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Retail Sales Spoil the Fun

Well it didn’t take long for the optimism of recent days to get firmly dampened down. Today’s retail sales data is a very strong indication that the economy is still very far from healing itself. Here’s the release and the story from MarketWatch.com: U.S. retail sales slump 1.1% in March – MarketWatch The first two […]

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Is America Capitalist?

This is a question that is vexing me greatly right now. In a more pure capitalist system the linkage between capital, the investors in business, and management, the custodians of that investment, is straightforward. And results oriented. The message to management is obvious: make the right return or be replaced. This pressure to perform is, […]

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