It’s a loose analogy (yet a useful one) to say that the opioid crisis is to the Great Recession as the Dust Bowl was to the Great Depression. These deep economic downturns did not cause, respectively, either the Dust Bowl or the opioid crisis, but each downturn did exacerbate the severity of its coincident calamity.…
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Economy, Poverty
Child Poverty from the Great Recession
by JOHN ADAMS •
Uncategorized
Patrolling the Downtown in Summer During a Great Recession
by JOHN ADAMS •
In our small town, with the added needs of customers at cafés during the summer, there is no reason leaders of our police department could not patrol regularly in the summer. If we are short-staffed, then those who lead might regularly walk through our downtown. To whom much is given, much is expected. Not the…
Bad Ideas, Boosterism, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Development, Economy, Planning, Poverty, WEDC
Declines, Recessions, and Rhetoric
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
While yesterday was a bad day for the financial markets, it’s the underlying – and troubling – fundamental condition of the economy that matters far more. Places like Whitewater, that adopted business special interests’ “if-you-build-it-they-will-come” approach despite increasing poverty and stagnation in household and individual incomes, are especially vulnerable to a downturn. Market Declines. Steven…
Economy, Government Spending
Reason.tv: Where are the Jobs? The Parallels between Today and the Great Depression
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reason considers our economic situation today and compares it with one from the ’30s. I don’t think the New Deal brought private jobs back, but I will say this much for FDR (as I have before): his New Dealers cared more about results than any local official hawking an empty idea like a so-called ‘Innovation…
Development, Economy, Planning
Richard Florida Discusses the Great Reset of Urban Development in Economic Downturns
by JOHN ADAMS •
Richard Florida, author of The Great Reset, discusses how this recession may change American life as did the depression of the 1870 and the Great Depression. Florida is interested in national trends, and especially the great cities of America. He contends that transportation infrastructure was, and may yet, be a good investment. Nonetheless, he acknowledges…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Health
Daily Bread for 12.7.22: The Need for Fundamental Care
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be foggy in the morning with a high of 40. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 08m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM. On this…
City, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 11.14.22: What Ails, What Heals
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be increasingly cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 4:32 PM for 9h 45m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 67.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1889, pioneering female journalist Nellie…
City, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.28.22: Whitewater Changed, All the Rest is Responding Accordingly
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 59. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 5:51 PM for 10h 26m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 12.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the…
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City, Culture, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.20.22: Something Transcendent, and in the Meantime
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 59. Sunrise is 7:15 AM and sunset 6:03 PM for 10h 48m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 24.7% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, and Whitewater’s Community Development…
City, Culture, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.4.22: The Same Idea Problem
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 6:30 PM for 11h 33m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 67.8% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union…
Boosterism, CDA, Conservative Populism, Corporate Welfare, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Local Government, Marketing, Misplaced Priorities, Poverty, Recession, That Which Paved the Way
Daily Bread for 9.6.22: The Boosters’ Big Capital but Small Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 76. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 53m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1803, British scientist John…
Boosterism, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Economy, Foxconn, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Local Government, Marketing, Misplaced Priorities, Poverty, Recession
Daily Bread for 9.5.22: The Grandiose
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be party sunny with high of 74. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 56m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1942, the Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major…
Budget, City, Daily Bread, Demographics, Economy, Poverty, School District
Daily Bread for 7.27.22: Brief Implications of Whitewater’s (Socio-Economic) Condition
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:42 AM and sunset 8:20 PM for 14h 38m 26s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1974, in the Watergate scandal, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27…