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Month: November 2012

An Ignored Study

  • marc
  • November 30, 2012January 23, 2013
  • economics

Today, I saw a article on a report of research into the “Fix the Debt” campaign with the ponderous title A Pension Deficit Disorder: The Massive CEO Retirement Funds and Underfunded Worker Pensions at Firms Pushing Social Security Cuts. It had some interesting (but, unfortunately, […]

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The Bain Capital Management Model

  • marc
  • November 28, 2012January 23, 2013
  • economics

I wanted to wait until after the election to say what a truly vile organization Bain Capital is. I broke down their model into its basic steps: Borrow a large amount of money using a small amount of money as collateral Use that money to […]

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How Confederates Think

  • marc
  • November 27, 2012January 23, 2013
  • crackpots

Today, Erik Loomis had an article up on John C. Calhoun’s argument against the complete annexation of Mexico. In it, he quoted some notable lines from Calhoun’s 1848 speech to Congress: I know further, sir, that we have never dreamt of incorporating into our Union […]

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Catalonia

  • marc
  • November 26, 2012January 23, 2013
  • economics

I noticed a little something in an AP piece titled Independence drive falters for Spain’s Catalonia: Catalonia is responsible for around a fifth of Spain’s economic output and many residents complain that the central government in Madrid takes in more tax money from the region […]

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Idiot Self-Identification

  • marc
  • November 23, 2012
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There are a lot of phrases, clauses, and sentences I regularly hear that tell me more than I wanted to know about the speaker. When I hear the statement “Failure is not an option,” I assume the speaker means “I am an idiot.” To date, […]

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