How to run a succesfull experiment?

How to run a succesfull experiment?

First, take two or three risky strategies.

Next expose them to a series of shocks.

Then wait several years to see which strategy survives.

Why does the banker get the bailout and the merchant goes bankrupt?

Why does the banker get the bailout and the merchant goes bankrupt?

Because systemic risk is not a justice-based possiblitity and the amount of debt determines on who the sky will fall (the bigger the debt the less chance to fall).

Why we are in an unknown environment?

Why we are in an unknown environment?

Because the whole society has turned into a "perfect" system

in hands of an alien power that has nothing to do with you.

What is the best way of wasting your time?

What is the best way of  wasting your time?

Doing things everybody does.

Why economic growth doesn’t raise living standards in the U.S.?

Why economic growth doesn’t raise living standards in the U.S.?


Because higher inequality is the dynamic of the American system and the middle and working classes are no longer the driver of growth in the United States.

Why there is no price inflation in the U.S.?

Why there is no price inflation in the U.S.?

Because new created fiat money stops in the first receivers, financial institutions, and the CPI (consumer price index) doesn’t reflect the prices of goods and service sold by the first receivers.

How to be the world’s most prosperous economy?

How to be the world’s most prosperous economy?

Allowing the interest rate to find their own market level.

How to stimulate demand in the U.S.?

How to stimulate demand in the U.S.?

Unregulating the financial sector.

How to misallocate capital resources?

How to misallocate capital resources ?

Suppressing interest rates.

What is the distance between where we are and where we are going?

What is the distance between where we are and where we are going?

Zero miles.

Who have the greatest ability to improve value?

Who have the greatest ability to improve value?

Owners.

How to be well above average?

How to be well above average?

Understanding incentives.

Who are the most powerful people in Washington?

Who are the most powerful people in Washington?

Un-elected people running so-called independent agencies created by unconstitutional laws.

Why public opinion is disconnected from public policy?

Why public opinion is disconnected from public policy?

Because population is marginalized.

What is the ideal solution for violence?

What is the ideal solution for violence?

Raising boys by their mother and their father.

How to build a perfect and free society?

How to build a perfect and free society?

Learning patterns of virtuous behavior.

How confidence in the system can be restored?

How confidence in the system can be restored?

Issuing new shares, shoring up the strength of the society at the expense of existing taxpayers . 

Who is always behind a bipartisan consensus in the Senate and in the House?

Who is always behind a bipartisan consensus in the Senate and in the House?

The trial bar.

What is the real law of the land in the U.S.?

What is the real law of the land in the U.S.?


Rules promulgated by never elected officials that people cannot remove from office. 

What is the difference between a rock and a hard place?

What is the difference between a rock and a hard place?


Something that it is of concern.

When are you invincible?

When  are you  invincible?

When you can learn faster without being  infatuated with your  own virtue.

What U.S. government agency is the fastest and strongest builder of monopolies?

What U.S. government agency is the fastest and strongest builder of monopolies?

The Federal Reserve.

How to make people ready to be influenced?

How to make people ready to be influenced?

Telling them the right thing immediately before you want them to believe you.

Why nominal GDP growth must be cut in half?

Why nominal GDP growth must be cut in half?

Because inventory-to-sales ratios across a variety of industries—manufacturing, machinery, autos, wholesale—are at the highest level since 2009. 

How to know if the problem is getting worse?

How to know if the problem is getting worse?

When projections are built on a foundation of wishful thinking.

Which are the emptiest words used by politicians and bureaucrats in the U.S.?

Which are the emptiest words used by politicians and bureaucrats in the U.S.?

Improving public infrastructure, better education, more encouragement for private investment, and more-effective regulation.

What is the goal of the Federal Reserve?

What is the goal of the Federal Reserve?

Manipulate financial markets.

Why Congress can’t even get the things done that they agree on?

Why Congress can’t even get the things done that they agree on?

Because they usually disagree which political points are going to get scored and by whom?

How to help yourself?

How to help yourself?

Asking regularly “What did I do wrong?” 

What people are really going to control American society?

What people are really going to control American society?

The kids who test in the top 1% on university entrance exams.

How to contain crime and violence in the U.S.?

How to contain crime and violence in the U.S.?

Keeping under control the supply and demand of legal and illegal drugs.

How to mimic human thought?

How to mimic human thought?

