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Money, Money and More Money; Obama, McCain, Gates & Bernanke

Posted on February 26, 2009 by

At the delayed morning meeting with an attorney that hates attorneys, we got around to talking about the money… yeah, THAT money. There is the Stimulus Package I & II, the normal government loads to states, the bailout to some … Continue reading →

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Strangest Jesus Reference I’ve Seen

Posted on February 4, 2009 by

“To put a trillion dollars in context, if you spend a million dollars every day since Jesus was born, you still wouldn’t have spent a trillion,” McConnell said. This comes from a CNN editorial on our perspective on the number … Continue reading →

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But wait Dan Ariely, there’s more…

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

We know that behavior is not simple but there are simple behavioral components that keep getting ignored. Relative to what we all experience in life like conflicts in the Dan Ariely remarks below and in a previous blog on this … Continue reading →

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Politicians for Bailout, Public Opposed – explained?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

Dan Ariely is a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University and the author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. I recently talked with him about some hidden forces shaping the current financial crisis. Mac Greer: … Continue reading →

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Revised Text of Economic Crisis Bill

Posted on October 1, 2008 by

Here she is, check it out. probably worth reading considering as a tax payer you’re about to spend $6900 of your money on it (per person in your house!).  I like to know what I’m buying…. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 1 … Continue reading →

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There WILL be more bailouts! WE ARE RUDDERLESS!

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

Come-on people…it is gut-check time!!! You want a republic to be proud of? Now’s the time to find you spine. We got the government we worked to get. Right, none of us worked hard enough and this is what laziness … Continue reading →

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The Collapse of Risk Management and Bailouts – Predicting Uncertainty is, well, not possible!

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

Great piece from Black Swan author,Nassim Nicholas Taleeb, on Edge.org. Read it. What Is Fundamentally Different About Real Life My anger with “empirical” claims in risk management does not come from research. It comes from spending twenty tense (but entertaining) … Continue reading →

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