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What I Learned About the Economy From Watching Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner, 2009)

June 30, 2009 · 14 comments

in agriculture , business , capitalism , commodities , economy , films , health , infrastructure , nutrition , survival

NB: As you can imagine from watching a film like Food, Inc., it can be hard to separate the emotion and just report “calmly” on the plain facts presented by the film.  Originally I wrote this the same day I saw it, but I’ve since gone back and edited it to try to tone down [...]

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It’s Not a Depression if We Don’t Make It One

February 24, 2009 · 4 comments

in depression , emergency fund , psychology , recession

With all the new recent serious talk again of a Great Depression (or just a “Depression”) now that confidence seems to have totally dissipated in regard to the economic stimulus projects (not that they won’t work - but just that they might not work soon enough, and the ensuing debt they create will have its [...]

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