Category Archives: Economics

If circumstances are such that thrift, energy, industry, and forethought enable the farmer, the tiller of the soil, on the one hand, and the wage-worker on the other, to keep themselves, their wives, and their children in reasonable comfort, then … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Publicly-Traded Stock Is Not An Investmet

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

My thoughts exactly: contrary to popular opinion, shareholders of American public corporations are NOT [...] investors, as in the contributors of capital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder

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The Heresy Of Mitch Daniels

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

Andrew Sullivan is drooling over the Republican governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels: As Dish readers know, Indiana governor, Mitch Daniels, seems to me the kind of man the GOP desperately needs: a real fiscal conservative, socially inclusive, open to serious … Continue reading →

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What 10,000?

Posted on October 16, 2009 by

A reader spars with Andrew Sullivan over which administration(s) deserve credit for the Dow hitting 10,000: The Daily Dish – Dissent of the Day Allow me to offer a different dissent: In 1999, when the Dow hit 10,000, the unemployment … Continue reading →

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I AM A CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL

Posted on August 26, 2009 by

I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water … Continue reading →

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Fortune 40: The best stocks to retire on, or die trying

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

After a bleak 2008, equities are looking up. But whatever the market, our trademark long-term portfolio can help you build a nest egg for a secure future. Fortune 40: The best stocks to retire on Isn’t it time to throw … Continue reading →

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Letters from the Front

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

I’m just catching up with Nico Pitney’s live-blog of the ongoing protests in Iran. (Funny enough, I’m seeing him being interviewed by Rachel Maddow in a repeat of today’s show right now.) In his 2:21PM ET entry, Nico reports a … Continue reading →

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Slate: China and Russia want a new global reserve currency.

Posted on April 4, 2009 by

At Wednesday’s G20 summit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggested creating “a new reserve currency” to replace the dollar. In a paper published March 23, Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan also proposed a new reserve currency, one “disconnected from individual … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart Nailed It

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

I  am with what anecdotally seems to be the majority of people, who thought the Daily Show interview of Jim Cramer conducted by Jon Stewart was brilliant, even while painful to watch. Jim Cramer had the misfortune of representing all … Continue reading →

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Larry Summers’ True Record on Women

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

In the Huffington Post article Larry Summers’ True Record on Women, Sheryl Sandberg writes an otherwise glowing review of Lawrence Summers’ (former short-term Treasury Secretary and ex-Harvard president) record on women. There was one bit I had to take issue … Continue reading →

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