Energy Based Inflation
I majored in economics because I thought it was a fascinating subject. Years ago (circa 2003) I was taking an economics class at Strayer University and handed in a paper explaining that our economy was...
View ArticleChevron Price Gouging?
Is Chevron Price Gouging? A friend of mine stopped at a gas station in Goleta, CA, the other day. He was shocked to see what was going on. Students from UCSB mindlessly paying for gas that was priced...
View ArticleLeave the Economy to the Other Idiots
Not long ago, I wrote a blog about the most idiotic economic political scam of the 2008 election year. Today, I read to stories about our economy that rank up there with the “gas tax vacation”. The...
View ArticleI Can’t Say I Don’t Like to Say I Told You So
Today gives me yet another day to gloat about the idiotic college professor I had years ago at Strayer University (yes, avoid this college. It is a waste of time and money). The CEO of Dow Chemical...
View ArticleSomething Magical Happens on the Dance Floor
I have nothing but heaps of praise for Wendi Baity’s hip hop class on Monday nights at Moorpark College! This class has been such a great experience for me as both a dancer and as a social experience....
View ArticleGovernment Spending Cuts to State Universities Make Sense
I know I’m about to piss off just about every college student in America, but they really aren’t to blame for cuts to the government spending at state universities. It’s the students before them that...
View ArticleA Higher Education Bubble?
The perspective of Thiel in this April 10 TechCrunch article is pure genius! One really must question the value of spending massive amounts of money on higher education when we have reached...
View ArticlePaul Krugman is Everything that is Wrong with Academic Economics
Paul Krugman is an NYT op-ed columnist, economics professor at Princeton, and everything that is wrong with academic economics. His recent article aimed at blasting Rand Paul about a tweet is a great...
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