Everyone talks about how the demise of the banking system should be avoided, no one says why.
Category Archives: Finance and politics
Yes you are right, it is flawed…
“Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says Forbes rich list underestimates his wealth
Saudi investor severs ties with annual billionaires’ list, claiming its ‘flawed’ valuation disadvantages Middle East investors” The Guardian, March 5, 2013
What is flawed is the notion that individual wealth that has been amassed by despots by means of oppression, violence and terror, should ever be recognized as the property of the despot.
The tragedy is that the rest of the world choose to not see, to not hear, to not care, as long as the dictatorship is effective enough to produce stability. Rulers of Libya, Egypt, Tunisia… they were good guys until the very day the despot lost control.
Fortune, like truth, is in the eyes of the beholder. This list is fundamentally different from Forbes’.
Undulating personality or round character?
For what it’s worth, Jacob, I think your signature is pretty.
Fiduciary Trust
The civil servant commands the whip:
‘Live, and die for me; I am your chosen one,’ demands the elected.
‘Democracy’ rises above ostentation the day it allows for rescission.
Fiscal cliff
How can grown up men and women honestly believe that the opportunity to cut unproductive costs, aka military spending, is something that will weaken the economy?
Embrace that dreaded fiscal cliff instead and see it as the opportunity it is; to reform and transform into something better.
