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The United States Can’t Afford Prosperity

Posted on February 1, 2013 by MN Gordon

Earlier this week it was revealed that something remarkable and totally unexpected happened during the fourth quarter of 2012.  The economy didn’t grow.  It shrank. “Real gross domestic product – the output of goods and services produced by labor and … Continue reading →

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How to Erase the Federal Debt and Other Bad Ideas

Posted on January 8, 2013 by MN Gordon

The world is rife with bad ideas.  Just open your eyes and look around.  Hardly a blink can be made without some bad idea coming into view.  What’s more, the worse the idea…the more popular it becomes.  Here’s a partial … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Life After the End of the World

Posted on December 21, 2012 by MN Gordon

“It’s important to rescue the frog.” – Al Gore Jr., Nobel Prize Laureate. The Great Conmen of Our Day Known unknowns are commonly unsettling.  People pay good money for the comfort of a favorable prediction, particularly when it’s from someone … Continue reading →

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The Malady of the Federal Reserve

Posted on December 11, 2012 by MN Gordon

Ben Bernanke and his pals at the Federal Reserve are meeting today to come up with their next plan for manipulating credit markets.  Tomorrow they’ll let us know their grand designs for monkeying with the money supply and interest rates.  … Continue reading →

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