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About Me

I teach economic theory and statistics at City College of San Francisco.

I'm the faculty advisor of the CCSF Meditation Club .

I have a Ph.D. in economic theory from University of Massachusetts Amherst .

I'm certified as a teacher of Heart Rhythm Meditation by the Institute for Applied Meditation, www.appliedmeditation.org

I'm certified as an instructor of T'ai Chi Ch'uan by the Northwest T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association. My teacher is Sifu Harvey Kurland, www.dotaichi.com , www.myspace.com/hkurland

My Interests

Meditation, running, T'ai Chi Ch'uan, economic theory

Music:

Arcade Fire, Black Star, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Bravery, Duran Duran, Edan, Feist, The Flaming Lips, Hieroglyphics, Interpol, Kasabian, Ladytron, MF Doom, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, Mr. Lif, Nappy Roots, New Order, The Shins, Silversun Pickup, The Streets, Swollen Members, Talib Kweli, Violent Femmes, The White Stripes, Yeah yeah yeahs, Zion I...a sampling of my 5 star playlist...

Movies:

Baraka, Dancer in the Dark, Man on Fire, The Naked Gun, Old School, Platoon, The Thin Red Line, 300

Books:

Living from the Heart (1998) Puran Bair. Mastery through Accomplishment, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Capital, Karl Marx. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, J.M. Keynes. The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith.

My Blog

A birth

Dear friends,June 11, 2007. Felicity gave birth to a beautiful baby girl: Xavier Austine Bair. Xavier (french pronunciation: zah-vyay) means "bright", "shining", or "the new house". It has both Arabi...
Posted by Asatar on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:48:00 PST

Getting close!

Dear friends,We're getting close to that due date (2.5 weeks to go)! We're excited, yet there is a sense of calm. Last night I dreamt I was the baby, making my way down, preparing to be born. It fe...
Posted by Asatar on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:04:00 PST

Course in meditation

Dear friends,I wanted to let you know about "Energize Your Heart in 4 Dimensions": an 8-week course in Heart Rhythm Meditation I'm offering this summer. HRM is a wonderfully powerful and effective for...
Posted by Asatar on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:01:00 PST

A new addition to our family

Dear friends,My wife and I are having a baby!The due date is June 23rd. We're happy to share this news with you.It's an amazing experience. For months I felt I could hardly wait until the baby was b...
Posted by Asatar on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:47:00 PST

New blog on economics

I have a new blog on economics; there you'll find my predictions for the economy next year, some thoughts on recent economic events, and the development of a new kind of economic theory, one that embr...
Posted by Asatar on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:18:00 PST

PoetryI bow to you.My embraceMy embraceLoveTruthEssaysThe passion of Malachi RitscherMeditation Club at City College of SFTruth nuggetsBecoming the economyWebcourse: the Heart of the EconomyHealing th...
Posted by Asatar on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST

The passion of Malachi Ritscher

A friend sent me this story about a man from Chicago, a father, a peace activist, a lover of music and literature, who doused himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire in protest against the war in ...
Posted by Asatar on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:13:00 PST

Meditation Club at City College of SF

I've agreed to be the advisor for the Meditation Club at the City College of San Francisco.The Meditation Club now meets Mondays at 4:15 in ArtX 188. The club's mission statement reads: "This clu...
Posted by Asatar on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:22:00 PST

I bow to you.

You're perfect;Your flaws make you so.You were born, you live;In harmony with Life, you struggle to find the subtle rhythms.Even the times when it looks like you've misstepped, then fall,your movement...
Posted by Asatar on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:16:00 PST

Truth nugget

It seems to me that there is "small t" truth -- that which is true relative to your own perspective, and "big T" Truth -- which, of course, is true regardless of your perspective. In the "big T" sens...
Posted by Asatar on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:32:00 PST

Toward the One