April 2012
66 posts
“In America, the rich are hallowed. Even Warren Buffett, who has largely been...”
– Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! - The Daily Beast
“What charitable 1-percenters can’t do is assume responsibility—America’s...”
– Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! - The Daily Beast
“If “Avatar” was 3D’s “Birth of a Nation” than Ang...”
– Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Stuns CinemaCon Audience With 3D Visual Poetry | The Wrap Movies
“The 3D images of the young protagonist (Suraj Sharma) battling a tiger, a storm...”
– Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Stuns CinemaCon Audience With 3D Visual Poetry | The Wrap Movies
“Just because Ashton Kutcher is an investor doesn’t make Hipmunk one of...”
– Here Are The Startups Silicon Valley’s Residents Are Buzzing Over This Week - Business Insider
“The biggest problem I see with this description of competition forcing out...”
– The Creative Monopoly - NYTimes.com
“the competitive spirit capitalism engenders can sometimes inhibit the creativity...”
– The Creative Monopoly - NYTimes.com
“In the late 1970s, our companies got fat, lazy, bloated, and less-profitable,...”
– DEAR HOWARD SCHULTZ: If You Really Want To Save America, Why Don’t You Give Starbucks Baristas A Raise? - Business Insider
“what was World War 2 if not an absolutely gigantic Keynesian stimulus?
The...”
– IT’S OFFICIAL: Keynes Was Right - Business Insider
“I’ve listened to Keynesians like Paul Krugman argue that the way to fix...”
– IT’S OFFICIAL: Keynes Was Right - Business Insider
““By December 31, 2020, synthetic solar energy (fusion) will have been shown to...”
– On the Record: Predictions - Long Bets
“Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31,...”
– The Arena for Accountable Predictions - Long Bets
“Many states are considering following Florida’s example, and the new data from...”
– No Savings Found in Florida Welfare Drug Tests - NYTimes.com
“But the bigger obstacle may be psychological: the longer unemployment stays...”
– Congress and Long-Term Unemployment : The New Yorker
“You’d think that Congress and the Federal Reserve would be straining every sinew...”
– Congress and Long-Term Unemployment : The New Yorker
“Huntsman said that he knew he was toast from the first debate in Iowa, when he...”
– Jon Huntsman Basically Isn’t a Republican Anymore - Politics - The Atlantic Wire
“A second lesson: if economists—and journalists, and bankers, and bond analysts,...”
– Too Smart to Fail: Notes on an Age of Folly | | Notebook | The Baffler
“The real mistake was my own. I believed that our public intelligentsia had...”
– Too Smart to Fail: Notes on an Age of Folly | | Notebook | The Baffler
“Plenty of journalists have been pushed out of late, but the ones responsible for...”
– Too Smart to Fail: Notes on an Age of Folly | | Notebook | The Baffler
“If you want to to be considered an expert in something, you don’t have to...”
– Why the Experts Get Everything Wrong | Politeia | Big Think
“Is there a “resentment of success” in this country? I don’t sense it. Certainly...”
– Mitt Romney: Candidate or Motivational Poster? - Bloomberg
“And let’s not forget simple luck. All the factors discussed above boil down to...”
– Mitt Romney: Candidate or Motivational Poster? - Bloomberg
“Just hours after the announcement from the escorts’ group, the U.S. Congress...”
– Borowitz Report
“For U.S. equities, the study found that the least volatile 10% of stocks had an...”
– Is modern portfolio theory all bunk? - InvestmentNews
“Veteran quantitative investment analyst and economist Robert Haugen studied...”
– Is modern portfolio theory all bunk? - InvestmentNews
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“Women have special financial needs that a top-notch adviser can address, Ms....”
– Why that ‘Women and Investing’ seminar you’re planning is a bad idea - InvestmentNews
“The equal and opposite mistake of the left, of course, is to see the whole idea...”
– Instagram Deal Reflects Wrenching Structural Change - Bloomberg
“Conservatives mistakenly assume that they can tell capitalism’s losers that...”
– Instagram Deal Reflects Wrenching Structural Change - Bloomberg
“The proximate causes of the crash were financial incompetence and dumb...”
– Instagram Deal Reflects Wrenching Structural Change - Bloomberg
“As Atrion Networking began measuring the impact of its social media efforts, it...”
– Why SMBs should support a Facebook ‘brand’ fan page | ZDNet
“In fact, there a study from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute found that only 1...”
– What is the value of a Facebook fan? | SmartPlanet
“This results in people who know almost nothing about a particular topic who are...”
– The Power of Admitting “I’m Wrong” : Starts With A Bang
“Believe it or not, it’s actually harder for many of us to admit that we...”
– The Power of Admitting “I’m Wrong” : Starts With A Bang
“Mr. Woodward said he was shocked by how otherwise savvy students thought...”
– Crovitz: Before ‘Watergate’ Could be Googled - WSJ.com
“And so, if we can hang on, it will be in the twenty-fifties that the manners and...”
– What “Mad Men” Shows About American Pop Culture : The New Yorker
“One problem with philanthropy is that it’s unrewarding: You give away the...”
– Shiller investing outlook - Apr. 10, 2012
“Finance has become unpopular today — a little like being on campus...”
– Shiller investing outlook - Apr. 10, 2012
“When my former student and I did the original analysis — I was working...”
– Shiller investing outlook - Apr. 10, 2012
“Mr. Christie also misstated New Jersey’s share of the costs: he said the state...”
– Report Disputes Christie’s Reason for Halting Tunnel Project in 2010 - NYTimes.com
“Sixteen states and the District have legalized “medical marijuana,” a messy,...”
– Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs? - The Washington Post
“imprisoning low-ranking street-corner dealers is pointless: A $200 transaction...”
– Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs? - The Washington Post
“But this choice has consequences: More Americans are imprisoned for drug...”
– Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs? - The Washington Post
“It’s the brand,” Holtz-Eakin told me. “And you don’t dilute the brand.”
– Tax talk — big lies and straight truths - The Washington Post
“We realized that if we were going to do photos, that we’d have to be different...”
– Inspiring Insights by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, The Man Who Built A $1 Billion Startup - Forbes
“Our development of Instagram was never influenced by their investment in...”
– Inspiring Insights by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, The Man Who Built A $1 Billion Startup - Forbes
“We decided that if we were going to build a company, we wanted to focus on being...”
– Inspiring Insights by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, The Man Who Built A $1 Billion Startup - Forbes 