What If There Were No More Inflation?
If you ever want to know how much a person actually knows about economics, ask them if inflation is good or bad. If they say that it’s good, you should immediately laugh in their face and never listen...
View ArticleGoodbye Net Neutrality
Here’s an inventive way to screw over the Internet. Take a service you put an arbitrary cap on, say cell phone data plans, and then offer companies an opportunity to bypass that cap by paying a...
View ArticleThree-Fifths Of A Living Wage
I recently read that phrase on a blog post that I have since forgotten, but the phrase itself stayed with me. That’s some really powerful imagery in a few words. Obviously, living on minimum wage is...
View ArticleMmm, Food Desserts…
Oh, wait, no, that’s food deserts. My bad. A food desert is an area of residential housing that is underserved by traditional grocery store but often over-served by fast food stores. These tend to...
View ArticleAll You Need To Know About Economics
There are two things I know about economics: Making money move makes money multiply. Money has a tendency to accumulate in one place. Point number one is a variation on you have to spend money to make...
View ArticleHere’s A Litmus Test For Obama Derangement Syndrome
Forbes Magazine has an article out showing that President Obama’s term in office has economically outperformed President Reagan’s in pretty much every category. Oh, and he also has shrunk the deficit...
View ArticleWhither Scotland?
I really don’t have much to say about the subject, I just think that anytime you can find an excuse to use “whither” in a post you should take it. Scotland is voting for independence from the United...
View ArticleHappy Privilege Day!
Ah, there’s nothing like the post-Christmas food coma day to talk about the dichotomy of our society here in the United States. Everybody’s off of work, nursing their hangovers or returning the crappy...
View ArticleThe Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Man, the Eurozone is a complete mess. Yep, it’s still trying to hash things out with Greece. Twice this week, there have almost been deals to basically kick the can down the road and proceed with the...
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We’re All In This Together
Harris Rosen is a real person. He really did give free daycare and college scholarships to all high school graduates in this very poor little neighborhood in Orlando, FL. It is unclear for how long...
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