Posts Tagged ‘Rational’

Aug 1
2008

Monopoly Money

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,435 views | Reading Time 3:33

Today, General Motors (GM) and Ford released disheartening news regarding their vehicle manufacturing operations. GM reported a net loss of $15.5 Billion for the second quarter of this year. Ford followed that with a report stating their overall United States vehicle sales dropped 14.9% in July. Even Toyota joined the crowd reporting a drop of […]

Jul 31
2008

Shooting Tools

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,118 views | Reading Time 4:18

Last week I ran across a story involving a man shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn’t start. Well that just doesn’t sound rational does it? I can tell you there have been times I’ve wanted to shoot an inanimate object because it wasn’t complying with what I needed it to do. However, I have […]

Jul 23
2008

The FairTax

by in Book Reviews | 3,151 views | Reading Time 5:21

Your first inclination may be to ask how tax and fair can be remotely placed in such close proximity. If you ask any segment of our society, they will all explain how they are taxed inappropriately and other classes of our society are receiving better benefits than they currently are. Of course, every class is […]

Jul 22
2008

Economic Choices

by in Book Reviews | 2,455 views | Reading Time 4:14

Recently, I finished a book I had been reading off and on for a while. “The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas” by Robert H. Frank provides a simple statement about how we make our choices in our lives. This statement is one in which I have, through the years, tried to […]