economic crises
April 26, 2009
- The De Bugging Silicon Valley Conference, sponsored by the California Studies Association (CSA), at De Anza College April 24, 2009, in Cupertino, was jam packed with ideas. I flew up from Burbank, arriving around 10:15, and missed the opening remarks by Brian Murphy, President of De Anza College, as well as by Nari Rhee and Richard Walker from CSA. At the workshop on "The Economic ...
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October 12, 2008
- IN the last two weeks, I have gone into my retirement plan and moved around funds--Some poor performers over to real estate, more into the one fund showing a profit. My first dime went into that fund in 1981, the first year of my Ph.D. program and through four universities, I felt assured that, although I live like a perpetual graduate student, the realization of years of working "in the ...
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September 16, 2008
- For over a year, my son has been telling me to grow my own food, can it, and save money under my mattress. He predicted the rocketing oil prices and the collapse of the banking system, and right now, he's seeming pretty damn right. Yesterday, I had to stop myself from pulling one hundred dollars out of my account and hiding it in a jar in the back of the cupboard.I hatched a little plan that ...
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