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Fear and Greed Economics

Is money at the individual level and economics at the larger level based on rational or emotional thought? Most economists claim that the market and people’s money decisions are based on rational calculations that will help their financial situation. The larger market is guided by this “invisible hand” as Adam Smith called it whereby the [...]

On Dieting and Budgeting

Dieting and Budgeting. Two words no one wants to hear. And yet, interestingly enough, the end results of both are almost always praised: a thin, healthy body and a hearty savings of money. What’s the saying? There’s no such thing as too thin or too rich.

But it is no surprise really that these two things [...]

The Oil Addicts' Shot at Redemption

There is really no getting around it anymore. We (in all industrialized countries and now many, many developing nations) are addicts. Oil addicts. And like most addicts, we try and deny and lie and say there is no problem. It feels too good. It is too easy. We don’t want to work hard to do the [...]

Fruitful Grocery Shopping for Health and Wealth

Going grocery shopping has become more difficult in this day and age, but it is becoming more and more important to get this part of our lives right. Diet related diseases are surpassing tobacco related diseases as the number one killer of Americans with 2/3 of Americans now overweight or obese. Without some major policy [...]