by Kevin Burton Mid-March, this time of year. In the old days, when it wasn’t quite time for baseball, it was time for baseball cards. Growing up at the school for the blind in Ohio in the 70s, with the gloom and chill of February fading, with temperatures perhaps in the high 40s …
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Rubber Bands, An Inelastic Purchase?
by Kevin Burton It hurt my heart to do it, but I did it, last week. Something I thought I would never do. Along with the eggs and bacon and paper plates, and the baking stuff my wife Jeannette got, I also, purchased, rubber bands. Still can’t believe it. But there it …
K&J Points: Our Mercurial, Floating Currency
by Kevin Burton I was born in the heyday of S&H Green Stamps. By God’s grace I have lasted into the era of bitcoin. I learned barter by baseball cards before I ever heard the word barter. I used to get fistfuls of Pesos for teaching Mexican nationals how to speak idiomatic American …
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