WSJ: Out with Argentina!

Posted on April 23rd, 2012 by in Economics & Politics

Argentina is a beautiful country, but its government is anything but. Last week, the government of Argentina decided that it wanted to own an oil company, so it took one.  Nevermind that 57% of the company was already owned by the Spanish oil company Repsol.  President Kirschner’s I am not a thug comments were not exactly [...]

The People’s Car

Posted on June 1st, 2009 by in Market Observations

In 1933, the head of the National-Socialistic German Workers’ Party desired to create a car that the common man could drive. Having recently become Chancellor, the leader quickly had the means to implement his plans, and soon after, Volkswagon (“People’s Car”) was born. Stressing the failure of capitalism, the leader saw himself as neither right [...]

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