How many times when there is a significant event such as a war or financial crisis of one type or another have you heard someone proclaim that the whole thing was a result of some gigantic conspiracy? The list of these supposed conspiracies is large and always grows with each new unexpected development that occurs [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘market’
November 21, 2008
Adages for Today’s Turmoil
With both the political and economic world reeling from a constant blast of daily bad news we might ponder some of the tried and true thoughts that have gained purchase in the common wisdom to soothe our troubled hearts and minds. These thoughts have their applicability with greater urgency than ever.
From little acorns mighty oaks [...]
October 28, 2008
Do markets or regulation work?
There has been a plethora of verbage about the market system for a couple of months and some have consisently stated that the problem was that there was not enough government regulation or that regulators were lax in their enforcement efforts and thus the markets ran wild and the subprime mess that started all these [...]
March 25, 2008
Echos of the Past
The Good Book teaches there is nothing new under the Sun. Is that true? Some are concerned about our current economic circumstances and act like we have never faced anything like this before. We, referring not just to the United States. The concern is about a recession and the drop [...]
