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Category: Finances and Economics
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It was an average sized college classroom with round tables and cheap plastic chairs. People of all kinds filed their way into the crowding room, glancing around, searching for seats. By the time the modest program began, the room was full, with people standing in the doorway. There should have been more. Thousands more. Had…
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Click the following link for an entertaining video. The battle between economic theories is both interesting and tragic. Strangely, after the theories of Keynes were totally debunked, they have somehow roared back into the main thanks to President Bush and Obama. This humorous but accurate video explains both sides very clearly. In case you're wondering,…
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Okay, okay, two bits of information you need to know about this video before you watch it: #1. I was "Double Dog Dared" to post it! (Don't say I don't have guts!) #2. It is not appropriate (in some small ways) for children. Also, this will certainly be controversial. However, the ugly truth of the…
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To further the conversation from yesterday's video regarding the care and feeding of the goose that lays the golden eggs, I thought it might be helpful to summarize the main point. In essence, there are two uses for your money. One is productive and one is wasteful (and possibly even destructive). Productive spending of money…
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Nuff said.
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Why are we even talking about Inflation? Why does it matter? How does it affect us? Who is responsible for it and why do they do it? Oh, my three dear readers, I am glad you asked!
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How in the world did Americans end up in so much debt? Could it be that they had enticements and a bad example to follow? No! Say it isn't so!
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Inflation is not the mysterious ghost public officials have led us to believe it is. Rather, it is the direct result of collaborative monetary policies. Understanding it is important, because as we shall detail in subsequent posts, it is effectively an invisible, flat tax that affects everyone.