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What are you worth, and how does it compare?

What we are getting paid for what we do displays in a very crude way what we are worth to society. Crude in the sense that it’s a very one dimensional measurement, but still relevant, since most of our society consists of corporations and their task, in turn, is to maximize the value for their [...]

Doing what’s right for the country or doing what sounds right

As I am writing this I have to admit that I feel slightly confused. We are still in an economic downturn, and because of that people are unhappy, which means that they have once again voted in a group of people whose policy choices got us here in the first place. But that is [...]

Please, say it ain’t so!

The rumors are already flying. Tim Geithner might not be Treasury Secretary much longer. But who are they floating as a replacement? JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Huffington Post has an article where they discuss whether it would be a good fit or not. My reaction? I pray that they will not be [...]