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The Big Mac Index

I never knew the Big Mac was so debated in the economics world!!! How many minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac? The Big Mac Index Continue

Added by Trent Rock on September 22, 2009 at 2:19pm — No Comments

"Why can't we get rid of him now?"


Careful selection and omission of news (some relevant facts are shown and some are not)
Distortion of statistics or numbers;
Transformation of single events into social epidemics (Salem witch trials); Corruption and distortion of words or terminology according to specific goals; Stigmatization of minorities, especially when associated with criminal acts, degrading behaviour or immigration policies (Yellow Peril, Hispanophobia, Islamophobia, Blood Libel and AIDS, which
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Added by Trent Rock on August 17, 2009 at 12:50pm — 9 Comments

Tax The Golfers, The Stoners and The Boozers (The Final Solution)

Photobucket I was thinking of the TS community as I was driving to Solvang today I drove by a nice golf course It made me think of Arnold and his recent proposal
In a victory for California’s golf business and consumers, legislators rejected a proposed tax on golf-related activities that was intended to help reduce the state’s massive budget deficit. The California Alliance for Golf, a
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Added by Trent Rock on August 5, 2009 at 4:57pm — No Comments

The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits

This was written in 1970 I think of it when I read about "socially conscious" mutual funds..... ******************************************************************************** The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits by Milton Friedman The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970 When I hear businessmen speak eloquently about the "social responsibilities of business in a free-enterprise system," I am reminded of the wonderful line about the Frenchman who discovere… Continue

Added by Trent Rock on August 4, 2009 at 2:58pm — No Comments

The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III

I always looked up to Thurston as a kid!!!! Gilligan's Island is now out on DVD, reawakening the unanswered questions of childhood: why does the Skipper let Gilligan help with anything when he knows he'll just screw it up? Why did the movie star take a day cruise in an evening gown? Why did two of the richest people in the world board a dinky boat with the hoi polloi instead of leasing a private yacht? And why do an… Continue

Added by Trent Rock on August 3, 2009 at 11:43am — No Comments

The Social Characteristics of Capitalism and the Psychological Causes of Its Vilification

Nonetheless, many people, and especially intellectuals, passionately loathe capitalism. As they see it, this ghastly mode of society's economic organization has brought about nothing but mischief and misery. Men were once happy and prosperous in the good old days preceding the Industrial Revolution. Now under capitalism the immense majority are starving paupers ruthlessly exploited by rugged individualists. F… Continue

Added by Trent Rock on July 30, 2009 at 5:26am — No Comments

Political Tests

Yeah..I know these things have inaccuracies I still like taking them!! Trent Rock's Moral Matrix 2009… Continue

Added by Trent Rock on June 26, 2009 at 10:39am — 2 Comments

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