Summary:Â The internet is a mirror in which we can see important aspects of America. Businesses funded by speculation (greed) struggle to survive in an era of few opportunities and falling investment, while high technology and rising inequality reshape America. The social media stocks are in this maelstrom, as virtual advertising space grows faster than …
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Summary: It’s increasingly obvious that the US economy has become locked into a low-growth, bubble-driven, boom-bust mode. This post provides a brief description, an antidote to the news media’s superficial coverage of this important dynamic. If readers are interested, future posts will provide a deeper analysis. {1st of 2 posts today.} Contents Bubbles, bubbles, everywhere. …
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Summary: We don’t eat kippers for breakfast because Samuel Adams didn’t have the temptation of running the Revolution by Twitter instead by snail mail. Social media are a powerful tool for organizations, but no substitute for them. The delusion of a self-organizing crowd appeals to people seeking easy low-commitment ways to reform America. Perhaps repeated …
Samuel Adams started the Revolution because he didn’t have Twitter Read More »
Summary: As we enjoy the third bubble in 15 years, watching America’s investment capital burn away, let’s break loose from the crowd and seek a more accurate perspective. However bleak the vision, never ask for the blindfold. . Contents Our odd third bubble Peter Schiff asks “WhatsApp With That?” About the author For More Information …
The new tech bubble takes us to a new world. A mad world. Read More »
Summary: The FM website discusses issues on the frontier of the known. But its delivery remains less-than-cutting-edge. Twitter. Facebook. Others I have heard of but never used, and those that are only strange words to me. Today we ask the mineshaft {aka ask the community, the Gemeinschaft — See Wikipedia} how to better use social …
