Economics

Tame Bear on March 23rd, 2015

I’ve been slowly working my way through “Capital in the 21st Century“ by Thomas Piketty. It is fascinating! Some of the earliest data for his research comes from novels that described economics in the 18th and 19th centuries — like Jane Austen’s “Pride and Predjudice,” and “Sense and Sensibility.” Capital in those days was LAND. […]

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Tame Bear on October 24th, 2011

… to wear a profession of the generic state religion on my ass? As a person of faith, I am happy to live in a country that at least pays some lip service to the freedom every citizen has to express their faith — or not. Here in Indiana we’re given a choice of automobile […]

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Tame Bear on October 23rd, 2011

Ok, so we all know Greece is going down, right? So the next question is, how many bankers have we among us to step up to the plate and defend the Old World from this tsunami of economic collapse? Where can you draw the line and build the wall necessary to defend your country and […]

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