{"id":65882,"date":"2021-04-03T02:15:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T09:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=65882"},"modified":"2023-05-12T10:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:41:04","slug":"black-coffee-3-apr-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id65882-black-coffee-3-apr-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Coffee: The Ignorant and the Apathetic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe …<\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance.<\/p>\n

Let’s get right to this week’s commentary …<\/p>\n

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— George Orwell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Jesse Ventura<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credits and Debits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debit:<\/strong><\/span> Did you see this? With the Fed denying the rapid price increases occurring all around us, consumers living in the real world are finding higher prices at the gas pump and supermarket to be unavoidable. In fact, a recent survey of more than 2600 respondents found that 77% were somewhat concerned<\/a> about inflation. Now if only they’d start showing some concern for the imminent demise of the entire monetary system.<\/p>\n

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just need to update those hedonic adjustments<\/p>\n

tim nutt (@twnutt) March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n