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READY, FIRE, AIM: Honey, I Shrunk the Economy!
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (839+ words) Like so many other people, I've been thinking about the problem of things that seem to be shrinking." Like my bank account." And my circle of friends. It could be worse, of course. I could have invented a machine that…...
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: 25% of Americans Now Reporting Zero Income?
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (189+ words) Could the recent good economic news help? Just recently, the administration released numbers claiming that the economy grew at the highest rate in two years, at 4. 3 percent, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. "Businesses still aren't hiring, and, as…...
READY, FIRE, AIM: Tax the Rich" So We Don't Have to Eat Them
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (650+ words) I noticed the story about the "Tax the Rich" movement posted by our editor last week." And a couple of months ago, I wrote a column about the'Eat the Rich" movement. These might be authentic movements, aimed at either taxing…...
READY, FIRE, AIM: 150 Years of Choosing Cheapness
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (731+ words) Over the last 150 years in the United States, we have chosen cheapness at the expense of environmental quality" " Louis Wertz quoted by Pro Publica in December 2025. I found this to be an interesting quote. Considering that Colorado " where I live…...