I think that Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the dumbest idea currently circulating, and I am amazed at how many otherwise thoughtful and articulate people are proposing it. So much so, I am beginning

If a country has a currency that is loosing value, and a tax on capital gains at the same time, you loose. There is no way for you to save for your future, and not be thieved from in some sneaky, hard

These quotes are attributable to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was a military, political and religious leader in Arabia during the 7th Century. The quote in the title is something that struck me as being intuitively

The minimum wage makes poor people poorer, and so does the opposite of what the people who believe in it think that it does. This populist belief, that the government can make people wealthier, simply

Rant: From politics to Bitcoin, this silly non-argument is in common use. Keeping up with the Bitcoin drama, and the split in the community and chain, I’m reminded of politics. The discussion in the Bitcoin

I had bought some shares in a mutual fund about a year ago, that invests in gold mining companies. I’m bullish on gold in the long run, and so it stood to reason that, if gold rises, the shares of the

I think it is difficult to overstate the importance of what began on the 3rd of January 2009. The first crypto-currency, and the genesis block of the first blockchain database was created on that date,

This is my first attempt at writing, anything, in my life. I have never had a blog, diary or journal. I am a private person and cringe at the thought of spilling my personal thoughts all over the internet.