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College Is A Bad Investment

College Is A Bad Investment

To the baby boom generation, a college degree was almost a mystical amulet, and just possessing it meant that your life would be improved in mystical ways. Thus, a college degree was something to be quested for, like a hero from Greek or Norse mythology....
College Is A Bad Investment

There Was No Recovery

“Double Dip.” By now you have probably seen this term somewhere. It appears that the economic recovery is stalling in what is supposedly its second year, and now the economy is poised for the dreaded “Double Dip.” It is a lie. There was no recovery in the...
On National Debt, Default is Inevitable

On National Debt, Default is Inevitable

Much attention has been focused on the size of the national debt as a whole; roughly $14.4 trillion. That number is astonishing, but the sheer size of the debt actually hides the true horror which is in store for the economy and future generations. The debt has many...
College Is A Bad Investment

FUD 101

It is now official. The semester is over, and the grades have been posted. Not only has the Obama Administration flunked ECON 101; they have now also summarily flunked FUD 101. The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial entitled ‘Bumps in the Road,” quoted the chief...
College Is A Bad Investment

Politicians, Bailouts and Bank-Owned Houses

Around the corner from my former apartment in Newton was a house that was taken in foreclosure. The “For Sale” sign had been there for a very long time, the lawn wasn’t mowed regularly and the shrubs had died in the winter but hadn’t been removed. Walk around...
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