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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer." -Adam Smith

Yes, Smith's work had contradictions but it was thought provoking stuff.

There are no real absolutes but the political climate is defined by those who would voice such extremes which cause heavy alienation of not the other side but the moderates who are disgusted by the lot of them. The corruptibility and abuse of power is another issue.

In honor of the birth date of Har Gobind Khorana who won the Nobel prize for helping decipher our DNA.

"In short, Keynes took the lessons of Hayek's work as a warning that the expansion of state should be limited and politicians need to know when to stop—which he fundamentally agreed with. Although he thought more state control in some areas may be justified, governments always need to demark a...

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." - Lou Holtz

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever." -Thomas Aquinas

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." C.S. Lewis

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"Courage is a kind of salvation." - Plato

"Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along." - Paramahansa Yogananda

"To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature." - Adam Smith

Long time runner here, always found the hashers great fun.

Then it was easy to make money, you didn't need to know much...now you need skills and discipline, bull market not-with-standing. Of course I'm referring to trading and not managing a portfolio or what your IRA looks like.

The Nasdaq started crashing in March of 2000.

Everybody was making money. Cab drivers were trading on laptops between fares. Waiters gave hot stock tips. It was so easy that you knew that something was not right.

LL, conflict and struggle are suffering. Relax and look within, understand what the market wants to do and agree. Find groove not confrontation. There is nothing to defeat but your own duality.

Nice hearing from you Mr. Machiavelli :D

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats

"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson