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Business Ethics 101

May 30, 2007

Your final exam consists of one short-answer essay question.
Would any organization adhering to even the basest tenets of fiduciary responsibility spend $600B on a capital investment in the middle of a civil war? Is this ethical? Why, or why not?

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Bad Economics

May 30, 2007

I’ve noticed that a lot of bad economics is based on some notion of the “socialist man,” who, according to Marx and Engels, was to rise from the lifeless body of the greedy capitalist who sold his hangman the very noose that hanged him. Or something like that. The “socialist man” is a [...]

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Posted in: Economic Fallacies, Seen and Unseen | 4 Comments


Hecho en Mexico

May 25, 2007

Just got back from a full day of riding Mt. Hood - after which we drove up to Hood River, about an hour North and messed around a bit, had dinner and a beer.  On the way back, we were emasculated by the gas station, which is full-service only.  Brad asked where we could get [...]

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Freshiez

May 21, 2007

Current conditions at Mount Hood:

May 21st, 2007, 7am
Temperature: 25º
Sky: Snowing
Wind: E 4-25 mph
New Snow: 6″
A little windy, but I can’t complain - it’s almost June, and we might have “freshiez.” First, it is off to Huntington Beach, CA, for a bit of business. I am anticipating drawing odd stares from co-workers who see [...]

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