With machine learning techniques

Why nobody has an understanding of how the U.S. economy works?

Why nobody has an understanding of how the U.S. economy works?

Because all economic projections are certain to turn out to be inaccurate

How to disavow personal responsibility?

How to disavow personal responsibility?

Asking yourself “Who did this to me”?

How to rig the system more?

How to rig the system more?

Authorizing the Federal Reserve to buy equities.

Who is really responsible for increased inequality in the U.S.?

Who is really responsible for increased inequality in the U.S.?

The monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.

How to justify greater government control over people’s live?

How to justify greater government control over people’s live?

Showing “scientific evidence” that people’s way of life is profoundly threatened by anything.

How to become more indebted?

How to become more indebted?

Borrowing  from yourself  your own cash.

Why competition no longer erodes competitive advantage?

Why competition no longer erodes competitive advantage?

Because the stock market is disappearing.

How can you sell it more expensive?

How can you sell it more expensive?

Owning the machine that prints the money and buying it yourself.

Why America is a massive regulatory state?

Why America is a massive regulatory state?

Because the U.S. government doesn’t trust the American people.

When do you have to be extremely worried?

When do you have to be extremely worried?

When you are on a dangerous battlefield with very little ammunition.

How to promise anything?

How to promise anything?

With illusions.

How to be in a bubble?

How to be in a bubble?

Believing that you are driven by public imperatives instead of personal ones.

Why the high-tech economy is not fueling rapid productivity growth?

Why the high-tech economy is not fueling rapid productivity growth?

Because corporate,  labor force and policy makers do not understand the most advanced technology available.

How much is the pension deficit for state and local governments in the U.S.?

How much is the pension deficit for state and local governments in the U.S.?

The pension deficit for state and local governments is $1.2 trillion. According to the Center for Retirement Research using a more conservative discount rate, the unfunded liability would go to $4 trillion.

Why is there a division between the leaders and the led?

Why is there a division between the leaders and the led?

Because the leaders don’t mind the cultural decay of the led.

How to make a dramatic improve in a young technology?

How to make a dramatic improve in a young technology?

Being at earlier point in their evolution.

Why inequality doesn’t affect economic growth in the U.S.?

Why inequality doesn’t affect economic growth in the U.S.?

Because middle class no longer exist.

How to question your assumptions ?

How to question your assumptions ?

Knowing what is driving your ideology.

How to make experiments?

How to make experiments?

With things no one wants at home. 

Who owns guns in the U.S.?

Who owns guns in the U.S.?

19% of blacks, 20% of Hispanics and 41% of whites.

How to trust in Washington?

How to trust in Washington?

Wanting to save the world instead of yourself.

How to be in the right place at the right time?

How to be in the right place at the right time?

Making data-driven decisions.

How many people vote in the 2014 Congressional election?

How many people vote in the 2014 Congressional election?

Just 36.4 percent of eligible voters

How to make choices against your own interest?

How to make choices against your own interest?

Being informed by the political class.

Why economic growth cannot be equality distributed in the U.S.?

Why economic growth cannot be equality distributed in the U.S.?

Because economic growth nowadays  is based on science and technology. 

Why free market and economic liberty are fallacies?

Why free market and economic liberty are fallacies?

Because the global monetary system is broken.

What is really dangerous?

What is really dangerous?

Awful ideas becoming  part of everyday live.

What is the modern income distribution in the U.S.?

What is the modern income distribution in the U.S.?

Middle-class taxpayers subsidizing the indulgences of the upper class.

Why do law’s drafters always want consolidation?

Why do law’s drafters always want consolidation?

Because the small goes up against the incumbent

How to apply power strategically?

How to apply power strategically?

Destroying difficult objectives.

What is the most cost-effective action a nation can take?

What is the most cost-effective action a nation can take?


Choosing the right leaders.

How to stop American decline?

How to stop American decline?

Unlearning mythologies on with the country has been built.

What does it bring down living standards?

What does it bring down living standards?
Risk aversion.

What does it close doors?

What does it close doors?

A sense of insecurity.

When do you have to put your critics on the payroll?

When do you have to put your critics on the payroll?

When you understand what they are doing for you.

How to grow in politics?

How to grow in politics?

Staying out of ideology issues.

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and the President come together to pass?

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and  the President come together to pass?

Approving grants.

What is the percentage of job openings with a wage of at least $57.000?

