Monthly Archives: February 2010

Keynes vs. Hayek for Dummies

If you do not know who John Maynard Keynes or Friedrich von Hayek are, simply think of this video as 2 white rappers trying to impress white chicks. if you do know, then listen to the lyrics.

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Demography is destiny: The inevitable decline of the welfare state.

The trend to ignore old age or even to fight it by chemical and surgical means permeates not only our modern society by our government policy as well. But age, like gravity and rust, always wins in the end. Populations … Continue reading

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Hank, Hank, Hank…

I just finished reading Hank Paulson’s “On the Brink”, and though the book was a boring, blow-by-blow recount of the events, it shed some light on the near collapse of the global financial system in the fall of 2008.It did … Continue reading

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