Agree that there is a danger. Steve Keen talks about this among other things--...
Barry Riholtz is on the right track: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-must-occupy-congress-ag-offices/ Occupy Wall...
Not keen on violence either. But am supportive of the protests originally from the Tea Party and now from OWS.
Iceland looking pretty smart.
With respect, in the grand scheme of things, I would say all those things are largely irrelevant. Assuming it is for the right reasons, it is...
I think part of the problem is people have different definitions of what is capitalism or socialism (which is why I try to view them as extremes...
Agree. I try to view things on a spectrum. The eternal battle of capitalism versus socialism. A pendulum that swings back and forth. I'd...
Agree. There is a lot of blame to go around. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation (from the perpetrators/benefactors) and willful...
I can empathise with them. I am extremely upset with Interactive Brokers. I wrote some put options during the summer, but have now suffered...
+1 People complain about the credit markets being frozen. The fastest way to get things moving is to allow bankruptcies (i.e. to allow price...
One of the veterans mentioned this on the video PAPA ROACH posted earlier: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=228623
Best guess is they thought Obama would take care of it. The Tea Party later protested.
"They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work." Soviet proverb
+1 The flipside is the case for multinational corporations. It is key to understand the difference between effective tax rates (what is...
There are real dangers. If these groups keep getting ignore/mocked they will have nothing to lose. It is like trying to pick a fight with a guy...
Wholeheartedly Agree. I find the Tea Party and OWS actually have a lot in common, but are coming at it from different angles. For both sides...
Recommend all six parts. If time is limited, at least watch part 6 as well. Warns against excessive use of derivatives. Highlights what is...
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Recommend people watching a 1994 Charlie Rose interview with the late James Goldsmith. Scary how he called the dangers of unfettered globalization...
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