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Andrew Mooney
September 28, 2020
Other interesting stuff

Rainbow coloured Stormtroopers!

Andrew Mooney
September 28, 2020
Other interesting stuff

And in other news Prime Mister of Grate Kitten, the Right Honourable Horice Longdong, said that “it was absolutely ridiculous that men who dressed up as Stormtroopers

Andrew Mooney
September 17, 2020
Books I am reading

Airships by Barry Hannah

Andrew Mooney
September 17, 2020
Books I am reading

I read somewhere that Barry Hannah was a writers writer. Not very well known outside literary circles and certainly not a best selling author.

Andrew Mooney
September 9, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Hyperinflation. Methinks not!

Andrew Mooney
September 9, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Everybody has heard the stories about hyperinflation in Germany in the 1920s; one of the indirect causes of WW2. In 1922, a loaf of bread

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Andrew Mooney
June 6, 2020
Books I am reading

Find Me by Andre Aciman

Andrew Mooney
June 6, 2020
Books I am reading

I am not generally into love stories but I do like stories that explore the relationships between two people. I both loved and hated this book. Loved it for t

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Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

A Guide to the Good Life (the ancient art of stoic joy) by William B. Irvine

Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

I have studied and try to practice (as much as possible) the philosophy of Stoicism and have been an adherent for the past twenty years.

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Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles Beard

Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

Well that was three days of my life I will never get back!!

Sometimes I ask myself why I bothered reading a particular book. But I think the correct question here is why did Mr. Beard decide to write such a book.

Could not even help insomniacs!!

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Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett

Andrew Mooney
May 28, 2020
Books I am reading

This is a very long book at well over 1,100 pages. That said I did enjoy it but I suspect that it was due to my age more than anything else

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Andrew Mooney
April 16, 2020
Books I am reading

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

Andrew Mooney
April 16, 2020
Books I am reading

This book was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize and I can see why. It is a

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Andrew Mooney
April 16, 2020
Books I am reading

The Path of Least Resistance (Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life) by Robert Fritz

Andrew Mooney
April 16, 2020
Books I am reading

I generally do not like “self-help” books but I did like this book by Robert Fritz

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Andrew Mooney
March 25, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Heads I win, tails you lose!

Andrew Mooney
March 25, 2020
Economic Fallacies

When I was studying economics at school and university, I fell in love with the concept of capitalism. It just seemed to make sense to me. If you had a good idea and worked hard, you could get ahead and reap the rewards.

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Andrew Mooney
March 3, 2020
Economic Fallacies

How long can America (and Most of the Western World) continue to spend more than they earn?

Andrew Mooney
March 3, 2020
Economic Fallacies

I went back to the bank to see if they would lend me some money. Armed myself with employment records and bank statements going back 50 years.

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Andrew Mooney
March 3, 2020
Books I am reading

Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace by Unknown

Andrew Mooney
March 3, 2020
Books I am reading

This apparently happened where the USA government commissioned a secret think-tank to work out what would would happen to the world if a permanent state of peace erupted

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Andrew Mooney
February 27, 2020
Books I am reading

The Killing Gene by E.M. Davey

Andrew Mooney
February 27, 2020
Books I am reading

could not really follow the plot of this book. Had something to do with the First Language, from which all other languages derived

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Andrew Mooney
February 11, 2020
Books I am reading

Pandemic by Robin Cook

Andrew Mooney
February 11, 2020
Books I am reading

I thought it was a bit weird that I started reading this book just as the Corona Virus started to scare the world

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Andrew Mooney
January 23, 2020
Other interesting stuff

One hundred billion people on the planet

Andrew Mooney
January 23, 2020
Other interesting stuff

There are roughly 100 billion people that have ever lived on planet earth. How many do you think you can list as having achieved something special. Maybe 5,000, perhaps 10,000. Certainly not more than 20,000

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Andrew Mooney
January 23, 2020
Books I am reading

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Andrew Mooney
January 23, 2020
Books I am reading

Just finished reading Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” and loved it

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Andrew Mooney
January 16, 2020
Economic Fallacies

A war where nobody wins, and everybody loses

Andrew Mooney
January 16, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Recently I wrote about the fallacy of the debt-to-GDP ratio and that a day of financial reckoning would come.

So why aren’t most creditor governments worried and continue to load up on debt?

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Andrew Mooney
January 14, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Why This Economic Indicator Will Lead America (And Most of the Western World) To Financial Ruin

Andrew Mooney
January 14, 2020
Economic Fallacies

Recently I went to the bank and asked to borrow $1 million.

It’s really not a big deal.

You see, I live in a cul-de-sac of 10 houses, and ………

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