"If you're paying for cable and not watching TV, you're losing money. It's just simple economics." - Stew, Strangers With Candy

Published: April 10, 2008, 12:19 am

A beach house down in Galveston. The Mrs. thought it might actually be a duplex, but I hope that it's all owned by one massively rich middle-aged guy who drives his $750,000 sports car to the liquor store at noon on Thursday. Why? Economics .All is well here at the Wilder household. I hear that for the rest of the country, not so much. Recently, reports of repressed revenue and recession are running rampant. Rut-ro.Many of you never saw it coming. Me? I've predicted six of the last two recessions.Most Americans can tell you more about Paris Hilton's underwear and what causes them to fall off than about what a recession is and, what causes business to fall off. Part of this is because when one listens to an economist talk, they instantly fall asleep. Boringness is the natural defense mechanism of an economist they talk, you sleep, they steal your wallet. When a recession finally shows up, they say, See, I told you so. You can't dispute it because,

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