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Good buy, but good bye Mo'time -- Happy New Year 2009

TomGrey — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:49:08 +0000

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It's all about Policing, Stupid -- good guys using force

TomGrey — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:31:27 +0000

More Strategy Page on the need for good Police work as part of 'Peacekeeping'. What peacekeepers are finding out, again and again, is that the first line of defense is not ...

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Too Many Big Banks - downsize Finance

TomGrey — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:24:54 +0000

The popping of the housing bubble, after over construction of houses (by about 2 million), has meant a loss of jobs for some 500-600 000 workers (legal), and perhaps twice that among illegals (many going home). The FINANCE bubble built on top of this also means too ...

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Africa should try Tribal Cantons

TomGrey — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:23:31 +0000

The depressing news about Africa continues, now from Strategy Page: The basic problems are corruption, tribalism and raw materials (from oil to diamonds and minerals) that ...

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Obama will be my President.

TomGrey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:20:21 +0000

There's a great book called: The Evolution of Cooperation. It talks about multiple prisoner's dilemma games, simulated on computer, and strategies to 'win'. Tit for Tat. Wins, over time. Assume the other is honest, you be honest. After that, copy what the other ...

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All economic models will be broken

TomGrey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:19:10 +0000

Econ blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative has a great graph of S&P values, 1962-1992; then up thru 2007. But they ...

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Too Many Big Banks

TomGrey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:12:15 +0000

I'm sure that there are too many Big Banks, and too many bankers, and the financial industry is facing its own massive downsizing. Please ask how much paper value has disappeared? I doubt there will be a consensus, but a good data point is the Lehman windup, at about 20 ...

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No More Bailouts

TomGrey — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:50:53 +0000

Megan McArdle notes: how messy is the 'New Deal' experimentation, and asks if anything will work or if the economy is just hosed? House construction is ...

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From Typealyzer, a Meyers-Briggs ...

TomGrey — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:16:22 +0000

From Typealyzer, a Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator analysis, by computer, of this blog: The analysis indicates that the ...

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Gov't Credit/Debit Card - yes

TomGrey — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:59:35 +0000

For a fiscal stimulus, the Gov't should offer everybody who filed an income tax form a gov't Credit card. Starting with a 100% tax rebate of last year's taxes, up to a maximum of $5000. This tax rebate debit would not have to be paid back. However, the maximum ...

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