Posts Tagged New York
OPEC and the Folly of Market Intervention
The folly of market intervention by governments and monopolies can best be illustrated by that of OPEC. Although recently proposed cuts in production by OPEC members and non-OPEC producers like Russia will certainly raise the price of oil…at least temporarily…they have side effects that are contrary to the interests of those same producers.
Sex sells…or does it?
You might think I posted this article about the “crisis” in the business of prostitution in Las Vegas just to attract readers to this Blog. In one sense, that would be correct. However, as a seeker of knowledge and ultimately truth, I thought this article in the Las Vegas Sun (www.lasvegassun.com) would have plenty of [...]
The Wild West Goes East
This article from www.novinite.com made me smile. The Bison-or Buffalo as it is often called in the United States-is not only a symbol of the Wild West and Native American culture, but also a 21st century “phoenix” for health conscious consumers. Rising from near extinction, bison are now being raised commercially in ever increasing numbers [...]