Tag: The Broken Circle
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Booms and busts
An essayist at Medium gives us 12 quotes from Beat Generation philosopher Alan Watts. I read the piece to see if his selection was the same as mine. Nope, it was disjunct. He remembered and treasured the stuff that I had tossed aside as mystical drivel. I read Watts when I was about 14, and […]
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When the S in ESG really meant something…
EnidBuzz featured the Failing company, and linked to a longer article at Okla Hist Soc. I always admired the deco architecture of the building, but had no real connection with the company or its drilling rigs. The commenters filled out the story. The company treated its workers well, and the founder’s family semi-retired into real […]
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Price puzzle
There’s an odd conflict in the automatic assumptions of media about prices. Media assumes that everyone wants lower gas prices and food prices. At the same time, media assumes everyone wants higher house prices and stock prices. Polls agree that 3/4 of Americans want lower house prices, ESPECIALLY the younger generations. This makes EXTREMELY GOOD […]
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WWJD?
This week I’ve been quoting Duane Jones’s 1955 book on marketing and business practices. What would Jones say about Bitcoin and Metaverse and NFT? Facebook is primarily an advertising agency, so it certainly fits inside the topic. Jones couldn’t have imagined such MAGNIFICENT STUPIDITY. He worked in a period (1930-1960) when businesses functioned on PROFIT, […]
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Old saying
Wolf has been discussing and expertly graphing the boom and bust cycle. The central banks have finally reversed their boom-machine after 14 fucking years of insanity. Today he notes that the supply chain is starting to loosen up. It’s just the old saying, High prices are the cure for high prices. … But the saying […]
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Conditions for an experiment
I’ll call this my year-end shit for 2021, since I can’t think of anything remotely positive to say about this year. Even my own production of graphics and writing was low this year. I’m weary and tired. Let’s return to the oldest constant theme of this blog: Social Economics. SocEcon companies treat workers like valuable […]
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