Real numbers are the sacred language of a win-win economy. They allow us to quantify, measure, and compare everything from time to the price of tomatoes.
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Budget Busters
Empires usually end their lives with a heady cocktail of too much spending and too much violence. Often, keeping people under control — at home and abroad — becomes the major expense.
An oil price spike is in the offing now
Here’s one way to stop any speculative fever developing in the stock market. Get a big war going.
That’s a real risk right now after the US attacks on Iran.
Everybody Loves a Parade
Aristotle believed that people turned to tyrants when the elites became contemptuous of them and the government became largely dysfunctional.
Another Brick in the Wall
Reducing trade deficits also means reducing the number of US dollars that end up in foreign hands. Those dollars are typically recycled into US bonds. That’s the way the fake money model works.
Climate change at last!
The only honest role for government is to protect people from danger. But it quickly becomes a protection racket. The more fearful people become the more they are willing to pay for protection.
