The New Academic Scribblers

 When I studied economics (a lifetime ago), I actually read The General Theory of Employment,...

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

- William Blake

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We Are The World

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...

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Misery

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...

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I Want To Write A History of Inequality

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...

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Cellar Bar Napkin Art Christmas Special

Cellar Bar Napkin Art Christmas Special

  Think in the Morning is not a fan of Christmas.  The Scrooge portrayed by Dickens in A Christmas Carol has always seemed a bit of a wimp to us, relenting at the end because of a few silly ghosts.  However, we know that we are likely at the eccentric end of our...

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Sea Gull Cellar Bar Remembered

Sea Gull Cellar Bar Remembered

 This article was copied from the Mendocino Beacon, December 1976, just after the fire that destroyed the restaurant.  Unfortunately a portion of the article was lost.  Otherwise, it appears as it was published in the newspaper. Sea Gull Cellar Bar Rememberedby...

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Two State Parks and a Red Tailed Hawk

Two State Parks and a Red Tailed Hawk

  “I do not think it is an overstatement that it appears just as important for California to have Mendocino preserved and guarded against encroachments as it was for Virginia to have Williamsburg restored and protected.”  Civil History Chair of the Smithsonian...

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Lucy’s CuCu Cabana

Lucy’s CuCu Cabana

[Click on blue links for further information]   You already know that Alebrijes Make Me Happy.  All of Mexico makes me happy.  It's a large country (760,000 square miles) but smaller than the contiguous 48 states of the USA (3 million square miles).  Thankfully you...

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Think in the Morning, It’s Good For You

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...

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Keynesian Economics and the Sea Gull

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...

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Special Thanksgiving Napkin Art Edition

Special Thanksgiving Napkin Art Edition

I first learned about San Pasqual, patron saint of cooks and shepherds, from my friends Gil and Lucy in Puerto Vallarta where I purchased the wood carving at the top of this post.  I will be writing a piece on Gil and Lucy soon.  There are many sources online that...

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Drunkards, Fools, and the United States of America

Drunkards, Fools, and the United States of America

Marlene Hall, the previous owner of the Sea Gull Restaurant, once told me that God protects drunkards, fools, and babies. Or, maybe it was my friend Judy Johnson. Actually, I think they’ve both used the phrase in my presence. A little googling revealed that a similar...

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We Cracked Pots Have A Sense Of Humor

We Cracked Pots Have A Sense Of Humor

  [click on highlighted links for further information]   When everyone is insane, ‘Tis folly to be wise (Paul Samuelson, 1970 Nobel economist rephrasing Thomas Grey)   If you can keep you head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you...

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