This post was written in 2008 which was the first time in my adult life that the economy (I lived in) came up against resource constraints. What happens then is a bull market in commodities. This in turn quenches economic growth, and the prices drop again. Commodity volatility is a sign that the system is [...]

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A better way of “growing” in a limited world is to increase quality. Make things better fitting, smaller, and more efficient instead of just making them bigger and more powerful. With that in mind, here are the best posts of April 2008. Making changes Row, row, row your boat — On the law of comparative [...]

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I’m blown away when a person is able to spend more than $20k a year on living expenses. But then I realize that they have little appreciation of the value of money [relative to what the money is spent on]. It’s treated like water and it slips through their fingers. Turn on a pressurized faucet [...]

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