Lessons in Consequences
So…why the vaccine mandates? Salon explains it in their headine: ‘Trump fans are overdue for a lesson in consequences’.
A Reckoning of Economic Excess
An excess of private investment usually produces an excess of capacity…and excess output. Too much, in other words.
It’s Easier to ‘Print’ Money than to Make Refrigerators
What we are wondering today is what’s ahead for the US economy — inflation or deflation? Maybe the Evergrande story will give us a clue.
The Feds’ One Plan to Save the US
How sweet. US investors are so sympathetic! They ended the day down 614 points (1.8%) — out of sympathy for the poor Chinese.
Curious Facts from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Like all the many studies, findings, tests, arguments, ‘facts’, and figures used in the COVID discussion, it is probably partly true, partly false, and widely misinterpreted.
Career Elite, Old-Fashioned Crime
You raise money from friends and family. You ‘invest’ it in the highest-flying, fastest-moving tech companies on the market. If they go up, you become rich and famous. If they go down, well…it wasn’t your…
Crypto Conundrum
So far, going online and buying cryptos has proven to be about the best move you can make. The brand-name leader, bitcoin, rose 340% over the last year.
The Biggest Manipulators in the Nation
Cryptos were thought to be new forms of money. Then, they were ‘assets’, a whole new ‘asset class’ that was making people rich.And now the crypto riches are spilling out into the real world of…
Truth: A Total Fantasy
And the story, while reported as truth by the major media, might just as well be a total fantasy. It makes more sense as a fantasy. But then, so does most of the news.
Does Freedom Pay?
The result? Here too, freedom paid off. Different sects competed for hearts, minds, and souls…and generally flourished without resort to violence.