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How to Erase the Federal Debt and Other Bad Ideas

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

“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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Why Chimpanzees Throw Poop at Zoo Gawkers

Can you believe it?  The 2012 fiscal year budget deficit is on track to eclipse $1 trillion a year for the fourth year in a row… According to the Treasury Department, “through the first nine months of the budget year, … Continue reading

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Paul Krugman Doesn’t Know T-Shirt Economics

The DOW eked out a slight gain yesterday.  Nonetheless, stocks are falling.  So are oil prices.  Gold too.  This, no doubt, brings good cheer to the Fed.  For it gives them cover to print more money. Falling oil prices mask … Continue reading

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