Open-End vs Closed-End Car Leases:

Key Differences, Pros & Cons with Real-World Examples and Tax Insights

Residual Automobile Value Explained: The Hidden Factor in Car Leasing

Leasing a car often feels like a smart financial move—low monthly payments, little or no money down, and the ability to drive a new vehicle every few years. But behind the attractive numbers lies a critical concept that can significantly affect your total lease costs: residual value.

Control of the Masses: The Institutional Architecture

Propaganda: Book by Edward Bernays- 1928

“Lapdog”

Bureaucratic Drag: The Silent Killer of Productivity and Profits

Excessive rules, rigid hierarchies, and administrative overload are eroding organizational agility.

Common Sense: Thomas Paine’s Revolutionary Voice

China Doesn’t Need a Ground or Air War to Win the Economic War with America: Part III.

China’s strategy is economic warfare without firing a shot. China employs a disciplined long-term strategy, whereas the U.S. uses a status quo strategy.

We Are Losing the Economic Dominance Battle with China for the Following Reasons: Part II

China’s Playbook vs. U.S. Priorities: Part I

A Comparative Strategic White Paper Prepared for: Dan Harkey • Date: 11 December 2025 • Location: San Juan Capistrano, CA.

Who Moved My Marketing Cheese? Part II

Navigating Disruption in the Digital Age

The Complete Herding Dog Training Guide: Training My Dog, Daisy Jane

From Puppy Basics to Advanced Herding Skills

Dying, No One Cares, or Their Families Are So Poor They Cannot Afford a Proper Funeral.

How many people in the USA die, and no one claims them? They are the unclaimed bodies.

Herding Dogs: My Dog Daisy Jane

Guardians of the Flock and Masters of Instinct

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Socialism, and Human Agency:

Policy Imperatives for Preserving Economic Freedom

Phishing Emails, Chatbots Scams, and Fraudulent Online Contacts: How Much Time is Wasted Daily?

Radicalization: At what point in society does violence send the country into civil war

That’s a profound and complex question, and there is no single threshold; it’s usually a convergence of factors that pushes a society from radicalization into civil conflict.

Political Economy of Dependency: How Governments Benefit from Keeping People Poor- Part II

Dependency, driven by incentives in political institutions and program design, is a central social policy concern that policymakers and researchers must understand to address reliance and promote autonomy effectively.

Who Makes Money by Keeping People Poor, ignorant, and dependent: Part I

That’s a big, systemic question. Rather than a single villain, there’s a set of business models that reliably profit when people have less money, possess less information, and have fewer options. Below is a concise, evidence-based map of who benefits, how the mechanics work, and what countermeasures help.

“In Dreams:” Roy Robison

Sanctuary, Illusion, and the Voice of Vulnerability