Showing posts with label merchant customs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label merchant customs. Show all posts
Friday, March 3, 2023

Fake Americans

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As a contractor in information technology, I usually work for placement and consulting firms. It is easier for me to be a W-2 employee thoug...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

The Mercury Dime

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When I first was given the opportunity to choose my own username on a mainframe computer (actually, a DEC VAX super-mini) in 1989, I asked f...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Coffee at the Co-op: Tradition and Novelty

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Traditional Marxism teaches that capitalist firms attempt to drive each other out of business by seizing markets. On the other hand, the Aus...
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Aaron Feldman:"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin"

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BUY THE BOOK BEFORE THE COIN headlined an advertisement in the March 1966 issue of The Numismatist. Aaron R. Feldman offered 25 titles, so...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

President Trump to Meet Chairman Kim Jong-un

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Donald Trump likely thinks of himself as a cut-throat negotiator, but Kim Jong-un has killed family members. We often do not grasp imme...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Those Helpful Apple Store Geniuses

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The greeters at the Apple Store reminded me of deli clerks in Manhattan. I expected a smile and “How can I help you?” and instead ...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Markets Bring Fairness

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It is deeply revealing that when free market libertarians are challenged to explain (absent the government) who would take care of the poor...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

A MAN'S HOME IS HIS MARKET

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We see the "castle" as a paradigm, not just because we are at war with our neighbors - Hobbes' war of all against all being t...