Bad Policy

Posted on February 10, 2023February 7, 2023 by Simon

“Rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city – except for bombing.” Assar Lindbeck Swedish Ecomomist A beautiful Inukshuk with a quartz ... Read More

Hypocrisy

Posted on February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 by Simon

“If hypocrisy were a crime, there’d be no one left to run Washington.” An unusual second Saturday post. To test the new subscriber system we are installing so that the photos will be included wi... Read More

Industrial Policy 101

Posted on February 3, 2023January 31, 2023 by Simon

“On balance, the record of government trying to improve the functioning of the private sector is poor.” New York Times This quote is from the NYT. It is surprising because the NYT only las... Read More

Tanks for Peace?

Posted on February 2, 2023January 31, 2023 by Simon

Paradoxically and uncomfortably I find myself favoring tanks for peace. The photo is my most recent Inukshuk. I found the the river smoothed torso stone on the approach trail to Piestewa Peak. It is a... Read More

Socialist Economics Illustrated

Posted on January 13, 2023January 10, 2023 by Simon

“First Save, Then Buy!” This illustration on this postcard is a reproduction of a matchbook cover distributed by the East German Government in the 1950’s. West Germany was zooming ah... Read More

Caution

Posted on December 7, 2022November 13, 2022 by Simon

“Government, like fire, is a dangerous servant.” George Washington... Read More

Election Day Should be a Day

Posted on November 2, 2022November 1, 2022 by Simon

There are a couple of reasons I think that early voting is a bad idea. If during the Civil War when Lincoln was running for re-election there had been early voting people would have voted before the v... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Hegemon

Posted on October 18, 2022October 4, 2022 by Simon

Hegemon Noun: a leader or country that has a dominant influence over others. Example: “The United States is the hegemon in the world today. But will our hegemony continue?” The photo is of... Read More

Inflation

Posted on October 15, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.” John Maynard Keynes Keynesian economics is very wel... Read More

Politics

Posted on October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“Politics rots your brain and corrodes your soul.” Jim Geraghty The wine collection for our wine trip to Bend, OR. last summer.... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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