Perhaps you remember the old George Carlin joke: Think of how dumb the average person is. Then remember that half the population is stupider than that. I was reminded of George’s comments when I...
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Month: May 2020
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I remember hearing about the “Guns versus Butter” model when I first started learning about macroeconomics back in the Cold War era. It’s a simple enough concept, really. Assume that a country can either...
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We were out for another food run today, and if anything shopping in the Valley is becoming even more aggravating. The nice weather is bringing more people out, and a number of different stores...
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Well, I’m pretty old but even I don’t remember what life was like after the Influenza pandemic of 1918-19. I’m sure it changed a lot for the survivors – but they had just come...
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Being on lockdown is a great time to have something go wrong in the house. And that is just what happened a couple of weeks ago. It was time to open up the taps...