How to alter the phenotype of a cell or an organism?

How to alter the phenotype of a cell or an organism?
With small molecules, peptides, or the  biological process called RNA interference (RNAi)  in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression.

Where are the world's highest homicide rates located?

Where are the world's highest homicide rates located?

 

 

West Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois, a homicide rate of 116 per 100,000 people.

Honduras, a homicide rate of 90.

West Englewood , Chicago, Illinois, a homicide rate of 73.3

Chatham, Chicago, Illinois, a homicide rate of 58.

Venezuela, a homicide rate of  53.7 rate.

Englewood ,  Chicago, Illinois, a homicide rate of 52.6

South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, a homicide rate of 48.

Belize , a homicide rate of  44.7.

El Salvador, a homicide rate of  41.2. 

Guatemala, a homicide rate of  39.9. 

How to join the richest 5 percent of Americans?

How to join the richest 5 percent of Americans?

 

Making  $206,568 or more.

When your policies never fail?

When your policies never fail?


When you find our patience always waiting. 

How much was the spending on Medicare drugs on 2014?

How much was the spending on Medicare drugs on 2014?

$121 billon, $2.5 billion on a single antipsychotic medicine, Abilify.

Why do you think that more government will transform minds in a new way?

Why do you think that  more government will transform minds in a new way?

 

Because you believe that a car will run better with more gasoline.

Why is America struggling with wealth distribution ?

Why is America struggling with wealth distribution ?

 

Because it is too much government-engineered.

How the jobs will be in the next decade?

How the jobs will be in the next decade?

 

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.

Why the elites are hated by Americans?

Why the elites are hated by Americans?

Because the elites have become professionals

How to run your life?

How to  run your life?

 

You need the ability to focus and prioritize and compartmentalize...and you need great people around you.

How much money current workers and retirees are projected to receive from Social Security?

How much money current workers and retirees are projected to receive from Social Security?

 

Current workers and retirees are projected to receive $59 trillion according the Social Security trustees, almost three times the   net worth of 90% of households in America, a net worth of about $20 trillion.

Why doesn't exist economic growth in the U.S.?

Why doesn't exist economic growth in the U.S.?

 

Because every dollar you save your customer is a dollar you have taken from some other player in the ecosystem.

How much money current workers must pay for future payroll taxes before retirement?

How much money current workers must pay for future payroll taxes before retirement?

$25 trillion with a present actuarial value.

How to maintain jobs and incomes for workers with modest education and skills?

How to maintain jobs and incomes for workers with modest education and skills?

 

Increasing the cost of forming not  functioning families and reducing entitlements.

How many people are killed by pain killers?

How many people are killed by pain killers?

 

48 people are killed by pain killers every day in the U.S.

When a country becomes a declining country?

When a country becomes a declining country?
When the country is no longer willing - or able to deploy power on behalf of its interest.

Why Medicare, the largest single U.S. payer for prescription drugs doesn't bargain with drug companies?

Why Medicare, the largest single U.S. payer for prescription drugs doesn't bargain with drug companies?

Because Medicare is by law unable to negotiate pricing.

When the Supreme Court doesn't have the courage of their convictions?

When the Supreme Court doesn't have the courage of their convictions?
When  their convictions threaten entrenched political interests.

Why does the rate of new-business formation has fallen for a couple decades in a row?

Why does the rate of new-business formation has fallen for a couple decades in a row?
Because innovation output is largely free or nearly free.

What percentage of low-income high-school grads are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

What percentage of low-income high-school grads  are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

45.5% of low-income, recent high-school graduates were enrolled in college in 2013, compared with 55.9% in 2008.

How to feed the hysteria?

How to feed the hysteria?


With alarms.

What is the average net profit margin of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the S&P 1500?

What is the average net profit margin of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the S&P 1500?

 

16% and 7% for all companies in the index.

What is the biggest scarcity in the human being?

What is the biggest scarcity in the human being?

Willingness and discipline

How much money does it cost to build a gas station if the builder is the Pentagon ?

How much money does it cost to build a  gas station if the builder is the Pentagon ? 
$43 million acording the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

Why technological growth doesn't need basic scientific research?

Why technological growth doesn't need basic scientific research?

Because it happens spontaneously though the interaction of many ordinary people.

How many people are in the U.S. suspected of terror ties?

How many people are  in the U.S. suspected of terror ties?

 

More than 900 people in the U.S. are suspected of terror ties according FBI Director James Comey.

