Articles from December 2011

ARTICLES 17 DEC 11

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS Gallop does a survey to figure out who the 1% are (and by extension who the other 99% are). Unsurprisingly it found that the two groups are very similar except in educational attainment. But then no one should be shocked that M.D. heart specialist or business executive with an MBA makes multiple [...]

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ARTICLES 10 DEC 11

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS I’m a big fan of Prof. Roberts over at GMU. I find myself in agreement of his point in this brief article.   A very interesting paper entitled: “Hayek and the 21st Century Boom-Bust and Recession-Recovery” (you may wish to print it -25 pages)   GENERAL INTEREST I’m starting to get a [...]

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ARTICLES 3 DEC 11

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS So what happens when the government attempts to pick winners and losers by defying the market? As in this case, you get a huge waste of money which fails to accomplish its stated goals or the natural movement of the market.   The Fed: if we aren’t going to end it, there [...]

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