by Team Grype | Feb 21, 2012 | Grypes |
Happy Mardi Gras! Last week I mentioned The Peter Principle in this blog, the second time I’ve recently done so. An explanation would probably be helpful… The Peter Principle was formally introduced to the world by Dr. Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull in...
by Team Grype | Feb 16, 2012 | Grypes |
Medieval moralists railed against the sin of “usury” which is “manipulating money to make more money.” This usually breaks down into one of two categories— banking (moneylending), or corporate trading. Banking consists of acquiring money from...
by Team Grype | Feb 14, 2012 | Grypes |
Beatlemania officially ended a few days ago when Sir Paul McCartney performed at the Grammy Awards and fully three-quarters of those watching apparently had no idea who he was. The search phrase “who is paul mccartney” trended across social media platforms...
by Team Grype | Feb 9, 2012 | Grypes |
There’s nothing inherently wrong with corporations, just like there’s nothing inherently wrong with capitalism. But when a corporation goes too far in its quest for profit, bad things tend to happen. A corporation isn’t really a person, of course....
by Team Grype | Feb 7, 2012 | Grypes |
So… what ever happened to shame? The worst douchebags in politics and industry no longer bother trying to conceal their blatant lies and misbehavior, convinced Joe Public can’t pay attention to their self-serving antics while distracted by the mind-numbing...
by Team Grype | Feb 2, 2012 | Grypes |
Why is the stock market so important that we repeatedly let it torpedo our economy? What’s going on with that? Well… corporate trading takes many forms. Corporate stock trading occurs when conglomerations of rich people (investors) pool their money and use...
