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Can You Hear Me Now?

By Scott Burns “You see, this consists of a multibillion-dollar matrix of space age technology that is so sophisticated even we can't handle it. But that's your problem, isn't it? So the next time you complain about your phone service...

Posted Jan 15 2010, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 2 comment(s)

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The Investment Value of Generic Drugs

By Scott Burns Have you noticed that things aren’t working quite as you hoped? I have, and it has made me want to hit back. When the prescription drug act was passed in December 2003, I had big-time misgivings. It bothered me that a Republican president...

Posted Jan 08 2010, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 2 comment(s)

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Just Go Away!

By Scott Burns Do you ever get the urge to just… go away ? I certainly do. With the press of deadlines and other work, vacations are really important. For several years my wife and I have taken mini-vacations simply by looking for houses to rent...

Posted Nov 20 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s)

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The Next 100 Years

By Scott Burns George Friedman holds up a recent Fortune magazine, his face a portrait in incredulity. The cover declares that China is buying everything, much as the Japanese were doing nearly two decades ago. The inside story is titled “ It’s...

Posted Nov 13 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with no comments

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Reshelving the Future

By Scott Burns One of the mixed blessings of moving: Things that had become invisible become visible. Books, for instance. Titles that you haven’t thought about for years, maybe even decades, suddenly present themselves. In reshelving my library...

Posted Nov 06 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with no comments

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The Square of 3 Billion

By Scott Burns President Barack Obama spoke at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium last week. Imagining him speaking there took me back 50 years. The auditorium, a huge low dome with just three points of support, is set next to an expanse of athletic fields...

Posted Oct 30 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with no comments

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The “Texas Premium” and the Foot and Wheel Vote

By Scott Burns It has been said that people vote with their feet. They pick up and go to where the jobs and opportunities are. The hard part is that it costs more— a lot more— to move to where the jobs and opportunities are than to move to...

Posted Oct 23 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s)

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The Ka-ching Epiphany

By Scott Burns “So, this must be what an intervention is like.” That’s what I thought as I went around the house with the moving company representative. He was going through our house, room by room, noting this and that piece of furniture...

Posted Oct 09 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 2 comment(s)

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Return to Texas, part 1: A Moving Experience

By Scott Burns No, it wasn’t as difficult as the journey to Texas that Woodrow Call took with the body of his friend Augustus McCrae in the famous novel and television series “ Lonesome Dove .” For one thing, neither of us was dead....

Posted Oct 02 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s)

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When will the Economy Float Your Boat?

By Scott Burns Lake Travis is a great metaphor for the U.S. economy. The man-made lake near Austin, Texas, is simply stunning. Whether you are on the water or above it, applauding a magnificent sunset from the many decks of the Oasis restaurant, it is...

Posted Aug 21 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s)

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High Debt Means Deflation, Not Inflation

By Scott Burns AUSTIN, TEXAS. Future inflation is a given. You can’t have a government borrowing $2 trillion and not have significant inflation follow. That’s what everyone believes. Well, just about everyone. As I’ve reported before...

Posted Jun 05 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with no comments

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Buy a Home, Save America, Become a Citizen

By Scott Burns Our friends in Washington continue to reward witless members of the financial sector. Meanwhile, those of us who don’t fly Bonus Class think about importing guillotines from France. Thankfully, we may not need to place the order....

Posted Apr 17 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 3 comment(s)

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A Meditation on McDonalds

By Scott Burns McDonald’s, 9 a.m. My coffee, as usual, is tasty and lawsuit hot. I look around and note that virtually everyone here at mid-morning is at least 60 years old. The kids and moms may come in the afternoon. They will certainly be here over...

Posted Feb 20 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 5 comment(s)

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Message from Las Malvinas

By Scott Burns Barranquilla, Colombia. The patient, a man in his mid-50s, lies down on the bright blue webbing of a folding cot. A small table is next to the cot. A cardboard box is perched on it. A clip-on lamp clings to the side of the box, focused...

Posted Feb 06 2009, 03:00 PM by admin with | with 2 comment(s)

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The Pfrengle Principle

By Scott Burns One of the best lessons I’ve learned was not in a classroom. It was from a crusty machinist in Rochester, New York. I haven’t seen him in 25 years, but the lesson has stayed with me. It seems particularly important now. His name was Jerry...

Posted Dec 19 2008, 03:00 PM by admin with | with no comments

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Can You Hear Me Now?

The Investment Value of Generic Drugs

Just Go Away!

The Next 100 Years

Reshelving the Future

The Square of 3 Billion

The “Texas Premium” and the Foot and Wheel Vote

The Ka-ching Epiphany

Return to Texas, part 1: A Moving Experience

When will the Economy Float Your Boat?

High Debt Means Deflation, Not Inflation

Buy a Home, Save America, Become a Citizen

A Meditation on McDonalds

Message from Las Malvinas

The Pfrengle Principle

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