Category Archives: Business

The fix is in…

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Tfoui

Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There’s no price the big banks can’t fix http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425 Somehow I missed this article and … Continue reading →

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Our robotic future…

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Tfoui

It’s Time to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment? http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514861/its-time-to-talk-about-the-burgeoning-robot-middle-class/ I am sure that this article is relevant, but not sure that it will have any impact. ‘Robots’ (really, … Continue reading →

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More on student loans

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Tfoui

Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/student-debt-and-the-crushing-of-the-american-dream/ I have waxed on the subject of student loans a number of times (see here, here, here and here for just a few examples). When the student loan bubble collapses … Continue reading →

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On the cusp of greatness

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Tfoui

Printing Electronics Just Got Easier A new technique developed by researchers in China allows easier printing of electronic components onto paper. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130509-paper-printed-circuits-electronics-technology-science/ I think the next decade is going to be as eye popping as the last quarter century (in … Continue reading →

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Is the pendulum beginning to swing back?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Tfoui

Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/too-big-to-fail-takes-another-body-blow-20130501 I am reading a lot less news because I got booted out of my nice cushy half office and into a shared space with only a single access to the ‘net. Since I get … Continue reading →

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A little jab for the pirates

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Tfoui

Video game studio pirates its own game — with an ironic twist http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/29/technology/innovation/game-dev-tycoon-piracy/index.html?source=cnn_bin Kinda amusing though it seems clear the best value was in the free publicity than in any increase in revenue. More ironic tome that Pirate Bay took … Continue reading →

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InJustice in America

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Tfoui

While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/while-wronged-homeowners-got-300-apiece-in-foreclosure-settlement-consultants-who-helped-protect-banks-got-2-billion-20130426 This an interesting article and I recommend reading it to understand how corrupt our government is, but it is more or less … Continue reading →

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Why do we blame the poor and not the rich?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Tfoui

Who’s to blame for the middle class struggle? http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/18/news/economy/middle-class-poor/index.html?source=cnn_bin I suspect one large reason is that what is ‘middle class‘ today is actually on the edge of being poor. Back when being middle class meant only one bread winner, a … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Tfoui

I lost $50,000 in Bitcoin crash, but I’m still a believer http://buzz.money.cnn.com/2013/04/18/bitcoin-investor/?source=cnn_bin I have tried to make sense of the bitcoin (official source here) without much luck. The origins sound incredibly suspicious (can’t go into any details on my suspicions) … Continue reading →

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Lets force our citizens to give EVEN MORE money to Wall Street!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Tfoui

A New Idea to Fix the Retirement-Savings Crisis http://business.time.com/2013/04/17/a-new-idea-to-fix-the-retirement-savings-crisis/?hpt=hp_t5 OK, since Social Security is now ‘broke’ (it is this way because of extended, concerted efforts by the people in charge) and we have too many poor people littering our streets … Continue reading →

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