David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) The audio book version of my novel, True Faith, is now available for streaming on Spotify for $4.99. Here is the link to its page on Spotify: LINK TO SPOTIFY PAGE. A five minute audio sample of True Faith is available on…

Since the killings, people have asked, “Why?” That’s the wrong question. They should have asked “How?” — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) I don’t personally know if Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son. A jury found that he did, so I’m taking their word for it. This column is my opinion about what actually happened on June 7, 2021, the day the…

A blueprint for politicians who are looking for a simple way to reduce rents without new bureaucracy — David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) [This column is an abbreviated version of a the following more detailed article: How To Eliminate Excessive Residential Rents Without Rent Controls Or Rent Caps Secure reasonable rents by imposing an Excess Rent Tax that removes the landlord’s financial incentive to charge an…medium.com

If the MAGA Republicans had a sports team they’d claim that they won every game they lost because the refs were against them — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) It Started With Davy Crockett & Homilies About Omelets I blame Davy Crockett. When I was very young, Walt Disney produced a series of TV movies that glorified Davy Crockett, a hero who could do no wrong. From time to time…

The more complex the system, the more points of failure. Southwest Airlines’ meltdown is just a harbinger of things to come — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) — — — — A Chain Is Only As Reliable As Its Weakest Link — — — — My High-Tech Odyssey I was on the internet and clicked on a text box. I typed a few characters and nothing happened. What? Oh, crap, the battery in the wireless keyboard is dead. Well, that’s no problem. I’ll just put in a new battery.

In 2022 the average wealth of a person in the top 10% was 110 TIMES larger than the average wealth of all Americans in the bottom 50% — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) I’ve written several times about how the feedback effect drives unchecked systems pear-shaped and then destroys them. If Unchecked The Feedback Effect Always Turns An Economic Anarchist Society Into A Plutocracy The feedback effect always drives unbalanced systems to the extremes, never to the middle. Unless checked, the rich…medium.com

Is Need + Wealth Pricing Extortion Or Just Good Business? — — David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Certain Points Of View Are Hard-Wired Into People’s Brains The Tree-Falling-In-The-Forest Question Different people have inherently different ways of looking at the same thing. There’s the old “tree falling in the forest” question that will be answered one way by some people and another way by other people. …

Very rich people, or those who want to pretend to be very rich, have always found ways to identify themselves to other “people like us.” — — David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Humans communicate in many ways. Sometimes the message is explicit: “You’re fired.” But often human communications are more subtle. Indirect Messaging The boy who asked a girl to go to the movies with him on Saturday night and was told that…

Everyone has the right to know who’s publishing hate and lies about them — By David Grace (Amazon Page — David Grace Website) Having A Right Without A Corresponding Responsibility Is A Myth For every right — speech, press, religion — you have an equal measure of responsibility. The notion that you can have rights without being subject to a corresponding, equal measure of…