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Set the Children Free

Posted on January 3, 2012 by MN Gordon

There are things that are so obvious they shouldn’t warrant discussion…but they do.  For there are blockheads out there whose brains are so soft they don’t know obvious from Adam’s off ox.  Experience tells us that common sense is remarkably … Continue reading →

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2012: Predictions, Prognostications, and Prophecies

Posted on December 30, 2011 by MN Gordon

Before we turn the page to 2012 we must take a look back at the year that just passed so we can extract context for the year to come.  Looking at where the stock market began and ended in 2011, … Continue reading →

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How to Catch Fate’s Fortune

Posted on December 20, 2011 by MN Gordon

Believing In an Absurdity [Editor’s note: Today’s Economic Prism is an excerpt of remarks made by Direct Expressions’ President and Founder MN Gordon at the annual company holiday party held last Saturday at the 555 East Steakhouse.] “Fate throws fortune, but … Continue reading →

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Divided We Stand United We Fall

Posted on December 2, 2011 by MN Gordon

By the time the Vandals sacked Rome in A.D. 455 the empire of the Caesars had already receded from Western Europe.  Over several decades the vast territories of Britannia, Hispania, Gallia, and Italia gave way, piecemeal, to barbarians until imperial … Continue reading →

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