Category: economics

Customer Service (and its lack)

We just got home today from one of the worst travel experiences in my life. We […]

Why General Electric sucks ass

Waited all afternoon for the repair guy to come repair the microwave, since the Mag is […]

Insurmountable opportunities

“We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.” — Walt Kelly, “Pogo” “There is no failure except in […]

Why Jesus tossed the moneychangers out of the temple

“The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest,” Goldman’s Griffiths […]

Why "cheap" isn't necessarily a good thing

Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture But Shell wonders if our expectations are too low. […]

Rational

The Myth of rational thinking Greg Berns doesn’t want you to make a decision by yourself. […]

The Quiet Coup – The Atlantic (May 2009)

Good article in the Atlantic on the financial crisis — worth a read. The Quiet Coup […]

Financial Journalists Fail Upward

I think Cramer’s statement is telling about the entire American psyche today — we want to […]

By rights we shouldn't even be here

“It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in […]

How the Crash Will Reshape America

Interesting article on America’s geography post-crash — the end of the “sprawlconomy” and the beginning of […]

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