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News From 2015 : The Productive Follow The Privileged In Search Of Better Neighborhood     14 october 2009
    Workaday citizens must occasionally tune into the media charade and wonder what sort of crazyglue is holding this place together...... more details
News From 2015 : Globalization Recedes, Local Networks Grow     01 june 2009
    There was a greater risk to consider, but few did. Both global economic and political (incl. military) systems were being... more details
Outlook : Inflation v. Deflation     12 may 2009
    Deflation happens all the time. Within a given market, the dynamics of supply and demand can regularly cause periods of... more details
Outlook : Sustainability & Quality-of-Life Depend On Economic Diversity, Localization     21 october 2008
    The Pacific Northwest is a relatively self-sufficient region. Surrounded by vast swaths of high desert, rugged mountains and one very... more details
Perspective : Grand Theft Economy     05 october 2008
    The sum total of America's national debt & liabilities through 2007 was in the neighborhood of $65 trillion. An unprecedented... more details
Perspective : Birkenstocks & Business Plans     12 september 2008
    Here's a simple truth, one that too many organizations and individuals are choosing to ignore...The costs of energy and resources... more details
Perspective : Consumption Tax vs. Property & Income Tax     02 august 2008
    Regarding OR state Rep. Richardson's "tax-for-a-tax" proposal...Taxation applied to consumption is a more effective and fair means of producing sufficient... more details
Outlook : Free Markets Are Dead     03 april 2008
    We are now witnessing in the United States the public demonstration of a long-standing (but hidden) truth... our supposedly "free"... more details
Perspective : Liberals & Libertarians - friend or foe?     28 march 2008
    Your typical liberal completely misunderstands Ron Paul and libertarians in general. A significant percentage of americans are anti-government, period. This... more details
Perspective : Market Manipulation Is Obvious & Insulting     31 january 2008
    The powers-that-be on Wall Street and the Fed/Treasury have been busy bees in the past 24 hours. Following the FMOC... more details
Perspective : Fed Not Cornered, Just Powerless     19 november 2007
    There is much written and said about the Fed and it's monetary 'dilemma'. Many believe the Fed must continue to... more details