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Professional Distraction
Professional Distraction James the Wanderer January 17, 2013 (Professor LeCormier crosses the stage to the podium) Greetings to all, students, graduates, fellow faculty; today I wish to discuss distraction, as a practice, a goal, and a professional occupation. But first, a distraction! (EAR-SPLITTING SIREN noises, lasting ten seconds; several in audience cover their ears, some [...]
Gross Domestic Incompetence
Gross Domestic Incompetence James the Wanderer August 20, 2012 The economists speak of something called the Gross Domestic Product, a quantity intended to determine how much a nation produces, across all products and industries. The formula found in Wikipedia says GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports) It [...]
Debt as an Operating System
Author James the Wanderer My parents and grandparents went through the Great American Depression of the 1920s- 1930s. My parents were then children, and suffered somewhat; of course, when there was food at all the kids got their needs met first. And my grandparents became quite resourceful in staying fed / clothed / sheltered; on [...]