This website features a weekly column by economist and entrepreneur Don Salyards of Winona, Minnesota USA.  Each Sunday Don offers a personal commentary about political, economic, or human affairs.  If you wish to join Salyards’ weekly Sunday morning email list, just email Salyards at bbwinona@charter.net.  There is no charge, no passwords, and you may ask to be removed from the list at any time.

Name: Don Salyards
Born: 1949 in Casper, Wyoming USA
Raised: Omaha, Nebraska
Education: B.A (Bus. Admin.) Graceland College - 1971
M.A.(Econ) Kansas State University - 1972
Ph.D.(Econ), Kansas State University - 1975

Family:
-Wife , Deb owns Carriage House Bed & Breakfast, Winona, MN. She is also the 3rd Ward Council Representative in Winona, MN

-Son, Tad is a 1998 graduate of the University of Minnesota. Tad and his wife Lisa live and work in Minneapolis. They have a son, Marek born in December, 2007.

-Daughter , Tara is a 2004 graduate of the University of Minnesota.  She is a vocalist who lives and works in Chicago.

Favorite Quotes:

“The society that values freedom over equality will have a great deal of both.
The society that values equality over freedom will have very little of either.”
——Milton Friedman

“On the plains of hesitation,
bleach the bones of countless millions,
who, at the dawn of decision,
sat down to wait,
and waiting……died.”
—— George W. Cecil, 1923

Interests
¤ Active involvement in the Winona Rotary Club.
¤ Historic Victorian Architecture.
¤ World Travel
¤ International music.
¤ Venture Capital: Financing start-up businesses as an equity partner.

¤ Professional Sports:
Baseball, American League: Minnesota Twins
Baseball, National League: Chicago Cubs
Cricket:  National Cricket Team of India
Football: Green Bay Packers
Hockey:  Chicago Blackhawks (season ticker holder)
The “Idea” of Soccer:  Tottenham Hotspurs