What happens when events reach the point where significant interests are at stake?

What happens when events reach the point where significant interests are at stake?
They require a more substantial response.

When assumptions prove to be wrong?

When assumptions prove to be wrong?
When problems of others become your problems as well.

How much in additional taxes per hour recommends an IRS auditor?

How much in additional taxes per hour recommends an IRS auditor?
An IRS auditor working tax returns cases for people with incomes between $200,000 and $400,000, recommends $605 in additional taxes per hour, while one working on a $5 million return will find $4,545 per hour, according to the inspector general’s report.

What is the last thing you want to hear, and possibly to believe?

What is the last thing you want to hear, and possibly to believe?
That your unwillingness to play your role has implications well beyond you.

What percentage of high-school grads are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

What percentage of high-school grads  are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

Just under 66% of recent high-school grads were enrolled in two- or four-year college programs in 2013, down from 68.6% in 2008, according to research by the American Council on Education, a higher-education industry group.

How to create loyalty that last a lifetime?

How to create loyalty that last a lifetime?

Giving a young person an opportunity

What percentage of Americans don't have landline phones?

What percentage of Americans don't have landline phones?
 
About 40% of Americans have no landline phones, up from about 2% in 2003, according to the 2014 federal National Health Interview Study.

How to operate under a set of assumptions?

How to operate under a set of assumptions?
Believing that instability can be contained.
Believing that the core order will not be affected.
Believing that  your own interest will not be threatened.

How much does the average federal employee earn?

How much does the average federal employee earn?

$84,153 in 2014—roughly 50% more than the average worker in the private economy. When you include benefits like health care and pensions, the average federal worker’s compensation rises to $119,934—nearly 80% higher than everyone else.

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?
When the interests and the stakes involved are now higher than originally anticipated.

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

26% in January 2014.
It was 34% in January 2008 according the economists Henry Siu and Nir Jaimovich.

How much of its assets a mutual fund is allowed to hold in hard-to-sell-securities?

How much of its assets a mutual fund is allowed to hold in hard-to-sell-securities?

 

By regulation a mutual fund is only allowed to hold 15% of its assets in hard-to-sell-securities, a category that includes private-company shares.

Why doesn't work to try to fix societal causes?

Why doesn't work to try to fix societal causes?

 

Because it avoids responsibilities.

How many metric tons of gold has the U.S.?

How many metric tons of gold has the U.S.?

 

The U.S. has 8,134 metric tons of gold.

Germany, the second holder,  has 3,381 

Why does ideology never solve a problem?

Why does ideology never solve a problem?
Because only competency gets results.

How to present your unpalatable strategy without tamping down your position?

How to present your unpalatable strategy without tamping down your position?

 

Showing that your unpalatable strategy is the best way, at least temporarily, of tackling the problem.

Where is the point when you reach diminishing returns?

Where is the point when you reach diminishing returns?

When you do not enjoy what you are doing.

How many months on average cohabiting couples in the U.S. stay together?

How many months on average cohabiting couples in the U.S. stay together?

 

18 months.

Why the war on poverty leads to a systematic production of a perpetual underclass?

Why the war on poverty leads to a systematic production of a perpetual underclass?

Because it is a war of the government but not a war of the people.

How to displace population in the U.S.?

How to displace population in the U.S.?

 Rising home prices and attracting tech jobs in a concentration of tech firms.

When is difficult to get innovative?

When is difficult to get innovative?

When you turn technology over to someone else.

What is the main difference between a poor neighborhood and a rich neighborhood?

What is the main difference between a poor neighborhood and a rich neighborhood?

 

The family structure according to a research team headed by MIT's David Autor

How many student borrowers are in America?

How many student borrowers are in America?

43.34 million. 13.5% of the population.

Why insecurity rises and opportunity contracts?

Why  insecurity rises and opportunity contracts?

Because too many people  expect everything must be taken care of for someone else

What country is the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets?

What country is  the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets?

The U.S. is the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets with 53 billions at September 7 , 2015

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?

 

Subsidizing it.

When can you reach everything?

When can you reach everything?

After several failed attempts.

What is the most powerful lobby against everything?

What is the most powerful lobby against everything?
Business interests.

How does Congress magically reduce the ten year deficit projection?

How does Congress magically reduce the  ten year deficit projection?

“Pulling” the 11th year tax revenue  forward and into the ten-year budget window.

