December 2011
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So how do you break the power of consumption? By creating your own things.
– The Dangerous Effects of Reading | Certain Extent
It should be clear that among the causes of the recent financial crisis was an...
– Financial Reform: Unfinished Business by Paul Volcker | The New York Review of Books
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That’s an odd feeling. A retail store trusts its customers. It’s not worried...
– It Feels Like Trust—The Apple Store App And Self Checkout
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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get...
– How to Mark a Book - By Mortimer J. Adler
I think that it’s important to have one drawer that’s totally organized with all...
– Steve Leveen: A Tabula Rasa Is Peace of Mind :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
In an environment where “average is over,” they go on, everybody has...
– Average Is Over. What’s Your Extra? - Bill Taylor - Harvard Business Review
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The truth is, it’s OK to curate your life.
– Simplicity - Matt Gemmell
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December Is the Cruelest Month…For the VIX →
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Nietzsche famously said “What does not kill me makes me stronger.”...
– Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Have We Avoided A Recession? - December 4, 2011
The Long Case For P.F. Chang's China Bistro -... →
The death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, is upsetting; Mr. Jobs will be...
– Apple: A value stock? | Main Section
The net total? As of November 10, 2011, it was $29,616.4 billion dollars — (or...
– Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars | The Big Picture
10 Friday AM Reads | The Big Picture →
Sometimes Things Just Keep Getting Worse Altucher... →
CFTC Award for Excellence in Regulatory... →
Money is hard. You have to work for it.
– Everything is Too Hard For Me Altucher Confidential
The Eurozone as illustrated by Andrew Rae | The... →
Debt Slavery – Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will... →
Failure by European leaders at their summit this week to fix the fatal flaw in...
– Time of reckoning for the euro zone - Yahoo! Finance
India’s biggest developers are failing to rein in record debt as borrowing costs...
– Failure to Cut Record Debt Pushes Developer Yields Above 20%: India Credit - Bloomberg
Rio Tinto Group (RIO), the world’s third- largest mining company, said metal...
– Rio Expects Commodity Price Swings as Markets Consider Economic Prospects - Bloomberg
The key takeaway is that sales improved over last year consistent with the first...
– Beware the Black Friday Retail Hype | The Big Picture
Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts...
– Cowen on the European Crisis | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty
The CME Group on Wednesday fought back against criticism it has not done enough...
– CME defends handling of MF Global collapse - Yahoo! News
CME in talks to enter China derivatives market →
CME Group Inc., operator of the world’s leading energy, grains and precious metals markets, is in talks with China’s securities regulator to enter the mainland’s financial derivatives market, the official China Daily reported on Thursday.
Zynga May Be Biggest IPO Since Google - Video -... →