What is the percentage of job openings with a wage of at least $57.000?

35%.

Why humility isn’t always well received?

Why humility isn’t always well received?

Because it might be honest.

How to make a formula for rapid American decline?

How to make a formula for rapid American decline?

Mixing political weakness and moral solipsism.

What percentage of the workforce in the U.S. has a wage growth that match inflation over a decade?

What percentage of the workforce in the U.S. has a wage growth that match inflation over a decade?

Only 15%

How does it work the political business model on demand?

How does it work the political business model on demand?

Stretching the nonprofit laws to leverage cash from government for a supposedly virtuous cause that is also a for-profit venture.

Why the legislative process is so slow in the U.S.?

Why the legislative process is so slow in the U.S.?

Because only 10% of members of Congress are “skillful” enough to navigate the institution, and 90% of them think they are the 10%.

Why stagnating living standards are here to stay?

Why stagnating living standards are here to stay?

Because brain inequality is raising.

What you do not destroy in the process of defending it?

What you do not destroy in the process of defending it?

The place where you live.

Who is the first victim of Washington's power?

Who is the first victim of Washington's power?
American Constitution.

How to sail into a storm?

How to sail into a storm?

With someone at the wheel

How Americans are expanding the federal government’s hand?

How Americans are expanding the federal government’s hand?

Asking for help for whatever problem they’ve got.

How to ask the difficult questions?

How to ask the difficult questions?

Looking for someone around you.

When does the decline of something begin?

When does the decline of something begin?

It is when the identity is sought in the past.

How to showcase an alternative to divisive and polarized issues?

How to showcase an alternative to divisive and polarized issues?

Assuming precariousness and contingency.

Why the social and economic gap will be bigger in the U.S.?

Why the social and economic gap will be bigger in the U.S.?

Because births are only rising among women who are older, educated, married and more prosperous.

When you should resign?

When you should resign?

When your judgment,capacity and temperament harm your reputation.

Why young adults have expressed a greater fear of failure than older generations?

Why young adults have expressed a greater fear of failure than older generations?

Because they belong to a Failed Generation.

Why smart strategic moves or unforced errors cannot change the balance of power?

Why smart strategic moves or unforced errors cannot change the balance of power?

Because factors that have spooked America are unlikely to be resolved in the foreseeable future.

Which are the fourth and fifth branch of government in the U.S.?

 Which are the fourth and fifth branch of government in the U.S.?

The Supreme Court and the Federal Agencies.

What is the best sustainable business model in the U.S.?

What is the best sustainable business model in the U.S.?

The business model that depends on the kindness of politicians.

How to make every American dependent on government?

How to make every American dependent on government?

Increasing debt, expanding entitlements and soaking millionaires.

How to fix a dysfunctional culture?

How to fix a dysfunctional culture?

With data and choices.

What is killing the idea of merit in America?

What is killing the idea of merit in America?

The belief that goals are unobtainable due to a rigged system.

How to forecast an economic crisis?

How to forecast an economic crisis?

Following the matching of fast money with illiquid assets.

What do you have to do if you don't want to make history in politics?

What do you have to do if you don't want to make history in politics?

Tell the truth .

How to improve public education?

How to improve public education?

Ending funded defined-benefit pensions.

When does the heart of the bureaucracy stop being apolitical?

When does the heart of the bureaucracy stop being apolitical?

When their special interests are under attack.

What is the only way you might understand something?

What is the only way you might understand something?

 Having some experience of it.

How America earns the love of its citizens?

How America earns the love of its citizens?

Taking seriously their happiness.

How to destroy unity?

How to destroy unity?

Developing structural contradictions.

Why is the competitive advantage stronger than ever?

Why is the competitive advantage stronger than ever?

Because the incumbents have become more powerful in almost every sector.

How to inspire confidence?

How to inspire confidence?

Moving from dominance to persuasion.

How to make money buying corporate-bonds with negative yields?

How to make money buying corporate-bonds with negative yields?

If bond prices rise further, making yields even more negative, you can sell for a nominal profit. If deflation becomes established you  might make money in real terms.

How to win the modern economic wars?

How to win the modern economic wars?

Creating an oversupply of labor and capital in the other side.

Why protecting asset values doesn’t buy economic growth?

Why protecting asset values doesn’t buy economic growth?

Because productivity needs to undertake risk.

