It Would at Least Seem So
“So if debt is unpayable, and is steadily increasing, does there have to come a moment when the debt is repudiated?”
Mis-Inflation, p. 62
A Talent in the Ground
“A guy in a bunker with a chest full of gold might survive okay, but God put us here to thrive, not simply survive. The issue is not whether he is putting his resources into the right kind of investment, but rather whether he is becoming the right kind of man.”
Mis-Inflation, pp. 60-61
The Fraught Topic of Modesty
Dear Darla, So here is a topic we should get out of the way early on. It has become, I am afraid, an inflammatory topic in our culture more broadly, and this despite being one that ought to ...
Even If the Debt Were Increasing in Real Terms
“If the government debt load is shrinking relative to the GDP, then we are moving in a direction where government spending has decreasing influence over a growing economy.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 45
Important Lecture at the Nuart
For those of you who are local, there is an exciting lecture tomorrow night at the Nuart that I wanted to make sure you all knew about.More information and the link to register is here. The event is free but they still would like you to register. And please know that the form says that …
Can’t Do Everything
“It seems to me that our team is really good at explaining the fact of having fallen off the skyscraper, and really bad at judging the distance to the sidewalk.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 20
Fewer Letters Than Normal But We Think It Is a Computer Glitch and Not the FBI
Letter to the Editor: "…wrapped in the mantle of a prevenient surrender…" I will be adding this to my personal inventory. It is one of the best short phrases that most aptly describes ...
Wailing for Tammuz at Wheaton
Introduction: You only need to watch the first fifteen minutes or so of the embedded video below in order to see that all is not well at Wheaton. Everything about this dialog between Wesley ...
Like a Balloon
“Given the amount of helium we have been pumping into the economy in recent years, it is a very real question to me why that economy hasn’t floated off yet.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 4