The Certified Skeptic

Thought Four: The population of the world has grown explosively over the past 150 years, as have the economic engines of the developed world. A graph of the world’s human population looks like a hockey stick — a line tracing along near the bottom of the graph and only slightly climbing for thousands […]

Thought Three: As I confessed in an earlier post, I’m over 55. Although I’m relatively low-maintenance, I have bought my share of consumer goods over the past 30 or 40 years. Some, I’m not too proud of — a few come to mind: the ultra compact printer for my PC that I […]

Thought Two: The huge bubble of post-WWII babies is aging toward traditional retirement age, with the oldest now 60. Their numbers will grow immensely in the next 20 years. In fact, the number of people at any age range bracket 20 years from now will be about DOUBLE what it is today. The […]

The built-in automatic hype-engine of our business and news media is at work again, redefining the recent drop in oil prices from the mid $70’s to the low $60’s and high $50’s as a collapse and proof that there’s nothing wrong with our economy, our way of life, or our energy future.  You can almost […]

I’m not an economist, and I don’t claim any credentials in the dismal science, but as a 55+ year old who’s been earning, consuming and involved with commerce for much of my life, I’ve recently been listening to my own thoughts and feelings about our economy, and I’ve got to tell you, I’m concerned.
Thought One: […]