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Special Privilege (part 1)

Yesterday I received my copy of Vincent R. Locascio’s “Special Priviledge: How the Monetary Elite Benefit…At Your Expense“. It was published in 2001 by the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME) and I hope they don’t …

Blaming “The 1%” is like blaming “Zionists”, “Blacks” or “Gays”

 

Some people like, to make all the rules and tell others what to do.
They make it their way, so they always win, and the others always lose.
Street gangs and madmen How they wage their private wars
In bankers clothes their hearts are froze and
Their wives hold hands with whores

– Airbourne: Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast

There is a lot of “empirical data” coming out in reputable information channels (like Facebook and Twitter) that the 1% are over-represented in the corridors of power, have more than their fair share of wealth and are basically to

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You Can’t Kill Capitalism…It’s Already Dead

When I was a child, I was proud of my heritage and the fact that I counted among my distant relations none other than Otto Von Bismarck, the inventor of the modern welfare state as we know it today. As I matured and learned more about things like economics, math and the works of Charles Ponzi, I began to downplay my roots to Herr Bismarck.

Like a politician who’s largest campaign contributor was just pulled over by police, drunk and with the body of a teenage hooker in the trunk, it occurred to me that this connection… Read the rest

Wealth.net Exclusive: Interview with John Mauldin

My inaugural post on Wealth.net was a brief notice that John Mauldin’s forthcoming book “Eavesdropping on Millionaires: Secrets of the World’s Wealthiest Investors” had been postponed. As an afterthought I asked him via email for details and he responded personally

Tim O’Reilly: e-books without DRM sell just fine

It is always refreshing to see Tim O’Reilly’s take on new media, especially with regard to the question of Digital Rights Management (DRM), in the latest Forbe’s he answers the question “Aren’t you worried about piracy?”

No. And so what?