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The Coming Great Depression: Gaming the System
(November 28, 2008)

The Coming Great Depression: Optimism and Freedom
(November 27, 2008)

The Coming Great Depression: Scapegoats and Exploitation
(November 26, 2008)

The Coming Great Depression: Intersecting/Reinforcing Trends
(November 25, 2008)

This Week's Theme: The Coming Great Depression
(November 24, 2008)

Happiness Remains Possible
(November 21, 2008)

The Baby Boom's Market Order: Sell, Sell, Sell
(November 20, 2008)

Oil Supply Is Limited, Demand Is Unlimited
(November 19, 2008)

Housing Writedowns Resisted
(November 18, 2008)

Even If Credit's Available, Who's Qualified to Take On More Debt?
(November 17, 2008)

A Ringing Bell: More Than Music at Play (The Politics of Experience)
(November 15, 2008)

Readers Respond to "Bell Plays the Subway"
(November 14, 2008)

Crowds Ignore World Renowned Violinist: What Does This Say?
(November 13, 2008)

"Housing a Buy:" Where Is the "Real Bottom"?
(November 12, 2008)

America's "Social Welfare State:" Worst of Both Worlds
(November 11, 2008)

An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama:
The U.S. "Family Budget" and a Nation of Debt-Serfs
(November 10, 2008)

What Is a "Store of Value"?
(November 8, 2008)

Re-Set
(November 7, 2008)

The Dollar: Discernable Impoverishment
(November 6, 2008)

Post-Election Meanderings
(November 5, 2008)

"Joe the Plumber:" 100% Socialist, 100% Hypocrite
(November 1, 2008)

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Extra-Special Bonus Aphorisms:

"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity." (Douglas MacArthur)

"Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend, and step off before it is discredited." (George Soros)

"To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness? (William Makepeace Thackeray, recommended by U.Doran)

"Daydreams of a fair world which would treat him according to his real worth are the refuge of all those plagued by a lack of self-knowledge." (Ludwig von Mises)

"The way of the Tao is reversal." (Lao Tzu)

"Chance favours the prepared mind." (Louis Pasteur)

"It is neither necessary to hope to undertake, nor to succeed to persevere." (William of Orange)

"You must have a willingness to do something when everyone else is petrified. You must learn the lesson of following logic over emotion." (Warren Buffett)

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." (Winston Churchill)

"Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasures." (Rumi)

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"A healthy homecooked family meal and a home garden are revolutionary acts." (CHS, May 2008)

"Greed is a wonderful motivator but fear works much faster." (Riley T., Sept. 2008)

"You don't miss what you no longer want." (CHS, August 2008)