An Interesting Review of Bill's Book
6 August 2008
A regular reader recently pointed me to a post on Carrie's Nation which then pointed to a post on the Mutualist Blog which had a long review of Bi…
The Arbitrary Calendar Year
5 August 2008
An article in the WSJ the other day, on a subject completely unrelated to manufacturing, got me wondering. And you know what happens when I start to…
What is a Windfall?
4 August 2008
A couple months ago when the politicos began talking, again, about a windfall profits tax on oil companies, we compared the profit margins of various…
Four Hours of Lean
3 August 2008
Tim Ferriss, author of one of my favorite books The Four-Hour Workweek, recently had a post titled "Push vs. Pull Processes" on his blog. O…
Beware the Prism
2 August 2008
The other day our friends at Photon Courier pointed me to an article in American Thinker that discusses "Political Prisms." It's actual…
Big Boy Toys
2 August 2008
Most of us played in the sandbox as kids, pushing tin cans, twigs, and bugs around with miniature Cat equipment. Well, my friends, it's time we g…
NAFTA & Wal-Mart Create Inequality... Sort Of
1 August 2008
From Don Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek, reprinting his letter to The Washington Post, Rep. Frank and Mr. Dionne ought to study recent research by the…
Us It Or Lose It... Or Create Waste
31 July 2008
Ah yes, the same balloon theory we've spouted on in the past. Try to regulate the free market human condition and it's like pushing on a ball…