Government Waste: The Penny

January 18th, 2012 by
English: Large amount of pennies

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Check out this Amazing post that Tom Anderson (remember that guy from myspace) posted on his google + page back in December.  Informative video of why Pennies erode utility from all of our lives, despite being championed and supported by the forces at be.

 

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Eurasia Group 2012 Political RIsk (or lack thereof)- China Soft Landing etc.

January 14th, 2012 by
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50% of the worlds GDP is having political transition this year, but Eurasia Group‘s Ian Bremmer says this year political transition won’t be that significant, but the headlines leading up to that transition could cause a bumpy ride for one another. The largest rhetorical claim in the report issued the first week of the year is that the 9/11 era is done. Politics and financial markets are probably more correlated this year than ever before, so if this report ever did matter its this year.

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Jeremy Rifkin Loves Germany, Economically Efficient Green Energy in United States Lags Europe

January 12th, 2012 by
Jeremy Rifkin, Foto: Stephan Röhl

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Jeremy Rifkin was on Charlie Rose last week, gave an interesting perspective on converging economic trends and expressed his view that the Obama Administration did a poor job of allocating capitol towards Green Energy. Although he did not use the Thomas Friedman buzzed term “Smart Grid”, he mentioned he believes the world is on the cusp of a “Third Industrial Revolution”, that will be triggered by a spike in Oil prices,  with Germany holding the flag on the charge forward. (more…)

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