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- Steven Krivit continues to trash Andrea Rossi and his LENR technology. — [LINK]
- Interview with Adam Lashinsky — [VIDEO]
- Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]
- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
- A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]
- The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]
- Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]
- Inside Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Category Archives: Money
Debt = Slavery — [VIDEO]
World debt history, 13 minutes into:
Posted in Economics, History, Money, The Global Economy
Tagged civilizations, credit, credit money, creditors, David Graeber, debt, debt history, debtors, dollar, economic history, gold, History, Money, slavery, US dollar, virtual money, world debt history
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I’m not gonna not live in a certain way just because there are people less fortunate than I am. — [VIDEO]
Billionaire heiress Petra Ecclestone:
Posted in Money, Psychology
Tagged heir, heiress, heirs, heritage, inheritance, Petra Ecclestone, wealth
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Robin Hanson’s couple vs. Justin Wolfers’ s couple — [CONTRAST]
- Robin Hanson and his wife maintains 2 separate bank accounts, and his wife is down to Earth. Marriage, despite its lack of clean edges and predictable outcomes, is one of the few institutions he seems to have no interest … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Money, People
Tagged budgets, careers, Economics, family, Justin Wolfers, marriage, Money, Peggy Jackson, Robin Hanson, spending
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Consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account, anywhere in the world. — [NEWS]
“Bank customers of participating financial institutions will have the option to select a Visa account as the destination for funds when making a personal payment. By simply entering the recipient’s 16-digit Visa account, email address or mobile phone number, consumers … Continue reading
Justin Wolfers and his wife — [RANT AGAINST FEMINIZATION]
He has no freedom to buy. His wife manages his money. Subtitle: Voluntary castration, Wife as new mom. The feminization of the society is a great scourge. [E-mail me to direct me to English-speaking thinkers of feminization, so I can … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Politics, Psychology
Tagged Alain Soral, Betsey Stevenson, boys, Eric Zemmour, feminism, feminization, girls, Justin Wolfers, men, society, women
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Red means Jason Ruspini and David Pennock should rent as opposed to buy. – [CHART]
The Rent:Buy Ratio is calculated by using the median list price compared with the median rent on two-bedroom apartments, condos and townhomes listed on Trulia.com.
The Interdependence of Prices and Gold
I gave a talk on Thursday night at the New York Investing Club meeting. The basic points: Gold does well when real rates of return are low. Real rates describe the price of gold much better than inflation alone. This … Continue reading
Mastercard and Visa online gambling crackdown
Credit cards Mastercard and Visa have recently imposed restrictions on online gambling transactions to US customers, in preparation for the implementation of the anti-gambling legislation in June this year. The following was reported by eGaming Review: Mastercard crackdown leaves US … Continue reading
What is the future of PayPal?
Scott Thompson, the President of PayPal:
Posted in Business, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations, Money
Tagged Innovate 2009, Money, PayPal, Scott Thompson
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About the richest 1% of Americans who own roughly half of the entire nation’s wealth
Born Rich – by Jamie Johnson The One Percent – by Jamie Johnson
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Films - Movies, Money, Philanthropy, Politics, Psychology
Tagged Born Rich, Fortune, heirs, Jamie Johnson, Johnson & Johnson, riches, The One Percent, wealth
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