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    Work Safety

    April 22, 2013

    Just a quick note: Last week’s mayhem included a major explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas. The precise death toll has yet to be determined but it will be many times that of the Boston attack. Unfortunately that final toll will include at least eleven emergency workers who rushed to the scene to help. […]

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    Off Topic Again – Terrorism and Gun Control

    April 22, 2013

    It truly is bizarre. The way America steadfastly ignores its gun problem stands in stark contrast to its incredible over-reaction to anything labeled ‘terrorism’. We brought Boston to a screeching halt in order to hunt for two guys who had been labeled terrorists. Without that label who knows what we would have done? Yet a […]

    Economics / deflation, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, monetary policy, wages /

    Inflation

    April 22, 2013

    Lost in all the hyperventilation last week was news of our rate of inflation There isn’t any. Or, rather, what inflation we have is small and getting smaller. Consumer inflation fell 0.2% in March largely due to falling energy and clothing prices. Even if we eliminate energy and food prices – notorious for their volatility […]

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