In "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" Scottish economist Adam Smith wrote about "the invisible hand" that moved markets as the participants demanded. If someone made too many widgets that hand was on the clock twenty four hours a day from bell to proverbial...
Year: 2019
Corporate executives have more money than you-much more
The Washington Post reported on a headline based upon the Gini index, which gathers data and reports on income inequality, and the 4 1 1 is bad news for us all. To simplify things an index of zero would indicate that everyone for the most part has a piece of...
Christmas has secret Santa not secret prices
It's an amazing reality when a sentence has "secret prices" and "hospitals" together and close to one another. The medical industry isn't a traditional business, mostly because saving lives is first, and making money should be second. The percentage the medical industry grabs from the gross domestic product is nearing...
I’m not fat shaming when I say “be healthier America”
I was reading rants across the internet and have to be confused, maybe because I am too old to understand the current no friction aspirations for humanity. When my Daughter was nine years old my five foot seven inch frame was the wonderful residence for 254 pounds of what can...