I have had it with people saying that anything they don’t like will put us on the road to Communism. The reason this happens is that people don’t really know what Communism is, just that it is bad and un-American. If they would read the Communist Manifesto, they would know otherwise. The book is in… [Read More]
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]
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]
Recently, a writer I know was bemoaning a trite parenting-type story that she wrote. After all, she was an Ivy League graduate, shouldn’t she be doing something more with her skills than blogging about consumer products? Well, what should she be doing? We tend to define the successful payoff from a degree in terms of… [Read More]
Consumer spending represents 69% of U.S. GDP. That number includes spending on health care and education as well as spending on purses and shoes, and it’s big. The way to get ahead financially is to live on less money than you earn and get a return that beats inflation. In one sense, it’s very easy…. [Read More]
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