Author: Mark Biernat

  • Working long hours

    Working long hours is stupid If you are working 12 hour days, quit your job. Why? The only way you will ever do anything more than tread water in a capitalist economy, is by being capitalist yourself.  Not working for another man, not working for another man’s bonus and in essence for another man’s wife.…

  • Adam Smith’s Philosophy

    Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher with noteworthy contributions to political economy relating to how individuals make the market economy and free trade. However, at the core of his thinking, he was driven by a moral conviction to find how to improve society in a just way. He is considered the father of modern…

  • Does Stan Weinstein System Work

    Yes, his system does work. How does Stan Weinstein’s system work compared to the index? I do not know as I have never measured it. What is Weinstein’s system in a nutshell? The trend is your friend Look at the market as a whole compared to the 200-day moving average. – All boats go up…

  • Corporate America Sucks

    This post is about why corporate American sucks. I love my life and my work and my family, so I am not some bitter guy, on the contrary. I am an unrepentant capitalist.  However, there is no way you are going to tell me that corporate America does not suck. Corporate America sucks – Tested…

  • Chess and the Stock Market

    Learning chess can make you excel in the stock market, maybe. What chess can teach you about the stock market I love the game, play competitively, but can it make you rich in the stock market? Chess and me I am not a chess professional; however, I play and coach chess at a high level.…

  • Business cycle and Fiscal Stimulus

    Fiscal stimulus exacerbates the business cycle Anything the government does free market does more efficiently.  Think of UPS vs the Post office.  Think of Google vs. umm the government could never create such an efficient tool as Google. Some people believe that micromanaging the economy and business cycles from the top with a large fiscal…

  • The US Needs to Tax Companies Offshoring

    Companies that go offshore will have to pay more taxes. Trump will incentivize the return of business domestically with a tariff. From Free Trade economics to common sense economics If we do not put some incentives for companies to stay, the middle-class wages will continue to decline. Multinational companies will offshore operations, relocate business processes and…

  • Business in China is a Scam

    Doing business in China is less than optimal My main objections to doing business with Chinese is: Takes the from the US manufacturing base and jobs Poor environmental and human rights record Toxic materials in consumer goods Much of the products are low quality My experience with trust has not been positive when I order…

  • Reasons to Vote Libertarian

    Reason to vote libertarian in the next election Who is this post for? This post is for those looking for a summary of the Libertarian views. How can you help? Please use the comment form to add ideas as a comment so I can revise this post on the reason to vote Libertarian and improve…

  • Economic Value Defined

    What determines Economic value? The Definition of Economic value is the subjective utility one derives from a thing or idea. Many people think the amount of labor and hard work you put into something will determine value.  Because you put effort into something than you have created something of economic value.  Something that others will…