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    Earning a living, investing for retirement, and understanding how world events impact our living standard.

    Rate Cut. Bad Solution for Trade War Slump
    Economics

    Rate Cut. Bad Solution for Trade War Slump

    Robert Hamill 24 Aug 201930 May 2022Leave a comment

    The past shows that Trump mania is always been followed by ruined associates. Are we, the nation, to be the next associates?

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    Treasury Interest Rates
    Economics

    Treasury Interest Rates

    Robert Hamill 16 Aug 201930 May 2022Leave a comment

    0.75% fall in mid-term bond rates lead to a 8% rise in mid-term values of bonds held

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    Government Economic Policy Importance
    Economics Government

    Government Economic Policy Importance

    Robert Hamill 29 Oct 201828 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    The selection of projects of national interest and the spending to accomplish them affect the nation's GDP more than any single corporation.

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    The Invisible Hand’s Scar
    Economics

    The Invisible Hand’s Scar

    Robert Hamill 10 Jan 201830 May 20222 Comments

    We all pay more for less when enterprises violate the integrity of the free market.

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    Missing Side of Budget Debates
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    Missing Side of Budget Debates

    Robert Hamill 17 Dec 201726 Jan 20253 Comments

    In making budgetary decisions, the change in net worth is at least as important as a yearly deficit.

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    Law of Selfish Action
    Economics

    Law of Selfish Action

    Robert Hamill 6 Sep 201630 Dec 2022Leave a comment

    A selfish action by one person may be good for that person, but if all people make the same decision - it can be bad…

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    Fallacy of Composition
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    Fallacy of Composition

    Robert Hamill 6 Jan 201628 Nov 20241 Comment

    It’s easy to overlook, if everyone makes the same choice, the entire system changes.

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    OPEC Extra Cost
    Economics

    OPEC Extra Cost

    Robert Hamill 5 Jan 201630 May 2022Leave a comment

    High price of oil have elevated prices for all manufactured goods as well as across the transportation sector.

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    Free Market versus Status Quo
    Economics

    Free Market versus Status Quo

    Robert Hamill 21 Dec 201530 Nov 20231 Comment

    Are financial talking heads praising the return of free market action? No, they are bemoaning the decline in energy stocks and the change it forces…

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    An Empire of Wealth. John Steele Gordon
    Economics

    An Empire of Wealth. John Steele Gordon

    Robert Hamill 8 Sep 201531 Dec 20221 Comment

    ... much to admire about the book; nonetheless, the antagonism to the Glass-Steagall Act was striking in revealing Gordon's short-sightedness to the coming financial crisis,…

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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    How Do We Think

    Visit Substack to Delve into How We Think

    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    War Powers Act

    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

    • Failure of Old Economic Solutions
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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    • Morality. Absolute or Relative
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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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      Electricity’s Dark Side: Lessons from the Past

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)