Category Archives: MN Gordon

The End of the New Paradigm

There is a pleasant mist in the air which conceals the depths of the disorder with earnest efficiency.  Cavernous divergences exist between the financial economy and the real economy.  Yet only the crankiest will speak of them. The union in … Continue reading

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The Sickness that Never Ends

It’s a wacky and wild world out there.  We don’t know what to make of it anymore.  The tried and true has disappeared from common circulation like pre-1965 quarter dollars.  What remains is a lot of claptrap. For example, we’ve … Continue reading

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The Perfect Time to Save for a Rainy Day

Today we gaze back to the past so we can peer forward to the future.  What does yesterday tell us about today?  What does today tell us about tomorrow? For example, eleven year ago the global economy was in the … Continue reading

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Dock Worker Shakedown and You

The fog was especially thick one morning last week.  Visibility was greatly constrained.  The fog horns bellowed in the darkest hour before dawn while we stirred from our splendid slumber. Here in Long Beach, the frenetic movement at the mammoth … Continue reading

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