Tag: Portland

  • Our economy is based on shopping

    shopping-economyOne benefit of the current economic crisis is that financial news is now interesting; we’re all trying to find out why our banking system crashed and why the whole system is so vulnerable (at least I am).  Until recently I would rarely read an article about business but now it’s like reading adventure stories.

    Eventually I worked out my own theory of what is wrong with our economic system.  The key word in understanding the crisis is leverage. (more…)