How to displace one political controversy?

How to displace one political controversy?

Creating another.

How honesty is now being called?

How honesty is now being called?

Epic miscalculation.

Why global capital doesn’t understand the extent of frustration?

Why global capital doesn’t understand the extent of frustration?

Because monetary authorities have preserved the financial system.

Why is difficult to scale in a meaningful and systematic way?

Why is difficult to scale in a meaningful and systematic way?

Because the power of established incumbents has increased.

Why is American entrepreneurship on the decline, and has been for decades?

Why is American entrepreneurship on the decline, and has been for decades?

Because the American real economy has become a “subsistence” businesses.

Why do we think everything seems knowable?

Why do we think everything seems knowable?

Because data and choices are abundantly available

What is the main business of the U.S. Government?

What is the main business of the U.S. Government?

Picking winners and losers.

Why the probe was inconclusive?

Why the probe was inconclusive?

Because the examiner had a special interest in the inconclusiveness.

How to be a formidable, resilient and cohesive American enemy?

How to be a formidable, resilient and cohesive American enemy?

Becoming an established organization.
Coordinating with foreign affiliates.
Maintaining the cohesion of the branches.
Waiting for disagreement in the American national community.

How to drive innovation and displace incumbents?

How to drive innovation and displace incumbents?

With a highly unregulated tech industry.

How much money cost to comply with the SEC?

How much money cost to comply with the SEC?

Close to $600,000 a year.

Who will win the 2016 presidential election?

Who will win the 2016 presidential election?

Mickey Mouse
Mr. Mouse has excellent name recognition and is very popular with denizens of Main Street USA

Why the U.S is becoming a complicated place?

Why the U.S is becoming a complicated place?

Because everybody demands things from government that it can’t provide, and politicians are not honest about that.

How to solve human problems?

How to solve human problems?

Being willing to pay the price of the solutions.

How to predict the future?

How to predict the future?

Agreeing about the past.

Why you cannot look at the data objectively?

Why you cannot  look at the data objectively?

Because answers to empirical questions are predicted by moral answers .

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and the President come together to pass?

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and  the President come together to pass?

Grant Approvals

What is political correct?

What is political correct?

Everybody thinking in the same way.

How to make existing problems significantly worse?

How to make existing problems significantly worse?

Thinking on easy solutions.

Who is not a good leader?

Who is not a good leader?

Someone who is always trying to demonstrate that he is the smartest guy in the room.

Why did you receive the answer with an abstracted interest?

Why did you receive the answer with an abstracted interest?

Because they didn't understand your question.

How to tax the robots in order to avoid Social Security bankruptcy?

How to tax the robots in order to avoid Social Security bankruptcy?

Using deep learning (a branch of machine learning)  to fill in the Form 941 .

Why monetary stimulus no longer gives the economy a boost?

Why monetary stimulus no longer gives the economy a boost?

Because there is no window between short term liabilities and long term assets.

How much money Americans spend on bread?

How much money Americans spend on bread?

U.S. consumption of wheat products-such as breads, pastas, and pizza was 132.5 pounds per person for 2011.

Average Retail Price of Wheat is :$0.525

Total cost of U.S. consumption of wheat = 132.5x:$0.525x320=
22,260 millions.

 Drug users in the United States spend on the order of $100 billion annually on all four drugs [cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine (meth)] in 2010 dollars, according The RAND Corporation.

Why the U.S. yield curve is distorted?

Why the U.S. yield curve is distorted?

Because of negative interest rates abroad

Who are the most advanced soldiers?

Who are the most advanced soldiers?
Young hackers

What is the government agency that controls the fate of more people in the U.S.?

What is the government agency that controls the fate of more people in the U.S.?

The Food and Drug Administration.

How to be unable to make choices?

How to be unable to make choices?

Delaying decisions.

Why population that deals professionally in public policy cannot change their minds?

Why population that deals professionally in public policy cannot change their minds?

Because people with high IQs are usually prone to use their intellectual powers to convince themselves of something despite the evidence.

What is reality?

What is reality?


The result of the words we use to describe it.

Why do modern conflicts are more complex?

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Why do modern conflicts are more complex?

Because modern parameters change radically by the day.

How to make your mistakes bigger?

How to make your mistakes bigger?

Being surrounded by experts.

What does give a sense of security in a complex world?

What does give a sense of security in a complex world?
 
