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By John, on May 5th, 2008
Friedman and Zakaria are two of my favorite journalists/authors and they have written a pair of editorials that are definitely worth sharing.
Both editorials focus on the challenges we face as a nation and what we may see in the future. If you don’t read anything else today you should read these – and [...]
By John, on April 29th, 2008
In an influential 1932 essay, Lionel Robbins defined economics as “the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.” (from Wikipedia)
I read a fascinating article about our current economic “woes” and it turns out fear is more of a factor than short supply. Simply [...]
By John, on April 20th, 2008
If you’ve been paying attention – we’re paying more for many of the things that we use daily. The rising cost of oil impacts the cost of transportation, consumer goods, and food. Companies are trying to cut costs wherever possible while trying to retain the most talented and hardworking individuals. Some would blame the [...]
By John, on March 18th, 2008
The US economy has been quite turbulent of late and not one of us is sure how things are going to turn out. Speculation runs rampant that we are headed for a depression or at best a recession. Either way, we need to do something to turn the tide against the “bubbles” that we [...]
By John, on February 21st, 2008
I just finished reading the book The World is Flat and I’ve got to say that I’m extremely excited about globalization and all of the challenges that we are going to face in the future. The more I dig into books about economics, business, sociology, and trade the more intrigued I become by the [...]
By John, on January 24th, 2008
So the govt. wants to give me money – sure, I’ll take it. But, the one thing I can’t figure out is where they expect the money to come from and what good they actually expect it to do to the economy.
I’ve done a little reading and found out some interesting tidbits – [...]
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