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Frustrated of France
28 August 2010This a copy of a Comment I put on a Baseline Scenario blog today where James Kwak describes his trials and tribulations with Verizon when trying to move his phone and DSL service from one house to another. http://baselinescenario.com/2010/08/18/more-telecom-hell You should consider yourself lucky that you don’t have to deal with Orange and France Telecom [...]
Devaluing the yuan
25 March 2010Continuing with Thursday’s China theme, SocGen’s Albert Edwards has been looking at the emergence of a trade deficit in the People’s Republic and the implications. The backstory here is the recent, surprise announcement from Premier Wen Jiabao and Commerce Secretary Chen Deming that China would record a trade deficit in March – the first since [...]
Our White Collar Nation
5 January 2010When I first read this article from The Stone I was amused by its simplistic view of the world. Clicking on the “trenchant observations” link below partly confirmed my assumptions:-) However, I guess many would agree with the general theme. So, other than Wall Street kleptomania and a dysfunctional government, what went wrong? Is the [...]
Class Warfare American Style
5 January 2010Jesse (aka Arthur Cutten) on learning of the recent GSE bailouts from Matt Taibbi on the criminal nature of the US financial services community. Hilarious rant, close to the truth or has Arthur spent too much time in a less class divided Europe? Extract: For me the basic dynamic of the mortgage bubble is some [...]
Tea Parties: Joke of the Week, or Pathetic Excuse for Party Management?
17 April 2009In the days of Karl Rove, when the Bush adminstration was earning its now-undeniable title as the Worst President in History, it made sense to do all kinds of goofy things that would harm the domestic and global economy, as long as it gained approval from the base. “Serve the base,” seemed to be Karl’s [...]
An Open Letter to the Board of Directors
13 April 2009An Open Letter to the Board of Directors Last week, I gave a keynote talk at the CRIM Crystal Ball Conference in Montreal, and the speech seemed to be really well received. I had decided ahead of time that the best way to talk about today’s problems was to have a frank conversation about how [...]
Generation We
28 October 2008From: SNS Special Letter: Generation We: How the Millennial Generation Is Taking Over America and Changing the World By Eric Greenberg with Karl Weber …The Millennial generation has already begun to emerge as a powerful political and social force. They are smart, well-educated, open-minded, and independent – politically, socially, and philosophically. They are also a [...]
BBC The World: Candidates address economic trouble
17 September 2008From BBC’s The World: “Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Mark Anderson, CEO of Strategic News Service, about how presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are addressing the current financial crisis.” Listen Now Share this post:
Microsoft Post-Gates on KPLU Radio
31 July 2008From NPR and KPLU Radio: “It’s been more than a month since Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retired from his position as Chief Software Architect. Gates shared leadership of the company with CEO Steve Ballmer. Now, Ballmer is leading the company with two other top executives. KPLU’s Dave Meyer looks at Microsoft’s changing of the guard [...]
Top Pentagon Official Was Israeli Spy
13 July 2008You remember seeing this headline recently, don’t you? I’m sure you do. After all, when a top Pentagon official involved with the US Iraq War, and with US Iran relations, confesses to handing over classified information to a foreign country – particularly one which would benefit from US wars with either or both countries – [...]