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Essays on current affairs, business, investing, economics and politics can be found in this section. Think in the Morning has no particular incite into any of these areas. We write what we are inspired to write. Read at your own risk.
The Medium is the Message: David Wallace, Marshall McLuhan, Delarosa Redux
[click on blue links for further information] The brilliant author, David Wallace, gave a commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005 with the title This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life. ...
Calm Down and Shut Up: The Politics of Lao Tzu
[click on blue links for further information] NOTE: All translations of Lao Tzu are from Ursula Le Guin or Witter Bynner unless otherwise noted. You might say that I’ve been a mess of emotions since the November election. The candidate that I least...
Bonehead Economics: Things to Know in the Era of Trompudo
[click on BLUE links for more details or information] "Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient." Lawrence Summers My brother was eight years older, and I idolized him. When he went away to...
Martin Luther King Day 2017
Today we celebrate the life of an American hero. One day is not enough. I suggest you contemplate Dr. King's life and accomplishments throughout each year at moments that arise spontaneously whenever you are confronted with racism, sexism, or any other "ism"...
President’s Day Thoughts
[click on blue links for further information] As my friends and family know, I’m a bookhound. I’m also an unabashed political freak/nerd/addict. I’m no authority but I have watched every presidential election since Eisenhower versus Stevenson. ...
Trompudo, A Literary Phenomena
[Please click on blue links for further information] “Donald Trump – a ludicrous figure, but at least he’s lived it up a bit in the real world and at least he’s worked out how to cover 90 per cent of his skull with 30 per cent of his hair … It always...
Some Optimistic Reads On Christmas Day 2016
[click on blue links to read the article and for further information] Pollyannish: A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic. [after the heroine of the novel Pollyanna by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), American writer “Never short...
We Are The World
During these coming holidays, let's remember that America IS Great. Turn your speakers on, click on the link below and remember We Are The World. Check your EGO at the door and listen all the way through. Happy Holidays from Think in the Morning. CLICK HERE...
Misery
[click on blue links for further information] Dickens Quotes courtesy of The Telegraph "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure...
I Want To Write A History of Inequality
[Click on the Blue Links for further information] Many years ago I studied inequality. I delved into Gini ratios, the annual Current Population Surveys of the Census Bureau, and a number of distributional statistics all in a naïve attempt to answer two...
Think in the Morning, It’s Good For You
Several studies have correlated waking up early with success. Here’s a breakdown of the benefits reaped by early risers. 1. In a 2008 Texas University study, college students who identified themselves as “morning people” earned a full point higher on their...
Keynesian Economics and the Sea Gull
[click on blue links for more information] All you need to know about Keynesian economics can be summed up in one statement: What goes around comes around. Several years ago, I came across a small isolated town and stopped for gas. Being an economist, I...