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84Bad Money
An obscure economic theorem called "Gresham's Law" states that: Bad money drives out good. What does that mean, and how does it apply to us today? Gresham's Law is named for Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579),...
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69The Genetics of Oppression
Text & Graphic by Richard W. Posner In my web wide wanderings, I often find one thing whilst looking for another. It’s one of the small joys in life in world that seems to be growing daily more grim. ...
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81My Socialism Beats Your Capitalism! Or Does It?
We do have a lot of discussions around here nowadays about what exactly went wrong and which exactly out of available "isms" is responsible for our current turmoil. Lots of debate really that does not seem to...
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92Tipping: Do You Have To Tip the Waiter? How much?
Veronica, I read one of your blogs a while back about tipping in restaurants. Tackle this for me. 1 - Do I have to tip? And 2 - how much do I have to tip? My wife and I are constantly arguing about this. ...
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81Liberals Can Not Be Patriots
Congratulations, my fellow Americans. The United States government now has more debt than the entire annual gross domestic product of the entire world combined. I was asked to give Obama a chance. When I...
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72Fourth of July at Walden Pond
My wife and daughters and I went to Walden Pond the morning of July the fourth, 2009, to sit amid the placid woods and swim in the placid water. Other than some overly friendly chipmunks, it was pretty...
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74Economical and Financial Jokes
A chemist, an engineer and an economist are stranded on a deserted island. They carry with them some canned food but have no ordinary means of opening the cans. The chemist suggests gathering some wood and...
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71A Bottle Of "Capitalism Be Damned" - The Messiah's Elixir
This hub consists of 503 words. Anyone who knows me knows I’m for rugged individualism. You know, people making their own way, taking their lumps, picking themselves up by the bootstraps and all...
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