Getting Down To Business®

PROGRAM TOPIC Have you ever considered how evening activities created a demand for light?  What did people do before electricity?  They used candles made from Whales and Whale oil powered lighting.  Listen as Dave tells the story of how the U.S. became the best Whalers and how we moved to oil.  Questions or comments email David@GDTB. Biz. IN THE NEWS Starting a Company? Skip B-SchoolPrograms Like Starter School Give Students Just Enough Instruction to Get an Idea off the GroundBusiness schools have new competition for students with startups on the brain a number of programs, from General Assembly in New York to Starter School in Chicago, have cropped up recently to cater to people seeking to launch their own companies or join fledgling ones.  Link to this WSJ article visit Getting Down to Business® on Facebook.Economic News Summary August 2013Many believe that unfettered markets are inferior and even antiquated to a centrally controlled government run economic system, which works well, in the words of Margret