Category Archives: Economics

Why Aren’t Newspapers Doing Adsense Right?

The Los Angeles Times, for instance, could multiply their Adsense earnings by five or ten times if they simply did it the same way I do, blending the ads with the content (not setting them off in different colors, shadings, … Continue reading

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A Mechanic’s Perspective On Gas Prices

I see my mechanic a lot because my car is always breaking down. I spoke to him this week about the effect of gas prices. He lives in Sherman Oaks and works in zip code 90035. He said that a … Continue reading

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I Appraise The President’s Speech

I thought it was solid. He had a tough sell. Is it anti-semitic to oppose the bailout?

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The $700 Billion Bailout For Wall Street

Why do we always look to government to solve our problems? Why not prayer?

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The Twlight of the Luftmenschen

ChaimAmalek:  This is the twilight of the Luftmenschen. YourMoralLeader:  what are Luftmenschen? ChaimAmalek:  A yiddishism….someone who seems to live on air ChaimAmalek:  A trader who trades in the trades of others ChaimAmalek:  Or who takes a bunch of mortgages, bundles … Continue reading

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