All you ever wanted to know about contracting
Okay, now that I’ve gotten all that off my chest …
Say, how ’bout those Democratic primaries, huh? I’m reminded of the closing theme from Lambchop’s Play Along (which I used to watch with my little ones, back when they were little):
This is the song that doesn’t end
It just goes on and on, my friend
Some people [...]
Podcast: Small Firms Avoid Debt When They Can
In case you were wondering about how it comes about that those small firms that are “younger, smaller, less profitable, less liquid, and less credit worthy” are the ones opting for debt financing, you should know that the research in question used the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Small Business Finance for their data set. And [...]
Food and fuel into the future
So, here we are, at the end of an enchanting week of ruminating about the wide ranging issues around food and fuel. It’s a problem that seems to have at least temporarily stumped our nation’s leaders, a state of affairs that does not stop them from yelling about it a lot.
I’ve been going somewhere with [...]



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