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The only thing that people learn from history is that people never learn from history. Friedrich Nietzsche, who gives you perspective on all the news

George Shackle, in his book, Epistemics and Economics, states that the primary work of entrepreneurs is creative. They're not so much managers, traders, or

CareerCast.com released today its list of the best and worst American jobs. Guess what? Your job isn't in the top ten. That honor goes to the taped-glasses

You heard it hear first. Some California employees have been told today that their next paycheck may be an IOU. That's right. A piece of paper that says not

Think again. Shoestring Venture deals extensively with offshoring manufacturing to China and I've done a fair amount of consulting with companies big and

So who we going to borrow those trillion dollar deficits from now? Bernie Madoff? On Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama predicted the possibility of

Yet another financial superstar withdraws in shame because she trusted Bernie Madoff with 2.1 billion dollars of clients' money (2.1 billion!). Meanwhile, while

The American Prospect announces a global New Deal in its cover story. Money quote: Barack Obama may well seek a new New Deal to right a profoundly

Tim Cavanaugh in this month's issue of Reason states the obvious about the housing market (House of Pain). We all knew that housing prices had gone way, way