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Photo by   krakenimages   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . . My feelings about “capitalism” were benign most of my life. Of course, my concept of it was mostly the hard striving business, competing against similar businesses in a generally fair,   decently   refereed, economy. Although in high school, I had read about Teddy Roosevelt’s trust busting, and as a 20-something consumer, I   experienced   the chopping up of AT&T. . My perspective began changing somewhere between the dot com boom, and the 2008 crash. The housing collapse, and stock market crash solidified my current negative perception of capitalism. Ironically, this happened during the high point of my small business’ boom that lasted about four years, or until 2010. . As millions were losing their jobs in late 2008 and all of 2009, my business was doing better than it ever had. Conversely, I was the same age as my father, 48, when he had the worst couple years of his life, caree...

  Total Toe To Toe Combat Becomes Complete Face To Face Cooperation  (Photo: Jonathan Tomas / Unsplash ) First published on Medium . Why are we split on our economic theory? Does there need to be a huge gap in incomes and wealth? Is a worker and citizen utopia possible? Is there a third-way economic paradigm to rebuild our society on? These are questions I have tried to answer for the last decade. Luckily, I have found all the answers to overcome America’s economic theory schism. Thanks… Thank you… Yes, thank you… . Okay, maybe praising my accomplishments is premature. That said, what I have developed could be the answer. To begin, here are three preparatory considerations I decided would best clear the slate for creating a new economic paradigm. 1) Remove every part of all economic theories. 2) Decide what is not working, drop it, or revise it, put in the new paradigm elements. 3) Finally, reinstall everything that still works. It must be done in this order to avoid conta...

Farm Across From Us, Recently Torn Down. First published on Medium . . Developing a silo sector business model is a great way to differentiate and build a niche clientele. I started a business in 2000 called NicheAgency; I owned the website address as well, then years later I developed an even more niche specific business. My competition was similar businesses, neither business model was holding any worker back. The job-applicants-seeking-work industry is another story; while not the only obstruction, they are unwittingly thwarting the employment of many millions of Americans. . Though those siloed employment shops, or wider, but still siloed giants like LinkedIn , are not to blame. No person or company is. Neither is this dilemma something I could blame solely on laissez faire capitalism. That said, the situation should change; actually it must change for the nation to advance. The United States will not keep up economically with massive populations like China, and longer term I...