Rainbow coloured Stormtroopers!
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 chose to go around…
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Thoughts on economics, the books I’m reading, and other interesting stuff.
Airships by Barry Hannah
I read somewhere that Barry Hannah was a writers writer. Not very well known outside literary circles and certainly not a best selling author. But somebody that you had to read.
Read the post 1 minHyperinflation. Methinks not!
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 cost 163 Deutschmarks. By September 1923, during…
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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 the first part of the book…
Read the post 1 minEdge of Eternity by Ken Follett
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. The book is a history of the 1960’s, 70’s and to…
Read the post 1 minAn Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles Beard
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…
Read the post 1 minA Guide to the Good Life (the ancient art of stoic joy) by William B. Irvine
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. I have always struggled to articulate to others why…
Read the post 1 minThe Path of Least Resistance (Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life) by Robert Fritz
I generally do not like “self-help” books but I did like this book by Robert Fritz. A very interesting look at how you can become creative and how you drive the process. Basically involves…
Read the post 1 min4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
This book was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize and I can see why. It is a fantastic read and easily one of the most enjoyable books I have read this year. The book follows the life…
Read the post 1 minHeads I win, tails you lose!
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…
Read the post 2 minReport from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace by Unknown
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. This is apparently…
Read the post 1 minHow long can America (and Most of the Western World) continue to spend more than they earn?
A Parable On Why You Should Never, Ever Lend Me Money 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…
Read the post 1 minThe Killing Gene by E.M. Davey
I could not really follow the plot of this book. Had something to do with the First Language, from which all other languages derived. Then had our ancestors killing each other. And then the…
Read the post 1 minPandemic by Robin Cook
I thought it was a bit weird that I started reading this book just as the Corona Virus started to scare the world. But hey, it was the next book in the pile.
Read the post 1 minOne hundred billion people on the planet
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…
Read the post 1 minFountainhead by Ayn Rand
I was in Portugal with my wife and daughter and I came across a Saturday street market and the same the world around there was an old man selling second hand books.
Read the post 1 minA war where nobody wins, and everybody loses
Recently I wrote about the fallacy of the debt-to-GDP ratio and that a day of financial reckoning would come.
Read the post 2 minWhy This Economic Indicator Will Lead America (And Most of the Western World) To Financial Ruin
Recently I went to the bank and asked to borrow $1 million. It’s really not a big deal.
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