Sparks Commentary

“If you know the enemy and know yourself , you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for ...

“The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest .” – The greatest Albert Einstein quote that  Albert Einstein  (most like...

I should preface this by saying that I have a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a Concentration in Marketing. I don’t ha...

You're applying for a dream job at a particular organization. You “just know” that this occupation is right for you – or, at least, th...

This documentary focuses on a historical company called “Fairchild Semiconductor” … I was expecting this movie to be about Bill Gates a...

“[The Congress shall have the power] To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inv...

One day, a man named Bob goes to the store to buy some milk for his family. Since the price is only $2.00 per gallon that day, he decides ...

"The Men Who Built America" is something of a rarity in the world of documentaries , because it is one of the few history progra...

This post expands upon a story from a previous blog post, linked to here .

I've had a number of people tell me over the years that with my interest in  history , I should have been a  history teacher . Thus, i...

We've all heard stories about how bad things were during the Great Depression , with extensive poverty and massive unemployment - perh...

"In a free-enterprise, private-property system, a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business. He has a direct r...

"Competition engenders misery, it foments civil war, it 'changes natural zones,' mixes up nationalities, causes trouble in fa...

I would wager that many a student has taken a statistics class, and been introduced to bell curves without having the slightest idea why t...

"This division of labour, from which so many advantages are derived, is not originally the effect of any human wisdom, which foresees...

"The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which...

"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes or chemistry is about b...

" ... every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neit...

"♪ Mexicanos, al grito de guerra / el acero aprestad y el bridón. Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del cañón. ♪...

"Let's start with what economics isn't.  Economics isn't a meal ticket to make lots of money in the stock market, althoug...