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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Solar Currency

Posted by Doug Wolkon on June 23, 2009 at 4:17 am

“Businesses Barter For Renewable Energy”

A New Local Investment and Credit System designed to grow renewable energy and strengthen local economies.

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What Causes Inflation?

Posted by Doug Wolkon on June 13, 2009 at 1:43 pm

What causes the prices to go up and real value to go down? To understand what causes inflation, visualize using only one economic variable – LAND; because ALL material things we buy or use originate from the land.

The land may change form, but the wooden floor you stand on (trees), the fork you hold (metals), the road you drive on (asphalt, derived from oil), the T-shirt you wear (cotton plant), the boat you sail (fiberglass, from sand or silica), and the food you eat are all originally derived from the land.

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What Happens When Housing Supply Meets Demand

Posted by Doug Wolkon on June 10, 2009 at 1:35 pm

So often I am asked if I think home prices are going up or down. I remember in 2004 sitting around a big conference table with my private equity partners answering this same question (we financed large condo projects and bought raw land parcels to resell to home builders). And even with the 30%+ drop in housing prices in America from their peak in 2006, my then most unpopular answer has not changed, its still “down”. Continued »

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