Book Description
ISBN-0945466412
The second edition of the fun and fascinating guide to the main ideas of the Austrian School of economics, written in sparkling prose especially for the non-economist.
Gene Callahan shows that good economics isn’t about government planning or statistical models. It’s about human beings and the choices they make in the real world.
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Looks like Einhorn was correct......despite Lehman's (LEH) proclamations to the contrary.
Lehman has raised $6 billion in capital in the past year, including $4 billion last quarter. It is now looking at the need to raise another $3 to $4 billion.
CFO Erin Callahan has been the public face of the company during the crisis and has made statements that will now come back to haunt her. The firm i
Major League pitcher Joe Kennedy died at his in laws home in Tampa, FL on friday. After going to bed early he woke up at 1:15 am and collapsed. He was immediately rushed to Brandon Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of death could not immediately be determined, agent Damon Lapa said.
Tradition is the strongest word associated with college football. It is what separates the NCAA from the NFL; the lack of parody and expectations that grow from year to year. Some schools simply succeed, and some simply don't. When it comes to football, Kansas was one of those teams who didn't, while Nebraska was rich in winning tradition. But Saturday erased all of that. Saturday killed
On today’s “Other People’s Words,” a quote from the book I reviewed Monday, The Moral Center. I do feel the need to apologize for bringing it up again, but I can’t seem to avoid it. In this excerpt, Callahan makes some interesting observations about the how attitudes towards work and collective struggle have shifted over time.
In arguing that welfare betrayed work, conservatives offered a simple solution: Get rid of handouts and make people responsible for themselves. The solution fit naturally with American individualism and the belief that opportunity is available for all.
Democrats face a harder sales job. Most liberal solutions to the betrayal of work boil down to some form of collective action, whether it’s getting more people organized in labor unions or using government to raise the minimum wage and expand the safety net. The problem, though, is that collective thinking—the notion that we are all in it together—comes much less natu
One of the greatest storytellers in the world, Jay O'Callahan, travels with his stories and runs a series of storytelling workshops. Jay is also a pioneer of Appreciations, a technique to improve the skills of storytellers without any demoralizing consequences. "Appreciations" are a unique form of feedback that helps creative professionals focus on developing their strengths.
