economics

  • A Mature Mind

    We will never be able to stop history from repeating itself. Most likely, the variable that drives our repetitive self destruction is the last minute reactive effort to change things radically… in order to prevent history from repeating itself. The… Continue reading

  • Let The Free Market Wash The Dishes

    We have all experienced it. That passive aggressive game where all the people in a house refuse to wash the dirty dishes in the sink. Everyone making a political statement about what they are and are not willing to be… Continue reading

  • A Modern Gilgamesh

    The wilderness is known as an economy. Capitalism is what we call the ever present chaos; the physics of how money flows through an economy when unmanaged. Flowing money is like water. It is nourishing and refreshing when it trickles,… Continue reading

  • Under The Hemlocks

    I was working on a remote island in the Southeast Passage of Alaska. I pulled my boat up to a beach where I had work to do nearby. As I secured the boat a sweet older woman came onto the… Continue reading

  • Truing

    The opposite of Capitalism is not Socialism. The opposite of Capitalism is sound Management. Socialism was Karl Marx’s idealistic view of how a society should be managed. Just because Marx’s Socialism is unrealistic, does not mean sound management should be… Continue reading

  • Something To Serve

    Give a person a fish and they will eat for a day. Teach them how to fish and they will never be hungry. Give a person a chore and they will be occupied for a little while. (Keep giving a… Continue reading