I am an economist educated far beyond my intelligence and a nationally recognized columnist on economic and business topics. Believe it or not, I'm regularly read in several publications, like the Washington Times, Washington Examiner, and American Thinker Magazine. I previously was the economic correspondent for both CBS and NBC TV affiliates in Southern California until they caught me, and for 27 painful years, I was a senior executive of a major NYSE-listed bank holding company - don't ask! For the last two decades, I've been ruining the minds of youth as a university professor, and currently, I'm appointed as the visiting lecturer and scholar of economics at the University of the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados. I reside with my wife in South Carolina until she kicks me out..