This humble essay is based on a simple fact that we might all find a bit fascinating, and the reasons why it happened. The fact in front of us is this: The Euro is now worth $1.47 and still rising fast. To see this over the last five years, take a gander at the currency translation chart:
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Economics and commerce, all built from scratch.
Smarts
I’ve been hearing for twenty years that the future of the USofA belonged to “knowledge workers” – people who are visionaries who break outside of the usual boxes we live our lives in.
Sad that it’s all bullshit.
Job Blob
Recently I decided that I needed to find at least a part-time job to supplement my income from freelancing. Grant writing has been too up and down for me, and I’d rather have something to count as a regular income. The first step in doing this has been learning how the job hunting game is played, since it’s been a while for me.
Sadly, I had no idea how apt it was to call all of this a “game”.
Obsolete Houses
I recently had a chance to talk with a real estate agent who has many years of experience. He’s seen ups and downs, and knows what it looks like when an entire city is on its knees or reaching to the sky with great cranes working downtown. The latest cycle? It doesn’t surprise him one bit.
Expectations
My Dad has a theory to sum up all the changes he’s seen in his life, which started in the Great Depression. It is “The General Inflation of Everything”. His basic premise is that everything has gotten bigger, more expensive, and more involved than it was when he was young.
