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Mark Morgan Ford

A January Roundup: Economy, Essays, Videos, and Quotes for 2025
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A January Roundup: Economy, Essays, Videos, and Quotes for 2025

Jan 5, 2025 1 min read

* Crazy busy, overtipping & other clippings from my Journal * News you should have seen but didn’t & five stories I (almost) missed * The Good…

A Mad December: Work, Generosity, AI Disruption, and a Personal Health Experiment
Entrepreneurship

A Mad December: Work, Generosity, AI Disruption, and a Personal Health Experiment

Jan 5, 2025 6 min read

December was another month of full-speed-ahead, bookended with two trips to Baltimore to meet and work with board members and senior executives of the…

Growers and Tenders: The Hidden Leadership Secret Behind Building Wealth and Scaling Businesses
Business Management

Growers and Tenders: The Hidden Leadership Secret Behind Building Wealth and Scaling Businesses

Jan 5, 2025 8 min read

Apologies to my editors and most dedicated readers… I’m doing it again! As you know if you’ve been reading my books or blog posts for any length of…

State of the U.S. Economy 2025: Markets, Jobs, Inflation, and the Federal Debt Crisis
Economics

State of the U.S. Economy 2025: Markets, Jobs, Inflation, and the Federal Debt Crisis

Jan 5, 2025 8 min read

I try to limit the reading I do on the state of the economy to no more than 30 minutes per day. Not because I don’t hold economic theory in high regard…

Important News You Missed: Media Bias, Government Corruption, Immigration, and Global Economic Shifts
Economics

Important News You Missed: Media Bias, Government Corruption, Immigration, and Global Economic Shifts

Jan 5, 2025 6 min read

The Reportage on the New Orleans Massacre: Advocacy Journalism, Prejudice, and Cowardice I was hugely disappointed to see how the Legacy media covered…

Do Rich People Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes?
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Do Rich People Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes?

Jan 5, 2025 1 min read

Do Rich People Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes? Judge for yourself: * The top 1% of income-tax filers in 2022 earned 20% of total earnings but paid 40%…

Three Stories That Show Why I’m Worried About the Future
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Three Stories That Show Why I’m Worried About the Future

Jan 5, 2025 2 min read

How AI is Like Biowarfare By Sam Schechner in the WSJ As mentioned in my Journal, above, I’m working on an essay spelling out what I’ve been learning…

Video Picks: From Tunnel Engineering to Honor Killings
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Video Picks: From Tunnel Engineering to Honor Killings

Jan 5, 2025 2 min read

* How Underwater Tunnels Are Built Watch Time: 1 min. Cleo Abrams explains how the Chunnel was built.   * An Elevator Expert Explains How to Move…

2024’s Weirdest Science Stories: A Year-End Quiz
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2024’s Weirdest Science Stories: A Year-End Quiz

Jan 5, 2025 1 min read

2024: The Year in (Weird) Science Why did Earth shake for nine days? Which rich guy paid a fortune for a dinosaur? And did someone finally locate…

Stunning Ice Cave Photography Wins Smithsonian Recognition
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Stunning Ice Cave Photography Wins Smithsonian Recognition

Jan 5, 2025 1 min read

Ice Cave  A Finalist in this year’s Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest 

Why My Post-Election Analysis Got an “Excellent” Grade
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Why My Post-Election Analysis Got an “Excellent” Grade

Jan 5, 2025 3 min read

An “Excellent” Grade on My Dec. 27 Post-Election Analysis “Excellent Mark! To sum it up, I believe that the public in general was fed up with being…

January Reviews: Books, Movies, and Streaming Worth Your Time
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January Reviews: Books, Movies, and Streaming Worth Your Time

Jan 5, 2025 1 min read

The January review issue – the second issue of the month – with my critiques of books, movies, and streaming series that I’ve enjoyed and would like to…