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They Are Wrong

August 11, 2011

Don’t listen. They are all saying the same thing, so it must be wrong. There aren’t that many intelligent people in finance, politics and the media. We are assured that the crash of the stock market is the result of our massive debt. Really? The market, whose computers are among the fastest in the world, [...]

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Disaster

August 1, 2011

Ah. The good old days are returning. If you can remember The Great Depression, get ready for déjà vu. Eighty-odd, very odd, imbeciles have done more damage to this country than we can presently foresee. You thought that you lived in a democracy. If you count Pakistan, Mexico and Iraq as models of democracy, then [...]

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Not A Fan Of Ceilings

June 25, 2011

I am not a fan of ceilings. Well, at home is good. Maybe in most any building. But that’s not the kind that we have as the subject today. We’re talking about the debt ceiling of the federal government. It’s possible one or two people may not be as familiar with this issue as they [...]

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We Never Listen

April 7, 2010

Some readers may have skipped the Classics. Some may just have memory problems associated with age. That I can identify with. Ms. Cassandra’s beauty caught the eye of Apollo. He gave her the gift of knowing the future. She spurned Mr. Apollo, so he cursed her. Her predictions were to be ignored. Obviously she is [...]

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Numbers

March 1, 2010

It isn’t even close to Halloween but this post should spook you. Why would I try to scare you? Can’t it wait until the end of October? No. I’m funny that way. Just saying the word economics causes most people’s eyes to glaze over. Actually finding out what is going on in the economy has [...]

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