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Book Review: Don’t Count On It!

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

Don’t Count On It!:  Reflections On Investment Illusions, Capitalism, “Mutual” Funds, Indexing, Entrepreneurship, Idealism, And Heroes, by John. C. Bogle If you’ve read books by the author before, and I have [1], there is much that the reader will find … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: When To Rob A Bank

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

When To Rob A Bank…And 131 More Warped Suggestions And Well-Intended Rants, by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner, read by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, with Erik Bergman and Therese Plummer I had mixed views of … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Little Book Of Common Sense Investing

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

The Little Book Of Common Sense Investing:  The Only Way To Guarantee Your Fair Share Of Stock Market Returns, by John C. Bogle I must admit that I was familiar with the author’s product–namely the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund–long … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Research Of The Jewish Cemetary At The Judensavannah

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

Today I happened to visit the Judensavannah in rural Suriname, about 25 miles (or 40 km) away from the capital of Paramaribo upriver along the Suriname River.  At this location a group of Jewish-owned slave plantations existed from the seventeenth … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Development Of Economic Infrastructure For Unpopular Businesses

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

For some time I have been deeply concerned about the attitude towards conservative companies by banks, which have increasingly added to their corrupt cronyist behavior a distinctly political angle in their hiring and investing that only adds to their ill … Continue reading →

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Exploring The False Dilemma Between Jefferson And Hamilton, Or The Farmer And The Entrepreneur Should Be Friends

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

From time to time I like to examine professions that one would not automatically think of as being similar and their relationships [1].  At other times I examine some of the larger repercussions of the politics of the American founding … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Student’s Guide To Economics

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

A Student’s Guide To Economics, by Paul Heyne I found this book to be greatly enjoyable to read, and I feel so charitably towards it that I will not even ding the book too harshly for having an afterword by … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Economics Of Good And Evil

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

Economics of Good And Evil:  The Quest For Economic Meaning From Gilgamesh To Wall Street, by Tomas Sedlacek I read this book because it was mentioned so often in a book I read on strong towns that I figured it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Politically Incorrect Guide To Capitalism

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

The Politically Incorrect Guide To Capitalism, by Robert P. Murphy When I started reading this book it became increasingly obvious that the book was written by an anarcho-libertarian.  This is not necessarily a bad thing [1], as I certainly have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The New England Merchants In The Seventeenth Century

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

The New England Merchants In The Seventeenth Century, by Bernard Bailyn It likely does not need to be said at this point that I love the historiography of Bernard Bailyn and find it both fascinating in its attention to historical … Continue reading →

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