Control someone

How to trust politicians?

How to trust politicians?

With less predatory governments.

How to learn lessons very well?

How to learn lessons very well?

Confronting  the possibility of being under attacks on a regular basis.

What is the new politically correct definition of terrorism?

What is the new politically correct definition of terrorism?

Another theory on everyone's mind.

(Attributed to the French President)

Why is especially intense the rivalry between activist and the establishment?

Why is especially  intense the rivalry between activist and the establishment?

 

Because the new order doesn't accept outsiders.

Where currencies go?

Where currencies go?

 

Where the FED wants.

Why is Washington intractable?

Why is Washington intractable?

Because there is no a sense of grater purpose for its residents.

How many people live in the Islamic State territories?

How many people live in the Islamic State territories?

Six and a half million residents.

What is causing distress ?

What is causing distress ?

Uncertainty and complexity.

Why do small concessions generally lead to greater concessions?

Why do small concessions generally lead to greater concessions?

Because the receptor of the small concession knows that nothing is so morally flexible as a concession giver desperate to avoid tough choices.

How much money the average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns?

How much money the average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns?

 The average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns 77% of the income of the average citizen, up from 69% in 2008.

How to make a problem appear to be smaller than it really is?

How to make a problem appear to be smaller than it really is?

Rotating it.

How the U.S. is redistributing income within the family?

How the U.S. is redistributing income within the family?

 Shielding perks for well-off pensioners while reducing payments for those of working age.

What does it always suggest the least imperfect solution in human affairs?

What does it always suggest the least imperfect solution in human affairs?

History.

How to live on probability instead of certainty?

How to live on probability instead of certainty?

Making choices with no fear.

Why do large swaths of the populations in America and Europe feel alienated from their institutions or government?

Why do large swaths of the populations in America and Europe feel alienated from their institutions or government?

Because they are increasingly less dependent on elites for information, access, guidance, or platforms.

Why you will not be able to repair this?

Why you will not be able to repair this?

Because you have no idea why it is shattering.

What do you learn in America?

What do you learn in America?

Fighting like a hell over just about everything.

How to make a problem bigger and unbreakable in the U.S.?

How to make a problem bigger and unbreakable in the U.S.?

Embedding the problem into the system, and the bigger the system, bigger is the problem and harder is to break it.

Why no longer the best ideas are able to rise to the top?

Why no longer the best ideas are able to rise to the top?

 Because tough problems never turn themselves into easy solutions.

How does the education system work in the U.S.?

How does the education system work in the U.S.?

Rising high school graduation rates, dipping students’ skills and knowledge and widening of the gap between higher and lower-ability students; according The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation’s Report Card.

Why those in power cannot develop novel policy solutions to economic inequality?

Why those in power cannot develop novel policy solutions to economic inequality?

 Because they do not understand technology and technology doesn't run on autopilot.

What is the percentage of over-the- counter medication use in the U.S.?

What is the percentage of over-the- counter medication use in the U.S.?


38%

How to make your project knowable and understood?

How to make your project knowable and understood?

Rejecting peace as a matter of principle.

How to emerge as a champion of the dispossessed?

How to emerge as a champion of the dispossessed?

 Bringing to light frustrations, mistrust, and grievances.

How much money emotions can destroy?

How much money emotions can destroy?

$40.6 billion.

Yahoo turned down a $44.6 billion hostile bid by Microsoft in 2008.

The bids to buy Yahoo ’s operating business are today around $4 billion.

Why is equality of opportunity an utopia?

Why is equality of opportunity an utopia?

Because you don't choose your parents.

How to agree to talks to try to formally end a War?

How to agree to talks to try to formally end a War?
 
Dropping longstanding conditions.

Who can break the law in the U.S. and being rewarded?

Who can break the law in the U.S. and being rewarded?

1,146 IRS employees  who failed to  file their taxes and received $1.1 million in bonuses in 2011 and 2012 according to an inspector general's report.

What drives commodity prices?

What drives commodity prices?

Exchange rates, even at relatively high frequencies.

What is the main dysfunctionality in the modern society?

What is the main dysfunctionality in the modern society?

The need to feel loved for everybody.

How to sow division into a country?

How to sow division into a country?

 

With economic anxiety

What is the next step of the system feeding data

What is the next step of the system feeding data

Benchmarking individual ratings from other citizens.

