"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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Drug companies spent almost as much on marketing in 2003 ($25.3 billion) as on R&D for new drugs ($33.2 billion). The new Medicare law requires government to pay full price for drugs it buys for seniors. Put these facts together and you get...

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