By now, if you are reading this I am most likely dead. Back in July of 2014 (Autopsy: The Death of You), I said that things must change or we would all face dire consequences. Well, I can’t say for sure what it is that got me, perhaps it was a simple as an algae […]
A Capital Idea Attention Millennials: do you need some financial advice about how much to spend on college or how much to take out on loans or how to best pay off your loans? Do you need some financial advice about what career path to take or where to live that has good job opportunities […]
Consciousness and Decision Making: Are we just phoning it in? I was having a fun and interesting discussion with my son, who is in college and is allowed to think these days, about the Spike Jonze movie “Her” and artificial intelligence (AI). While many of us have heard of robotic type toys for kids that […]
Only You Can Save Us from Catastrophe Perhaps you have heard about Moral Mondays (MM). The folks in North Carolina take Monday as a day to restore fairness in government and social justice. Now that these activists have begun to stimulate our consciousness into action, it is time to add another day to the social […]
A Challenge to Millennials: Recreate a World Where Participation Has Meaning There are a scant few who would defend that money works. If you are one of the lucky ones for whom it is working, than you would also be one of those who are quietly doing the defending. For the vast majority though, money […]
The Great Shift Away From Economic Justice “The day of reckoning is here, we’re at the end of an era where we have Democratic spending policies and Republican tax policies. The result has been huge deficits and mounting debt burdens. It doesn’t work”- David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general. Rome wasn’t built in a day, […]
Global Principles for a Healthy World The chip stack leader in a poker game can afford to throw their weight around. They can play average hands and force others with average hands to retreat and they can challenge good hands and force others with good hands to fold as they play to the fear that […]
Knowledgeable Pinheads and Sneaky Pickpockets make the Economic Universe Let’s go back to the beginning…the very beginning. All matter was gold until the great explosion sent gold pieces hurling into deep space. When the stars and planets formed though they were not just made of gold and land but combined with labor and capital. And […]
Smart Currencies Revisited On June 7, 2011, I posted a blog about alternative currency movements that are springing up. The Boodleworld site also has a resources section that covers alternatives to money. It seems that the financial meltdown has spurned a number of new innovative forms of money. The problem with barter systems, which is […]
The Changing Money Myth In the movie “The Artist,” George Valentin gets caught up with the advent of movie sound and left behind as an actor. Like the typewriter repair person, he is rendered useless by technological change. In a tribute to the old Hollywood silent days it is against all odds that a movie […]
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