Tag Archives: milton friedman

romney care: rappin’ with Mitt

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dave

Of all things its Milton Friedman’s birthday today. He would have been a hundred years old. One quote I like from him, so pertinent in the election campaign that succinctly wraps this whole electoral exercise into one piss pot of … Continue reading →

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politics, cash & art: from sublime to ridiculous

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dave

Is it the commodification of everything? Sometimes its hard to tell the difference between the programming and the commercials, with sometimes the latter being more authentic and less predictable since it sometimes captures fragments of the cultural dialogue that the … Continue reading →

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the fiction of them and us

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dave

A very astute look at consumerism and what drives the spending cycle, though not everyone may agree. He debunks some long held and often cherished assumptions that have been mainstays since the Frankfurt school’s Adorno and Marcuse and proposes the … Continue reading →

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spilling the magic beans

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dave

Double dip or double down? A double double? The question is whether we are simply procrastinating on realizing that technology is essentially deflationary and we are accumulating a waiting list of unemployment. President Obama’s dinner with Silicon Valley high tech … Continue reading →