Declare Independence
August 15, 2011 For all our stoic attitudes, our cowboy-mentalities, suburban homes, SUVs, and Randian philosopies, America is, ironically, one of the most dependent nations on Earth.
Debt Downgrade and the Student Loan Bubble
August 7, 2011 Debtpocalypse continues! The cost of money has just gone up. It makes sense, really, that this happened, but the disappointing part is that it was totally avoidable. And S&P directly blames the GOP. Interesting.
Macrohumans
August 1. 2011 Macrohuman: A group of human beings that uses communication to work in synchronization and harmony toward goals. Some macrohumans collect taxes from citizens- this special kind of macrohuman is my current focus. New Social Contract: Taxpayers should (but often don’t) get a say in how their tax revenues are used, regardless of whether…
The Secret, Bigger Bail Out
July 22, 2011 — The Fed secretly gave out over $16 trillion to banks during the bailout. The previously reported figure was closer to 1 or 2 trillion. US gdp in 2010 was $14.7 trillion. This is like a guy making $50k a year giving a $40k, 0% interest loan to his gambling addict brother-in-law,…
Bait and switch law school
July 18, 2011 Self storage, first month free! Giving away storage free for a month may seem like a bad business practice. Why would you ever give away the only thing you sell when you’re a for-profit business? How many gas stations or grocery stores do you see doing this? It’s actually a very clever…
California Kluge
June 26, 2011 The Cause of the California Budget Crisis …isn’t complicated. Yesterday’s politicians spent more money than we gave them, and now it’s time to pay their bills. The more people who are in control of a system, the more the system is abused and will tend toward failure. In California, not dozens, but…
The King Has Raised Taxes Again
…without even the courtesy of asking you for permission. June 20, 2011 – Happy Summer Solstice! Taxes are expenses which are mandatory for societal participation. For some reason, we’ve had this confused for a long time – and we think that government taxes are different than private taxes. Newflash: corporations are equivalent to governments from…
Art, Not Ads
11-7-2010 In his piece on NFL advertising, Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner argues that the NFL should relax its limitations on advertising, so as to bring its rules more in line with organizations like European league soccer. He makes this argument based on two main reasons. First, the fans in Europe are used to it, and…
Aggressive Debt Collectors
April 19, 2011 “They said things like, ‘We know your father has been molesting you. Why don’t you have him take his cock out of your ass and stick it in your mouth? You know you like it. Why don’t you have your wife come over here and give us blow jobs? You’re a loser….
World Bank Chief: The World May Lose a Generation
April 17, 2011 “It’s probably too much to say that it’s a jobless recovery, but it’s certainly a recovery with not enough jobs… Especially because of youth unemployment… There is now a risk that this will be turned into a life sentence, and that there is a possibility of a lost generation,” said Robert Zoellick,…
America's Secret Top Priority
A call for a nationwide project to establish industrial robotic manufacturing as the foundation of the American economy
Fragmentation
February 24, 2011 From a young age, most Americans are taught that each person has two lives. The “personal life,” and the “professional life.” Our personal lives are our relax time. Our professional lives are for productivity, which always ultimately means simply being profitable. It’s not good when the two lives mix, so you better…
Defining the Self
Febuary 13, 2011 Part 2 of 5 in a series describing the Pythagorean perspective of Economics and Society Foundation It is a common misconception that economics is simply about money. Money is only useful when it is being handed from one person to another. Without people, money is nothing. So it is intrinsically crucial in…
Economics, The Pythagorean Perspective of
2/2/2011 Part 1 of a 5 part series introducing the Pythagorean perspective of economics. At no point is the intention to imply that this series will fully encompass the discussion of economics on Pythagoreanism.com. Overview: This article is the first in a series on economics, the state of the American (and more generally, the world)…