Archives by Tag 'Economy'

Its not all bad

By Tom - Last updated: Thursday, January 22, 2009

  Every yahoo (and competent expert) with an economics degree has an opinion about our future.   Unfortunately, the ones that get the most exposure are the ones who crone on about how hopeless things are. And so I thought – as long as we’re listening to economists these days, why not harken to one whose [...]

For what its worth…

By Tom - Last updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2009

  One of my favorite radio talkers, Lee Elce, mentioned the other day about how Pharmaceutical companies are making far too much profit; how the chemicals that make up various drugs such as a Lipator and Celebrex, cost pennies, but the finished product thousands of times more; how generics, which do not bear the mark-up [...]

So what’s the good news?

By Tom - Last updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2008

I know, this one’s going to be a stretch – talking about the good news that might emerge from all this economic doom and gloom.  But here we go: My top 6 good news predictions. 1.  America will extricate itself from foreign oil.  Whether it be because of price or because of the threat of [...]