The Sixth Extinction
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune–without the words, And never stops at all — Emily Dickinson Hope is a duty from which paleontologists are exempt….
About the Author
Name: Dave Cohen
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Bio: Dave Cohen is a weekly columnist for ASPO-USA. His commentaries cover a wide variety of subjects, including the global economy, the oil markets, fossil fuel resources as they pertain to economic growth, and global warming. Dave was writing search engine software before he gave up on the software industry in 2005. Dave has a M.A. in theoretical linguistics and was working on a Ph.D. before leaving The University of Texas in 1985 to do research in Artificial Intelligence.
Articles by Dave Cohen
The Aftermath of the Great Recession, Part II
Today’s article is a follow up to The Aftermath of the Great Recession, Part I. I am covering the material I will present at ASPO-USA’s Denver conference on October 11-13, 2009. I am making this presentation available before the conference in part because there is more material here than I will be able to cover during my introductory talk on the economics panel.
The Aftermath of the Great Recession, Part I
The only function of economic forecasting is make astrology look respectable —John Kenneth Galbraith There are three kinds of economists: those who can
The Mistakes Economists Make
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun —Ecclesiastes 1:9 It’s almost worth
The Almighty Dollar
What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary —One version of the rule of reciprocity, the Golden
The New Gilded Age
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for
The Incredible Shrinking Boomer Economy
Hope I die before I get old —The Who, My Generation The vagabond who is rapping at your door Is
The Next Oil Shock
There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance. Past experience, to the extent that it is a
Don’t Buy Stuff You Can Not Afford
Everyone is a genius in a bull market —old financial saying Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business —Tom
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