23 July 2015

Donald Trump is the Republican Party's Better Version of Itself. Seriously

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In a Washington Post poll from just four days ago, Donald Trump had nearly double the support of his two leading competitors. Serious pol...
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10 July 2015

Pope Francis Continues Tradition of Papal Confusion

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This week the pope apologized for the Catholic Church's role in the exploitation of the people of the Americas. That was nice. 500 year...
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07 July 2015

The Real Greek Tragedy - Europe's Stagnant Economy

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"Most problems cannot be solved. And most problems are made irrelevant by success."  - Peter Drucker If the Eurozone had grown ...
03 July 2015

Observations from Recent Trips Around the Country (Many Reasons for Optimism and One for Concern)

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The media works hard to find the worst among us. They have thousands of employees whose job it is to find the corrupt bureaucrats, the cheat...
28 June 2015

What the Acceleration of Product Adoption Means for Politicians Who Resist Social Change

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"Dude," did you see how the gays just like, organized and got same-sex marriage legal, like, everywhere?" Dude exhales. Gigg...
25 June 2015

The Stock Market as a Place Where Learning is Punished

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One popular theory about the stock market is that its movement is random. This theory states that today’s prices reflect everything we now ...
20 June 2015

Herbal Economics: Economic Policy in Modern Democracies

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About half of Americans believe at least one medical conspiracy theory . The most popular belief is that the FDA is "deliberately preve...
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15 June 2015

Jeb or Jed? A Voters Guide

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Jeb Bush officially announced today that he's running for president. It's a crowded field in the Republican primary so to save you f...
10 June 2015

The Entire History of the Nation in Just a Word or Two From 24 Different Presidents

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R. Luke Dubois has created a fascinating way to see which words the presidents used most frequently in their state of the union addresses h...

Confusing Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Innovation and entrepreneurship are closely related but you can make a big mistake by thinking that they are the same thing. They are not. ...
07 June 2015

Will Hillary's Campaign Strategy Make the Country More Polarized?

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Today's NY Times has an article about Hillary Clinton's probable strategy, written by Jonathon Martin and Maggie Haberman. Bill Clin...
05 June 2015

Why Fear Sells in the Republican Primary

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With the exception of Rand Paul, the 10 to 17 Republican candidates running for the White House all say they would not have invaded Iraq but...
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04 June 2015

Rick Perry's Country Rap (C-Rap) Campaign Song

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Today Rick Perry announced he is running for president. As the field of dubious candidates grows, it is a reminder that not every child shou...
03 June 2015

Education Myth vs. Education Reality - When Knowledge Work Boosts Your Economy

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I remember a conversation with a man who grew up in the Soviet Union. This was a time when the Soviets had the best chess players and a mili...
30 May 2015

Why Capitalism Might Yet Topple Democracy (It's Not How You Think)

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In just the last decade, you can walk into frozen yogurt shop and make a dessert that has exactly the mix of nuts and berries and candies ...
24 May 2015

Betting Against the Euro Zone

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About a dozen friends sign a pact. They are going to become better people. They debate a few variables and finally agree to the same workout...
22 May 2015

A Few Economic Metrics (as the Nation Seriously Considers Hiring a Third Bush for President)

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17 May 2015

Personalized DNA Analysis Will Eventually Be Something You Can't Live Without

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Personalized DNA analysis reminds me of computers in the early 1980s. In 1983, fresh out of university, I managed a ComputerLand store. P...
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14 May 2015

Forecasting 2nd Stage of Recovery - After 1/2 Decade of Job Creation We Will Have a 1/2 Decade of Wage Growth

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Through April, the American economy has been creating jobs (11 million) for 55 straight months.This is a record for uninterrupted job growth...
22 April 2015

$2 Billion for Campaigning May Sound Like a Lot But It's a Trivial Sum

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I recently heard that Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will probably spend a billion each for their presidential campaigns. This seemed to the c...