Author Archives: MN Gordon

Deliver Us From Idiots

A central benefit of the government’s debt ceiling calamity was the outstanding comedy it provided.  We’ll certainly miss the B-rated entertainment.  While it’s unfortunate a default was avoided, the whole hullabaloo served up some tasty performances. President Obama, for one, … Continue reading

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Admit Defeat of the Social Utopia

Production is the End “The economic goal of any nation, as of any individual, is to get the greatest results with the least effort.  The whole economic progress of mankind has consisted in getting more production with the same labor,” … Continue reading

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Making Obese Debt Levels Possible

Make no bones about it…this economy sucks eggs.  Just ask anyone who’s looking for a job and they’ll tell you, ‘no one’s hiring.’  Despite official decree from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the Great Recession ended in June … Continue reading

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Europe Doubles Down on Greek Bailout

Hot dry Santa Ana winds blow from the east across the California desert every fall.  They rip and roar their way over and down the mountain passes and rumble their way across the vast Los Angeles basin, pushing the smog … Continue reading

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