What is the main characteristic of a psychopathy ?

What is the main characteristic of a psychopathy ?

 

The lack of empathy.

What is the poverty rate of children growing up in single-parent household?

What is the poverty rate of children growing up in single-parent household?

 26 percent.

What is the primary attention of all governments?

What is the primary attention of all governments?

Extracting resources from their subjects.

What is the biggest fool's errand?

What is the biggest fool's errand?

A forecast of the world in one year.

What members of U.S. Congress do best?

What members of U.S. Congress do best?

Easy stuff like naming post offices.

Why academics are not devoted to the truth?

Why academics are not devoted to the truth?

Because they struggle to understand arguments with which they disagree.

What is the more sophisticated way of taxation?

What is the more sophisticated way of taxation?

Extracting cash settlements.

Why the legislative process in the U.S. is unreasonable and impossible?

Why the legislative process in the U.S. is unreasonable and impossible?

Because  the only concern of members of Congress is  their own elections.

How to resolve the standoff between monetary and fiscal policy makers?

How to resolve the standoff between monetary and fiscal policy makers?

 Printing more money.

How to succeed in demonstrating that something is broken?

How to succeed  in demonstrating that something is broken?

Making the information unavoidable.

Why politicians do not change their behavior?

Why politicians do not change their behavior?

Because they can’t change demographics.

How to keep something inefficient running?

How to keep something inefficient running?

 

Attacking a problem that doesn't exist.

What significantly predicts educational and occupational success for a child 8 years old 40 years later?

What significantly predicts educational and occupational success for a child 8 years old 40 years later?
Parents’ education level when the child is 8 years old.

Why do instruments of political power have been collapsing?

Why do instruments of political power have been collapsing?

 Because economic power has been consolidating.

How to go nowhere very fast?

How to go nowhere very fast?

Trying to get the slightest movement from people don't like you.

Why the education system doesn't work?

Why the education system doesn't work?
Because it teaches how to lose.

How much money makes IBM from Watson?

How much money makes IBM from Watson?

$100 million in revenue annually at most (0.12% of total revenue), according Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty.

How to define a succession?

How to define a succession?
Through recurrence.

Who are the owners of the U.S. Business?

Who are the owners of the U.S. Business?


A fifth of partnership income is earned by partners who cannot be classified into one of several categories, such as a domestic individual or a foreign corporation. In addition, some partnerships are circular, in the sense that they are owned by other partnerships, which could in turn be owned by yet other partnerships.

How to estimate uncertainty?

How to estimate uncertainty?

Mapping and assessing conflicts.

What is the most important asset of the elites in the U.S.?

What is the most important asset of the elites in the U.S.?

 A closed high social connectedness

What is violence?

What is violence?
An unconscious reaction to the complexity

What is the main culprit of institutional dislocations?

What is the main culprit of institutional dislocations?

 Globalization.

When a global enemy can survive?

When a global enemy can survive?

When its defeat is nobody’s priority.

Why the root causes are left unaddressed?

Why the root causes are left unaddressed?

 Because technology is incomprehensible by the elites.

What can establish a natural balance in exchange rates?

What can establish a natural balance in exchange rates?

 

A utopian expectation of growth on a healthy level in the major economies around the world.

What possibility is not completely implausible?

What possibility is not completely implausible?

Reasonable fear.

How to accommodate divisions of independent origin?

How to accommodate divisions of  independent origin?

Focusing on identity, rather than ideas or ideology.

Why your complication is not my problem?

Why your complication is not my problem?

Because I am the Federal Reserve.

What will be and where will be the median annual wage in the next 10 years in the U.S.?

What will be and where will be the  median annual wage in the next 10 years in the U.S.?

Of the 15 occupations with the most projected job growth, only four will ask for a bachelor’s degree; eight will require no formal education credentials and nine will offer median annual wages under $30,000.

What will not be improved by breakthrough innovations?

What will not be improved by breakthrough innovations?

The economic prospects of workers.

When are you really part of the game?

When are you really part of the game?

When you are a necessity.

Who destroyed the meritocracy?

Who destroyed the meritocracy?

The technology.

Where is there no interruption of profit flow?

Where is there no interruption of profit flow?

In the credit-rating agencies business.

How to maintain civil order?

 How to maintain civil order?

Avoiding economical, political and psychological polarization.

How to destroy a country easily?

