The enormous holiday season from Halloween to Elvismas, is upon us. Another seasonal standby is the article about the value of presents, both in religious and in economic terms. Many cultures have different ways of compelling people to redistribute wealth and/or give alms to the poor. Many of the Native tribes of the Northwest United… [Read More]
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The Metaphysics of Time and Time Value
Christmas arrives in three days. All over America, Christian children are going nuts, unable to believe that they have to wait so long, while their parents are going nuts, unable to believe that it arrives so soon. Time is relative. Mathematically, it passes at a constant rate, but behaviorally, it does not. Along with children-waiting-for-Christmas… [Read More]
The Interview, the First Amendment, and Cultural Sensitivity
In the original Naked Gun movie – remember that? – Ayatollah Khomeini, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi, Fidel Castro, and Amin conspire to have Reggie Jackson assassinate the Queen of England. Was everyone up on arms about the sensibilities of respected national leaders like Muammar Gaddafi and Elizabeth Alexandria Mary Mountbatten-Windsor? Nope. They recognized… [Read More]
Get the 2015 Marketfy Market Outlook
Want some ideas for approaching the markets in 2015? The folks at Marketfy can help! They asked several different observers (including me) for their best advice for 2015 and collected it into a free ebook with many takes on the 2015 market outlook. Click here to get your copy.
Taxation, incentives, and Eric Garner
The Eric Garner case is maddening and sickening all at once. The part that gets me is that it all started over the sale of loose cigarettes. Not being a smoker, I had no idea that people purchased loose cigarettes, but I can understand how the occasional smoker might be interested in buying just one… [Read More]
