Don’t Entrust Economics to the Experts ... Why has so much of the world succumbed to populist demagoguery and xenophobic nationalism? To a non-trivial extent, economists may be responsible. This idea finds some support in a new book, “The Econocracy,” written by three U.K. economics students — Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins. – BloombergAustrian economi...Read More
Legalized Marijuana Could Drive A New Tech Boom … The revolution to legalize marijuana is marching slowly-but steadily-forward. Half of the states in the United States plus the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana or cannabis for medical use, and more states are legalizing recreational use with each election cycle. – ForbesThis Forbes article reminds us of how much progress ma...Read More
Legalized Marijuana Could Drive A New Tech Boom … The revolution to legalize marijuana is marching slowly-but steadily-forward. Half of the states in the United States plus the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana or cannabis for medical use, and more states are legalizing recreational use with each election cycle. – ForbesThis Forbes article reminds us of how much progress ma...Read More
Merkel Blames Populist Gains on Rise of 'Fake News' ... This week Merkel blamed "fake news" in driving the rise of populism in the West. It looks like the left is just going to blame "fake news" every time they lose their grip on power. – Gateway PunditThe elite is leveraging its "populism versus globalism" meme by declaring that populism is closely linked to "fake news."We've written numero...Read More
Merkel Blames Populist Gains on Rise of 'Fake News' ... This week Merkel blamed "fake news" in driving the rise of populism in the West. It looks like the left is just going to blame "fake news" every time they lose their grip on power. – Gateway PunditThe elite is leveraging its "populism versus globalism" meme by declaring that populism is closely linked to "fake news."We've written numero...Read More
We got the very sad news today, Nov. 22, 2015, that Dave McGowan passed away from cancer at 12:47 p.m. - Truth and ShadowsWe missed the anniversary of McGowan's death, which was yesterday, but he was one helluva a writer, exposing in brief books the"directed history" of the modern era. So, we'll remember him today. We've written about him before, here.He died of an extremely aggressive form of l...Read More
To silence dissidents, Gulf states are revoking their citizenship Many are left stateless as a result. - The EconomistThe Economist "newspaper" is worried that nations are beginning to use passports as a way to punish people that leaders don't like.This article focuses mainly on the Middle East, especially Bahrain, which the article calls an "energetic stripper."More here:Bahrain's ... Sunni ro...Read More
We got the very sad news today, Nov. 22, 2015, that Dave McGowan passed away from cancer at 12:47 p.m. - Truth and ShadowsWe missed the anniversary of McGowan's death, which was yesterday, but he was one helluva a writer, exposing in brief books the"directed history" of the modern era. So, we'll remember him today. We've written about him before, here.He died of an extremely aggressive form of l...Read More
To silence dissidents, Gulf states are revoking their citizenship Many are left stateless as a result. - The EconomistThe Economist "newspaper" is worried that nations are beginning to use passports as a way to punish people that leaders don't like.This article focuses mainly on the Middle East, especially Bahrain, which the article calls an "energetic stripper."More here:Bahrain's ... Sunni ro...Read More
Trump Shouldn't Bully the Fed ... U.S. President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen during his campaign. British Prime Minister Theresa May has questioned the Bank of England's recent actions, for a while putting Governor Mark Carney's tenure in doubt. The long-cherished principle of central-bank independence seems to be under attack. – BloombergThe...Read More
Trump Shouldn't Bully the Fed ... U.S. President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen during his campaign. British Prime Minister Theresa May has questioned the Bank of England's recent actions, for a while putting Governor Mark Carney's tenure in doubt. The long-cherished principle of central-bank independence seems to be under attack. – BloombergThe...Read More
CEO of Denison Mines, David Cates, explains who the real consumers of uranium are. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/2gerzpp ...Read More
'Truth Decay' Makes Facts Subjective and Polarization More Extreme ... Disagreements over policy have always existed-but disagreements over basic facts have not. It's a phenomenon that RAND CEO Michael Rich calls "truth decay." -Rand Corporation blogMichael Rich, head of Rand Corporation has come up with a new phrase to describe "fake news," calling it "truth decay." The Rand Corporation is a le...Read More
'Truth Decay' Makes Facts Subjective and Polarization More Extreme ... Disagreements over policy have always existed-but disagreements over basic facts have not. It's a phenomenon that RAND CEO Michael Rich calls "truth decay." -Rand Corporation blogMichael Rich, head of Rand Corporation has come up with a new phrase to describe "fake news," calling it "truth decay." The Rand Corporation is a le...Read More
Looking for how to invest in gold?What does that mean to the average investor?Do you think of running out to the local bullion dealer to begin stockpiling gold bars in your basement?Or perhaps visiting a local jeweller or pawn shop to buy a bunch of gold chains or coins?Although purchasing jewellery or bullion do create an exposure to gold, they are hardly the only (or most effective) ways. The ma...Read More
Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More
Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More
Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More
Well now!! i was a pilot of a B 29, on the raids of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. i am 96 years old. Yes we firebombed these cities as well as Tokyo. But there were A bombs dropped on the two cities in question. -ALPHAMEG feedback to DB articleWe've written numerous articles referring to the Pentagon's lies about its nuclear program - both today and over the past 65 years or so. Now someone (see e...Read More
Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More