How to destroy a country easily?

 

Sowing division.

Where would children of teachers unions members like to go?

 

Where would children of  teachers unions members like to go?

 

To the best private schools.

How to discuss a peace treaty?

How to discuss a peace treaty?

With a typified diplomacy of fruitless exchanges of proposals.

Why there is so much distance between the top and the bottom?

Why there is so much distance between the top and the bottom?

 

Because the over-class is now looking for protection. 

What is the difference between being fortunate and being better ?

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What is the difference between being fortunate and being better ?

The search for protection.

Who really runs the world?

Who really runs the world?

Unelected officials  from the Federal Reserve and federal agencies.

Who is interested in people who can't help you?

Who is interested in people who can't help you?

 

People who are there for you.

What is the most reactionary professional group in America?

What is the most reactionary professional group in America?

 

The teachers unions.

What is the difference between moving the problem and solving the problem?

What is the difference between moving the problem and solving the problem?

 

 Nastiness

How to kill ideology?

How to kill ideology?

With doses of  economic anxiety.

How to be protected from the public policy you make?

How to be protected from the public policy you make?

 

Creating a big  bureaucracy  .

Why you can't stop the upper class?

Why you can't stop the upper class?

Because brains have become radically more valuable in the marketplace

What is the underemployment rate (measuring those working a job for which they’re overqualified and underpaid) for young adults below age 30 in the U.S.?

What is the underemployment rate (measuring those working a job for which they’re overqualified and underpaid) for young adults below age 30 in the U.S.?
60%.

How to soar nowadays?

How to soar nowadays?

 

Defying logic and history.

What percentage of Americans live abroad?

What percentage of Americans live abroad?

 

2% according the IRS.

Why American exceptionalism is gone?

Why American exceptionalism is gone?

Because technology has destroyed egalitarianism

How much cost a campaign manager for a presidential bid in the U.S.?

How much cost a campaign manager for a presidential bid in the U.S.?

 

$240,000 a year

How to go to the bottom?

How to go to the bottom?
Dropping out of  the most basic institutions of American civic culture,  work and marriage.

What is the permanent political promise in the U.S.?

What is the permanent political promise in the U.S.?

 

The promise of a near-biblical restoration.

What technology is creating?

What technology is creating?
　
A new upper class , a new lower class, and nothing in between.

How to get, as a citizen of the United States, a gift beyond the wildest limits of your imagination?

How to get, as a citizen of the United States, a gift beyond the wildest limits of your imagination?

Receiving a new constitutional right to vote on the Supreme Court nominees.

Why there is no shortage of things to worry about it?

Why there is no shortage of things to worry about it?

Because technology has removed time and distance from the equation.

Why the how question never comes up anymore?

Why the how question never comes up anymore?

Because no one expects an answer.

How much oil prices have gone down?

How much oil prices have gone down?

75% in 18 months

How many top-secret-cleared private contract personnel are in the U.S.?

How many  top-secret-cleared private contract personnel are in the U.S.?

 

854,000 ,  a number greater than that of top-secret-cleared civilian employees of the government.

Where is the difference between banks or insurance companies and individual savers?

Where is the difference between banks or insurance companies and
individual savers?
Where they park their money.

What is evidence-based meritocracy?

What is evidence-based meritocracy?
A deceitfulness for outsiders.

What is the single best predictor of economic activity within one year?

What is the single  best predictor of economic activity within one year?

Credit spread

How to create an oversupply of labor and capital?

How to create an oversupply of labor and capital?

 

Dumping commodity prices.

What is the main characteristic of Machiavellianism?

What is the main characteristic of Machiavellianism?

 

Manipulative calculation of emotions.

How many assistants has the United States National Security Council?

How many assistants has the United States National Security Council?

 

28

Who support efforts to submit the minimum-wage increase to voters?

Who support efforts to submit the minimum-wage increase to voters?

People with a very low risk of  being long-term unemployed .

How to see a lot of change?

How to see a lot of change?

 

Being old

 

 

 

 

Why American people cannot make a systematic analysis of the problem?

Why American people cannot make a systematic analysis of the problem?

Because who run the show nowadays have high technical knowledge.

Who will be a good president of the United States of America?

Who will be a good president of the United States of America?

A president who has no idea what the hell he'll be doing.

Why you can't do it with taxes?

Why you can't do it with taxes?

