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Category Archives: economics
Did You Know? (Version 3.0)
06-Dec-08A Quip On A Manufactured Collapse
18-Sep-08Michael Novak’s theory regarding Western democratic capitalism can be summerized as a three-legged stool with the legs being, political freedom, economic freedom, and moral restraint.
We are witnessing the after effects of the complete removal of moral restraint. Political and economic freedoms have been curtailed for the last 20 years or so, but they are still, [...]
My, How They Love One Another
20-Aug-08Are we Kicking Grandma to the Curb?
For a number of reasons, I have a real problem with what this post (and the quoted article/news story) say. Not because it isn’t true, but because it is. I don’t think that nursing homes are an ideal situation, that’s for sure, but am I capable of taking care [...]
Lean Solves Everything
22-May-08Okay, not really, but it sure applies to things I haven’t thought of. The company I work for is an enthusiastic applier of lean thinking methodology, and so I’ve tried to keep an eye on the thought process, and the ideas of those who have implemented it, or help others implement it. Kevin Meyer [...]
A Take on Generosity
09-Feb-08A politician, like you and me, can be generous only with his own money. A politician spending other people’s money is, at best, implementing sound policies - and, more realistically, much closer to a burglar who “generously” uses part of his booty to buy rounds of drinks for his buddies.
Cafe Hayek: Who’s Generous?
Don Boudreaux [...]
