Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog---Just a Retired Social Studies Teacher. That's all...

Economics, civics, constitutional law, Supreme Court cases, AP Economics teaching resources, and classroom lessons by a retired social studies teacher.

What do a Platypus and the Electoral College have in common? See here short explanation of what happens in the event of a tie in the Presidential Election.

"Why I Love the Electoral College"---A defense of a much maligned part of the US Constitution. Not to be missed if you are interested in this topic!

"The Private Sector is doing fine" revisited---Nice graph here to support your point of view on this statement, whether you agree or disagree with it.

Nice, short video "It's a Wonderful Life! (without Capitalism)". If you are able to watch this, well, thank a Capitalist even if it hurts to do so....

The first statement for a new candidate for President. Please support him (me). God Bless America!!

Both candidates are "LYING" when they say they are not going to raise your taxes. If you think a Tariff is NOT a tax then move on. You will not be interested in this posting...

"They see me blog-rollin'. They Hatin'"...I am the Chamillionaire of blogs...

The US and World Rankings of Blogs is out and I am ranked---that is all I have to say about that...

"Hooray for GDP!!" Nice paper on the positives and negatives of this measure of production and whether is it a good measure of Standard of Living.

Nice interactive showing the wealth of Members of Congress based on their style of investing...

Snapshot of where jobs were added and subtracted last month---I look at these numbers and see the reason for Income Inequality in the US. What do you see??

Does money create the presence of goods and services or do goods and services create the presence of money? Economists answer: Yes, No, well, maybe...

Need a breakdown of what the "Fiscal Cliff" is all about? I always like to know what I am "falling into". How about you?

We were against child trafficking before we were for it. Nice example of conflicting policy goals...

Fracking Sand!! It is not what it sounds like. Sand is the newest natural resource craze.