Archive for May, 2009

Where’s Waldo

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Friday was bike to work day.  For me it is often bike to not  work day.  I participate in the activities but take the day off.  You can go here and see pics taken by the WABA crew.  I am in one of them.  Can you find me?

Update with a hint:  It is the second half.  I am wearing a yellow jersey and if I didn’t know it was me I am not sure I would have recognized it.

Classic Economics

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

We see in the news now that the medical companies are on board for getting medical costs down. 

Are any of you as skeptical as I am?

Let me just go back to basic economics.  Since there are so many people out there that extol the virtues of capitalism why don’t we go with a quote from the free market philosopher himself.

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” Adam Smith