Tag Archives: capitalism

Casino Capitalism

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | February 28, 2010

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: In no way shape or form is this post aligning itself with any particular economic school, political party or ideology like the Austrian School of Economics, Keynesian(s), Saltwater/Freshwater Economist, Democrat, Libertarian, Republican, Left, Right, Socialist etc. The purpose of this post is a conversational starter about the questionable merits of interest. Although this [...]

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Historic Economic Amnesia

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | October 18, 2009

One of the most painful things to see is how pundits, cable networks, commercials, and hearsay can dominate the headlines, but practical financial advice on how to stabilize the economy fall to the waste-side. So the latest distraction is a Dow 10000 and other personalities selling the idea that only the government can dig us [...]

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Why Can’t I Make Ends Meet? (Redux)

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | September 28, 2009

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: In no way shape or form is this post endorsing the use of usury (interest) when terms like FED funds rate, credit, mortgage, stock market, investment, savings, loan, borrow, etc are used. This is merely an explanation of my fact finding mission on the different economic theories that have impacted the thinking of [...]

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