economics

  • Fractal Decay

    How many people must suffer so one person can pretend they are not losing their faculties? How many workers must suffer so one corporation can pretend that it is profitable? How many nations must suffer so one nation can pretend… Continue reading

  • Foreign Relations

    It is almost impossible to challenge a person with multiple personalities on their choices and behavior. Either the personality we are talking to has no idea of what is going on and sincerely believes they are innocent, or we instinctively… Continue reading

  • Economic Synthesis

    The debate between Capitalism and Communism is over. Capitalism won that fight outright. The debate between Capitalism and Socialism is equally pointless. Not because either side won, but because of synthesis. The Hegelian Dialectic has a thesis attracting an antithesis,… Continue reading

  • Aging and Adaptation

    We live in a society that is built around the automobile, and encourages people to build their lives and identify around the automobile. This trait is not entirely new in our evolution, but it has never been more extreme than… Continue reading

  • The Coming Auto Industry Collapse

    I have seen many stories about the auto industry’s hard road ahead. Stories about the struggling economy and the increasing cost of owning a car, questions of fuel supply and environmental concerns, and how young people are simply losing interest.… Continue reading

  • The Light Switch Metaphor

    Imagine a ten story building. There are ten rooms on each floor, and one large basement room. In the basement there is a panel of one hundred standard light switches, not marked or labeled in any way. Also in the… Continue reading