Source: The Daily Economy
by Byron Carson

“More than a cartoon prop, the old-fashioned FLIT gun was one of many innovations that gave ordinary households unprecedented power over pests that plagued us for centuries.” (09/07/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/how-markets-fought-mosquitoes/

Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman

“If you go to a real estate agent in search of a house, there are two questions you are likely to be asked. One is how much you want to spend. The other is what sort of house you are looking for—how large, how many rooms of what sort, in what location. It is in the agent’s interest to ask the first question; since his commission is a percentage of the sales price, he would like to sell you the most expensive house you are willing to buy. It is not clear that it is in your interest to answer it.” (09/05/26)

https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/buying-a-house

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Remember how we were always hearing that the official death toll in Gaza is an undercount because there are thousands of bodies trapped under the rubble? Well, it looks like Israel has been moving those remains along with the rubble, conveniently destroying evidence of genocide. Last month, a report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimated that ‘at least 10 million tonnes of rubble have been removed, crushed, or moved from their original sites within the areas under Israel’s unlawful military control.’ ‘In recent weeks, Euro-Med Monitor tracked nearly 100 Israeli trucks daily leaving the Gaza Strip with debris,’ the report reads. ‘These trucks carry rubble to undisclosed sites within Israel and further south of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli authorities have not provided details on the quantities removed, the routes taken, the destination sites, or how the material is utilised.'” (09/07/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/09/07/israel-is-destroying-evidence-of-genocide-in-gaza/

Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser

Cartoon. (09/07/26)

https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2604

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jennie Jones

“‘Dance won’t pay well. You should choose a real job.’ ‘There aren’t many jobs in the dance world, and it’s really hard to get into. You should have a backup plan.’ And my personal favorite: after I shared with my high school counselor that I planned to dance as long as I could and then go to law school, she jokingly replied, ‘That’s just what the world needs—more dancing lawyers.’ This was the well-meaning advice I got from most of the adults in my life during my final years of high school. I was recently reflecting on that advice, now with the hindsight of more than 20 years of making a living doing things I love, and I realized where it fell short for me.” (09/04/26)

https://fee.org/articles/stop-preparing-kids-for-jobs-teach-them-to-build-a-livelihood/

Source: Common Dreams
by Bruce T Boccardy

“Our economic model is plagued with a history of periodic recessions and depressions. That history is recorded by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Recessions and depressions are clinically presented as normal components of the ‘business cycle’. The NBER does not report the chronic instability and destruction of communities and working people’s lives by this ‘business cycle’. Political democracy demands economic democracy. We have statutes, laws, regulations, and rules to protect the common good. Why not apply the same principles to the relations of production? Many economists, psychologists, and journalists have attempted to rationalize the chronic crisis in our economic model. These fanciful assertions are thoroughly inadequate. As Leo Huberman chronicled in Man’s Worldly Goods, some experts actually attributed the chronic crises to radiation from the sun or the path of the planet Venus.” (09/07/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/limits-reform-economic-model