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The Separation of Corporate Interests

April 30, 2018 Homo Stupidus

It is a common corporate practice to supplement the already large salaries paid to the heads of companies and other employees with stock options, or

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All Roads Lead Back to Reagan: The Pestilence of Preposterous Pay

April 19, 2018 Homo Stupidus

In the time of the ascendancy of ancient Rome, it was said that “All roads lead to Rome,” since, politically, economically, socially, militarily, culturally, and

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Predatory Investment: The Rise of Financial Piracy

February 25, 2018 Homo Stupidus

According to standard economic theory, investment is good and therefore should be encouraged because, among its many other benefits, such as permitting those who save

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  • Act I: Philosophical Misadventures
  • Act II: Free-Market Folly: Why Economics is not a Science
  • Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
  • Act IV: Our Relationship with God
  • Act V: The Only Way Forward is the Way Back
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