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Inflation, Commodity Prices and the Dollar
(September 29, 2009)

The Politics of Inflation: Theft by Other Means
(September 28, 2009)

Unemployment: The Gathering Storm
(September 26, 2009)

Housing, Leverage, the Dollar and Purchasing Power
(September 25, 2009)

Why The Dollar May Not Be Doomed
(September 24, 2009)

When Housing Is Priced in Gold
(September 23, 2009)

"Peak Food": Agriculture Cartels, Oil, and Seed Patents
(September 22, 2009)

"Safe" Investments Can Still Lose Purchasing Power
(September 21, 2009)

Opting Out of Cartels
(September 19, 2009)

Welcome to America's "Lost Decade(s)"
(September 18, 2009)

Propaganda, Magical Thinking and Failed Offensives
(September 17, 2009)

The Final Demise of A Speculative Housing Bubble
(September 16, 2009)

Every Day Is Christmas in America (as long as you have credit)
(September 15, 2009)

How Much of Your Money Goes to Monopolies and Cartels?
(September 14, 2009)

Readers' Potpourri
(September 12, 2009)

Central Banks and Competitive Currency
(September 11, 2009)

Has Central Bank Management of the Economy Failed?
(September 10, 2009)

Setting Up the Next Leg Down in Housing
(September 9, 2009)

Experiential Capital and The Will to Work
(September 8, 2009)

Labor Day Musings: On Skills and Skil 77s
(September 6, 2009)

Why We Should All Grow Some of Our Own Food
(September 4, 2009)

University Degrees, Social Capital and Debt
(September 3, 2009)

How Low Can We Go?
(September 2, 2009)

Could a Viable Third Party Emerge in the U.S.?
(September 1, 2009)


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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)

"May a fair road always be open to you." (CHS, April 2, 2006)

"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)

"Food is wealth, health is wealth, energy is wealth; all else is illusion." (CHS, December 15, 2008)