Category Archives: MN Gordon

Something Big is Coming

How things change.  A year ago the Midwest and Mississippi Basin were suffering the worst drought since 1956.  Corn stalks were rapidly going brown and corn prices were rapidly going up.  The next food crisis was imminent. We even wrote … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant Inflation Instruction

Sometime in the 1920s Walter Knott, an unsuccessful farmer, nursed several dying berry vines back to life at his Buena Park, California, farm.  Little did he know, his fortunes were about to change. These unique vines were created by Rudolph … Continue reading →

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Beardless Ben and Bad Bet Summers

Plenty of ink has been spilled lately brooding over who’ll be the next Fed Chairman when Ben Bernanke’s term concludes on January 31, 2014.  Here at the Economic Prism we really don’t give a rip who the next monetary Caesar … Continue reading →

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A New Plan to Socialize Losses

President Obama’s a man with a plan.  A couple weeks ago he unveiled his plan to save the middle class by calling CEOs.  This week he told people in Arizona he plans to save the housing market by providing government … Continue reading →

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