Archive for 'guest bloggers' Category
What Comes After the Great Recession?
8 May 2009Guest blogged by Glen Hiemstra, Founder & Owner, Futurist.com My year as a consulting futurist and speaker began on January 8, 2009 with a speech on future trends for Cobalt, a company that does websites and other computer services for the auto-dealer community, historically General Motors dealerships. They obviously face some big challenges in 2009. [...]
The New New Deal
7 May 2009Guest-blogged by SNS Member Russ Daggatt Former New York Senator and UN Ambassador, Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” Increasingly, it seems, Republicans are trying to create not only their own facts but their own reality. This is particularly problematic when the mainstream media [...]
Bank Illusions
21 April 2009Guest-blogged by SNS Member Russ Daggatt You may have noticed that the big banks have been reporting upbeat “earnings” figures in recent days. Just yesterday, Bank of America reported a staggering $4.2 billion in first quarter “earnings.” But it’s share price declined by an also staggering 24% What’s up? Surely investors saw the impressive “earnings” [...]
The Monopoly of Money Issuance
21 April 2009Guest-blogged by SNS Member Ricardo B. Salinas, Chairman of the Board, Grupo Salinas Last month, on my own blog, I shared my general view about the energy monopoly. Here, I want to write about another monopoly that affects our pocketbooks: the monopoly of money issuance. The total amount of money circulating in a country has [...]