Monthly Archives: May 2011

The virtue of paying with money

Question One:  Do you remember how to pay with cash? Do you remember what it’s like to remove dollar bills from your wallet, hand them to a cashier, watch the cash register drawer spring open, and wait for the cashier … Continue reading

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The Brave New World of network monopolies

Let’s pretend the company that provides the land line telephone service to your home institutes a new policy.   That company also owns an airline called PhoneCo Airlines.  So from now on, every time you try to call Southwest or American … Continue reading

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The insurance that doesn’t insure

We New Mexicans dearly love to take advantage of one another’s ignorance.  It’s how some of us make a living. Title insurance, for example. You are required to purchase title insurance when you buy a house.  Since you probably buy … Continue reading

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