that and, yet, no national policies or guidelines. They decided to protect their citizens in the only…
Lockdown Economic Takeaways
The lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus has highlighted 3 economic facts. The health of everyone is essential for the entire economy to operate.Essential services are delivered by many people who are paid too little…
Return to Earth
He who climbs onto the roof should not kickaway the ladder.-Karol IrzykowskiBaltimore CanyonSundaySep. 5, 2258 “Eureka, I have found it!” That’s what I should have said when my prototype Synthesizer finally produced a balanced nutrient…
Pandemic Economic Valuations
Looking out at trees and few cars and walkers, taking a break from the sour TV news, the pandemic precautions have exposed a fault-line in economic valuations that is striking. Economic Markets Today The stock…
Coronavirus Next Economic Steps
The economy is suffering Our leaders are worried that patients could overwhelm the hospitals and ICUs. They recommended social distancing. As a result, schools, restaurants, sports, and large events have been shutdown. Okay, a start…
BR How to Tell a Story
The book, How to Tell a Story, assumed that a book-length product, novel or non-fictional narrative was the end goal. Although I am most interested in short stories, most of the advice and discussion was…