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Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week

Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week – and we have forecasts on how they’re likely … Continue reading

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AMERICA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ETHICAL VALUES ARE BEING POLLUTED AND DILUTED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

A figurine of Jesús Malverde (from Mexico) —”the patron saint of drug dealers“… if you can believe it. What a shame.

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The wisdom-of-crowds mechanisms thrive best in a multi-polar world.

That is my… short thought of the day. Prompted by this CES coverage: From China to Brazil, Russia to Mexico, India to Turkey and many places in between, consumers want instant voice and data connections from their handhelds on every … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan laments the end of WASP America.

— Drudge Report: Pax Americana, the era of U.S. global dominance, is over. A struggle for global hegemony has begun among the United States, China, a resurgent Russia and radical Islam. Bush’s invasion of Iraq was a product of hubris … Continue reading

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Macro reflections on private equity hypocrisy, and recent dollar history

Unlike this peak signal, I don’t see the apparent hypocrisy of private equity players tapping public money supply. In fact, isn’t it a good pairs trade? Sell the overvalued asset and buy the undervalued assets? UPDATE: Steve Conover has another … Continue reading

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Justin Wolfers, profesor asistente de Negocios y Politica Publica, de la Universidad de Pensilvania, explica a “Prensa Libre” que el mercado de predicciones son ?mercados de futuros que persiguen resultados politicos.

Este termino vuelve inmediatamente obvia la utilidad de los futuros politicos: proveen de una prevision completa de posibles resultados politicos?. –> DOES SOMEBODY IN THE PLANE READ SPANISH?? UPDATE: Chris Hibbert has posted a pretty good English translation obtained thanks … Continue reading

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