What Is A Nobel Prize in Economics Worth These Days?

People debate all sorts of topics in the world of economics.  Often in these debates, it will come to some kind of gridlock or standstill.  That’s when it happens.  Someone pulls the Nobel Prize of economics card or starts listing credentials.  Frankly, I think this terribly weak for a couple of reasons. Citing an award has nothing to do with [...]

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Paul Krugman is an Economist?

Paul Krugman, an economist...kind of

You may or may not be familiar with the name Paul Krugman.   He writes a blog in the NY Times.  People consider him an economist.  In fact, some people consider Mr. Krugman to be a good economist.  He was given the Nobel Prize in economics. Here’s the thing. Paul Krugman very rarely gets anything right when it comes to the [...]

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Don’t Forget About Yourself

(Fair warning: This blog post will have the word “I” in it a lot, but I promise there is a point if you stick with it) For a few years now I have spent a good deal of time focusing on writing articles and blog posts. I did this to help spread information that could be helpful to those who [...]

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Why The Focus Should Shift From Political to Philosophical

thought, not force

Only a fool would deny that America has a long list of troubles.  We’re not doing so good in a lot of areas. The biggest and most obvious problem is the economy.  There are those hosts and guests on financial television shows that will try to tell you that things are looking up for the economy. If you believe that [...]

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U.S. Military Men & Women…Welcome to the Political Fringe

Ron Paul, Most donations among US military

For those people in the U.S. military services, I would like to welcome you to the political fringe. That’s right, according to people who subscribe to the ideology of  both the Republican and Democrat parties, you are part of the political fringe.   Republicans and Democrats, who claim to value and respect you and your service to the country, have labeled [...]

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