http://truckandbarter.com/ Where Sympathy and Hedonism Collide en-us saraand@fastmail.fm 2010-03-01T00:17:43-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2010/03/dinar_and_discu_6.html This is the Dinar And Discussion Page for March.... 5140@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2010-03-01T00:17:43-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2010/02/dinar_and_discu_5.html This is the Dinar And Discussion Page for February, 2010... 5139@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2010-02-01T02:14:30-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/11/dinar_and_discu_4.html This is the Dinar And Discussion Page for November and December 09 & January 2010... 5138@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-11-01T06:53:03-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/08/dinar_and_discu_3.html This is the Dinar And Discussion Page for August, September and October 2009... 5137@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-08-04T14:51:04-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/07/random_thoughts.html Regardless of the lawsuit implications, I am not so sure of the benefits of EMRs. I would be all in favor of a private and complete electronic medical history for each person, but the EMRs I have seen are neither private nor complete, and tend to reinforce formulaic medical practice, as opposed to discovery, discussion, and intelligent understanding. Broadly, my concerns with EMRs: First, GIGO. I was enthusiastic about Kaiser-Permanente's electronic medical records until I saw garbage being put into the system by well intentioned folks. This translated into outputs that incommensurable over time. Second, ownership. I should own my... 5136@http://truckandbarter.com/ Health 2009-07-16T08:41:50-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/05/dinar_and_discu_2.html Dinar and Discussion for May, June & July 2009... 5135@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-05-01T01:15:17-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/03/trust.html Reading Craig and Russ: Some top notch economists insist we have a crisis of trust. True enough. Yet it seems to me that the market is trying to fire quite a number of the poor-judging risk-takers in the financial sector -- basically, those that we cannot trust. However, Mr. Obama and Mr. Geithner appear to be doing a damn fine job keeping them there, I think partly because of successful lobbying, but also because they cannot envision the market and political orders that would ensue should AIG, Citi, BoA, and a host of other international conglomerates suddenly disappear.... 5133@http://truckandbarter.com/ Politics 2009-03-09T12:08:27-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/03/interpretation.html BBC's Will Grant is absolutely clueless. Last week President Chavez ordered troops to rice processing plants after accusing producers of sidestepping the law on controlled prices by producing a higher grade of rice. ... Mr Chavez is attempting to reduce the cost of the basic shopping basket of ordinary Venezuelans at a time of soaring inflation, says the BBC's Will Grant in Caracas. I don't think inflation fighting is an even remotely acceptable explanation. Here, we have Mr. Chavez's military assets seizing other people's productive assets, because they followed the law to the letter. Who will now retain any profits... 5132@http://truckandbarter.com/ Pricing 2009-03-05T11:40:24-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/03/access_to_healt.html It turns out that "access to healthcare" is actually an incredibly complex sociological concept:Facilitating access is concerned with helping people to command appropriate health care resources in order to preserve or improve their health. Access is a complex concept and at least four aspects require evaluation. If services are available and there is an adequate supply of services, then the opportunity to obtain health care exists, and a population may 'have access' to services. The extent to which a population 'gains access' also depends on financial, organisational and social or cultural barriers that limit the utilisation of services. Thus access... 5131@http://truckandbarter.com/ Health 2009-03-02T16:22:03-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/03/dinar_and_discu_1.html Dinar and Discussion for March & April 2009... 5130@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-03-01T15:00:38-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/02/dinar_and_discu.html Dinar and Discussion for February 2009... 5129@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-02-01T00:33:09-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2009/01/dinar_discussio_8.html Dinar and Discussion for January... 5128@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2009-01-01T00:20:53-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2008/12/dinar_discussio_7.html This is the Dinar Discussion for December.... 5127@http://truckandbarter.com/ Iraq 2008-12-01T00:19:05-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2008/11/who_needs_longr.html Life is tough for everyone in a recession. Even well off arts benefactors who make their living in commercial real estate are feeling squeezed: "If you go up 270, from Chevy Chase out to Frederick, you will see building after building with big signs on them that said: 'Space.' Or you will see ground that is not being built on where you will see signs, 'Build to Suit.' The next year is going to be very tough," Charlie said. "Those who have the ability to keep up payments will be able to make it. The government has to step in... 5126@http://truckandbarter.com/ Real Estate 2008-11-20T16:12:10-05:00 http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2008/11/when_interventi.html Michael Karesh warns: Unless you must have a car now, if you are considering a domestic car–or even any car that directly competes with a domestic car–I would wait. Many proposed measures to save the domestic auto industry would have the effect of cutting car prices by thousands of dollars. If you buy a car now, you could pay thousands more. Debates about bailing out automobile companies: Free Same debates incentivizing people to stop buying cars: Priceless... 5124@http://truckandbarter.com/ Automobiles 2008-11-20T15:06:52-05:00