Tag Archives: economics

Good News

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Eugene Mirabelli

(I am pleased to publish this post by guest-blogger Eugene Mirabelli.  Gene is the author of six novels, plus short stories, poems, many journalistic pieces and numerous book reviews.  For many years, Gene was the editor and creative force behind … Continue reading →

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The Wealth of a Nation

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

“Let me tell you about the very rich.  They are different from you and me.  They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in … Continue reading →

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The Phantom World Order

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

To set the record straight, I’m not prone to conspiracy theories.  President Obama was born in Hawaii, the US government does not have a secret stash of extraterrestrial corpses, Elvis is dead, and Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK all by … Continue reading →

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Best of Times, Worst of Times

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

A couple of weeks ago, my day-job required me to fly to Chicago for a day to attend a meeting.  I’d been to Chicago on business a couple of times before, but on those trips I was visiting companies that … Continue reading →

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Racing to the Bottom

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

Christmas Day, 1965. The night before, when my family opened our presents, I had been given by Santa Claus, a small drum set, a GI Joe, and a little plastic guitar with the faces of John, Paul, George, and Ringo … Continue reading →

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