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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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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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What are Earmarks Anyway?

By Malik Abdul Rasheed | March 8, 2009

Embedded video from CNN Video

So this morning I was watching John King from CNN grill White House budget director Peter Orszag, on the earmarks in the Omnibus Spending bill. I was somewhat annoyed by John King’s relentless questioning of the earmarks and asking for the impossible, which was for Omnibus stimulus to have zero earmarks [...]

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