THE IGNORANCE ECONOMY

June 8th, 2010 admin

In his latest column Thomas Sowell explains, in a single paragraph, why the Obama recession continues unabated: Even though some people say we are living in a “knowledge economy,” we are living in a political atmosphere in which ignorance has more power than ever. He then explains how this affects the economy: Washington politicians who have never run


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wits2 (Sam Berkowitz)  : economics is not a science! What is our economy? The poor and the rich have different meanings as does the middle. But the BS keeps going...
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