Courtesty of Mark Clower… If Rodney Dangerfield were alive today, this would be his comic routine: The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. It’s so bad, I ordered a burger at McDonalds
Category: Business
Comments about Common Myths
So much of what we take for granted as being true, upon greater scrutiny, ends up being just plain false. Collected here are some of our favorite punctured myths, misinformation and fallacies: 1) Sauerkraut didn’t originate in Germany. It got
The New GM
The new 2010 O’bama Motor Car… This car runs on hot air and broken promises. It has three wheels that speed the vehicle through tight left turns. It comes complete with two TelePrompters programmed to help the occupants talk their
The Evolution of Cell Phones
I just recently picked up the Palm Pre, and I am initially very impressed… I was just recalling the quantity of cell (mobile) phones that I’ve owned over the last 17 years. My first phone was one of those Nokia
Social Justice?
You have 2 families: “Jim Legal” and “Jose Illegal”. Both families have 2 parents, 2 children, and live in California. While Jim Legal appears to be better compensated at $25 per hour, Jim also pays all of his own taxes
Continued Economic Troubles in America
As a small business owner, I frequently have people asking me how my business is doing. I typically reply that we’re holding our own, but I don’t know what the future macroeconomic picture looks like with O’bama at the helm.
Is Big Government Better?
A revealing 6-minute video [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdmNynEwYA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo192DJqvYc[/youtube]
Interesting Quotes About Nothing
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” – Howard Aiken “Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act.” – Truman Capote “He who
An Economist’s View of Healthcare
A great article from Greg Mankiw in the New York Times… few key extracts: “One thing I did not consider was the price. Like most consumers of health care, I was insulated from economic concerns. I knew that the insurance company
Great Adages
Amara’s law — “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. Gall’s law — “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a