Because your currency is a reserve currency.

How to get more power?

How to get more power?

 

Getting along with people you hate.

How big is the U.S. junk-bond market?

How big is the U.S. junk-bond market?

 

$1.3 trillion , energy junk bonds more than $200 billion

How to solve the problem of things being too complex?

How to solve the problem of things being too complex?

 

Changing suddenly human behavior.

How many financial institutions are in the annual "stress test" administered by the Fed?

How many financial institutions are in the annual "stress test" administered by the Fed?

　

31 financial institutions.

How to test a hypothesis?

How to test a hypothesis?

 

With data of the largest reinsurers.

What percentage of the world's population lives in a country other than they were born?

What percentage of the world's population lives in a country other than they were born?

More than 3% according the United Nations.

What is the difference between the U.S. government debt and the household debt?

What is the difference between the U.S. government debt and the household debt?

　

 

U.S. government debt was equal to 101% of gross domestic product in last year’s third quarter.

 

Household debt levels as of last year’s third quarter equaled 103% of income.

How to manipulate the key genes controlling the immune response?

How to manipulate the key genes controlling the immune response?

 

With the  ability of antisense DNA based oligonucleotides (asDNA), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or CRISPR to control the expression of specific genes.

Why does fixed-income trading decline?

Why does fixed-income trading decline?

Because new regulations on bank capital and risk taking

Why intellectuals hate populism?

Why intellectuals hate populism?

Because intellectuals are the speechwriters of the status quo.

How to reach a deal?

How to reach a deal?

 

Keeping tension.

 

Rising fear.

 

Opening doors.

 

Boosting business.

 

Influencing behaviors.

How to identified key sources of additional profit?

How to identified  key sources of additional profit?

Underwriting debt for hostile bids.

What comes after fanaticism?

What comes after fanaticism?

Nihilistic violence.

What is necessary in order to hold hostages and release them in return for concessions?

What is necessary in order to hold hostages and release them in return for concessions?

 

Timing visualization.

How to keep something inefficient running?

How to keep something inefficient running?

Attacking problems that doesn't exist.

How to exploit a broken and arbitrary system to your own’s political advantage?

How to exploit a broken and arbitrary system to your own’s political advantage?
　
Hiding the distincton between what is functioning and what doesn't work.

What is the similarity between legitimate criticisms and sensible alternatives proposals?

What is the similarity between legitimate criticisms and sensible alternatives proposals?
The unwillingness to do things.

Who dictates to voters?

Who dictates to voters?
The donor-fundraiser class

What creates the similarity between extreme antibusiness populism and extreme antigovernment populism?

What creates the similarity between extreme antibusiness populism and extreme antigovernment populism?

 

Government policy.

How do politicians speak to anger?

How do politicians speak to anger?

In a visceral way

How the U.S. is dealing with the education problem?

How the U.S. is dealing with the education problem?

Offering large numbers of low-wage jobs that don’t offer the promise of upward mobility.

How many people in the U.S, and worldwide are affected by a mental disorder?

How many people in the U.S, and worldwide are affected by a mental disorder?

　

According to statistics compiled by the World Health Organization, about 500 million people worldwide (7%) are affected by a mental disorder.

According to a rigorous health survey conducted by the CDC (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) in 2004, an estimated 25 percent of adults in the U.S. reported having a mental illness in the previous year.

How many medicines are in he Alzheimer's FDA approval pipeline today?

How many medicines are in he Alzheimer's FDA  approval  pipeline today?

93 medicines

Why does the impact of a weak currency on trade has diminished?

Why does the impact of a weak currency  on trade has diminished?

 

Because what manufacturers export now incorporate a lot more imports needed to make those exported goods

How to gets rich nowadays?

How to gets rich nowadays?

 

Not by creating wealth, certainly. 

Who believes that free-speech is a quaint obstacle?

Who believes that free-speech is a quaint obstacle?
 
People who believe that ideas with which they disagree don’t deserve to be heard.

How to join the bottom 20 percent of Americans?

How to join the bottom 20 percent of Americans?

 

Making less than $21,432.

Why the system is becoming a dystopia ?

Why  the system is becoming a dystopia ?

Because it is trying to place everybody as a  part of a cake in which if someone wants more other has less.

How to make reality irrational beliefs?

How to make reality irrational beliefs?

Keeping a constant level of intensity.