Archive for the ‘Corporate & Markets’ Category

They Hate Us for Our Freedoms…
Riiight???

BBC News reports, “Many in the armed forces feel that too few civilians fully appreciate the drive to serve in combat.”
So, that’s why US taxpayers are paying a billion dollars per day on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It’s a safari to keep soldiers entertained… or a turkey shoot, considering that more than 100,000 Iraqis [...]

The Consent of the Governed…
How Quaint!

Rasmussen Reports reports, “23% of [US] voters nationwide believe the [US] federal government today has the consent of the governed. Sixty-two percent (62%) say it does not, and 15% are not sure.”
In other words, a huge majority in the USA consists of individuals who feel disenfranchised. At that point, very little difference exists between [...]

Nuclear Bombs 1945-1998

This is a video produced by Japanese artist, Isao Hashimoto, which depicts the 2,053 nuclear bombs detonated between 1945 and 1998.
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For Want of a Clue

The Hill reports that the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved a bill that grants the president of the USA a kill switch on the Internet. In Washington, DC, Orwellian doublespeak, this measure strengthens US residents’ access to information.
Watch out China, Iran, and North Korea, we gaining on you!
Meanwhile, the [...]

Peace through Commerce

Hernando de Soto explains the importance of extending capitalist institutions to the poorest of the poor.

Invest accordingly.

A Canadian Argues, “Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs.”

The Empire Flails Helplessly

Lately, my focus has been significantly less on LMF Theory than in the past and almost exclusively on the more uplifting prospect of fostering international development through business education, specifically finance.
Of course, one way that individuals can prosper is to short-sell stupidity, ignorance, and lies, but that is not the only route that one can [...]

Nassim Taleb on the 6 May 2010 ‘Flash Crash’

“If a bridge collapses, you don’t focus your attention on the last truck that crossed it.”
Invest accordingly.
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The Summer of Our Disenfranchisement

‘Progressive’ activist, Jack A. Smith, has uncovered some interesting information concerning Pres. Obama’s Long War plans.
“[The] documents and deeds include the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the Ballistic Missile Defense Report, the nuclear security summit in New York and the May 3-28 United Nations nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, as well [...]

Buddhist Wage Slavery

PBS.org is shilling a new book by a former Al Gore speechwriter, in which the author has repackaged the work of Abraham Maslow. In spite of its derivative nature, the story is interesting and worth the 9.5 minutes to watch it.
This echos points that I made in a rather long post on 13 March [...]