Laurel and I are proud to announce the birth of our twins, Kate and Griffin.
They were born last week prematurely, but are healthy as is their mom. Kate is 3 pounds 7 ounces and Griffin is 4 pounds 3 ounces.
They were on CPAP machines for a short while but now are breathing on their own.… read more “Griffin and Kate”
We’re the only animals who cooperate across genetic boundaries, because we can track credits and debits in voluntary exchanges.
Free markets are intrinsic to the human species
Naval: Overall capitalism [meaning free markets] is intrinsic to the human species. Capitalism is not something we invented. Capitalism is not even something we discovered.… read more “Interesting Take on Capitalism”
https://nav.al/how-to-get-rich
What I have seen from almost every private equity investment is that private equity attempts to harm consumers and employees and other stakeholders to get a good return.
Private equity does things like buy Toys R Us and leverage it to the hilt, then sell it and watch as it collapses.
Private equity buys up every company in an industry niche, then engages in anti-competitive behaviors like tripling prices and cutting employee pay.… read more “Private Equity is Mostly Evil”
Predatory pricing by air ambulances must change! This is part of a larger trend in medicine to take patients for as much as possible when people are at their most vulnerable.
Many work for their own financial interest, not your medical best interest.
Upton Sinclair said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”