Warren Whitlock

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I do hope you don’t think I’m a wacko for the headline today. (there are so many other reasons that you might use that label though).

It’s just time I share a few thoughts on the futility of paying them much heed.

Here’s a list of a few of the misconceptions we get listening to economists

1. The recession is bad, worse, staring, over (all their numbers lag)
2. There is a record number of unemployed (many more employed that a few decades back)
3. what the President says will affect the economy (only if you are a day trader)

Wacko enough for you? I’m just getting started.

OK.. to be fair, I don’t have enough data on any of the above to claim that I know any better than and economist In my defense, I don’t make a living telling you I do.

Here’s a wonderful film about Marilyn Waring, a woman who chose not to assume that the economist knew what they were talking about. Not some wacko.. a very nice lady.

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Clean drinking water is the most universal of needs. I will share this with all I can reach

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost/a

One thing I’ve learned from social media is that a message can spread quickly when it has benefit to those that pass it on. I do hope you can see that clean drinking water for every person on Earth is not just doable, but a message worth spreading.
Please take a minute after you watch this to post/tweet/share this with all you can.
Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds.
An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.