How many Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt?

How many Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt?

1.82 million of Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt.

How to fix situations?

 How to fix situations?

 

Assigning responsibilities to the individuals involved.

What happen when everybody senses that things are stuck?

What happen when everybody senses that things are stuck?
Everybody starts to think the game is rigged.

What is the ultimate goal of labor unions in the U.S.?

What is the ultimate goal of labor unions in the U.S.?
 
Maximizing their retirement benefits.

Why is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S.?

Why is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S.?


Is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S. because fiscal policy makers are philosophical divided and monetary policy has been always the primary tool to battle recessions.

What is the difference between growth and debt in the U.S.?

What is the difference between growth and debt in the U.S.?

The first one doesn’t see the need to reduce the second one and the second one has eliminated fiscal policy.

What is the best predictor of where we will end up?

What is the best predictor of where we will end up?

Where we have started.

How many civil service employees in the U.S. use administrative leave?

How many civil service employees in the U.S. use  administrative leave?

53,000 civilian employees in the U.S. were kept home for one to three months during the three fiscal years that ended in September 2013.

Where is the intersection of poverty and insecurity?

Where is the intersection of poverty and insecurity ?
When anger capacity reaches a ceiling

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

How much reserves Banks in the U.S. must hold against deposits from hedge funds?

How much reserves Banks in the U.S. must hold against deposits from hedge funds?

Banks in the U.S. must hold reserves of as much as 40% against certain corporate deposits and as much as 100% against some deposits from hedge funds.

What qualities people recognize easily ?

What qualities people recognize easily ?

Presence, experience and leadership.

How many Americans turn 100 every year?

How many Americans turn 100 every year?
2,910 Americans have turned 100  from 2000 to 2010 according the United States Census Bureau.
About 30,000 Japanese turn 100 every year.

How to build relationships?

How to build relationships?

- Repeating regular and social interaction.

- Creating  communicative actions

- Creating instrumental action or goal-instrumental action, planned and taken after considering costs and consequences. 

- Reconnect With Long-lost Business Colleagues and Friends

- Making introductions.

- Building your network

- Making a contribution.

- Staying  away from rejection.

- Making constant interaction with other persons. 

- Finding commonalities.

- Creating connectivity. 

- Setting up communication. 

- Offering  collaboration. 

- Holding special events.

- Sharing.

- Chasing goals.

- Offering something. 

- Discovering good fits.

- Being a member of a non profit organization or sport club.

- Creating  Social Action Projects

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

How many health insurance co-ops are in the United States?

How many health insurance co-ops are in the United States?

23 co-ops were chartered  in 2013, four have already gone insolvent in Louisiana, Nevada, Iowa and New York.

Where is the seed of inequality in the U.S.?

Where is the seed of inequality in the U.S.?
In the teachers-union narrative.

What is the only remotely plausible solution for gun control “innovation” in the U.S.?

What is the only remotely plausible solution for gun control “innovation” in the U.S.?

Mandatory buyback (amending the Constitution).

How to update in real time your learning materials portfolio?

How to update in real time your learning materials portfolio?

Separating what you already know from what you can learn using a robot tutor.

Who sells bonds in the U.S. at an average yield of 5.6%?

Who sells bonds in the U.S. at an average yield of 5.6%?

Colleges and universities sell bonds about three percentage points more than highly rated municipal bonds, according to Thomson Reuters Municipal Market Data.

Who really controls the levers of power?

Who really controls the levers of power?

The popular fear of the global elites

Will the American society continue to offer opportunities to move up economically?

Will the American society continue to offer opportunities to move up economically?


Depending on the number of words a children will hear before the first day of kindergarten.

How many pounds ten million dollars in $100 bills weighs?

How many pounds  ten million dollars in $100 bills  weighs?

200 pounds

How to solve a problem ?

How to solve a problem ?

Adding a new one.

What percentage of U.S. health spending is cancer drugs?

What percentage of U.S. health spending is cancer drugs?

Cancer drugs amount to 1% of U.S. health spending and one-fifth of the cost of cancer care.

What percentage of U.S. women who were high-school dropouts gave birth being unmarried?

What percentage of U.S. women who were high-school dropouts gave birth being unmarried?

61%  versus 9% of U.S. women with college degrees who gave birth being unmarried.

How many people in the U.S. left the labor force in September 2015?

How many people in the U.S. left the labor force in September 2015?

Some 350,000 Americans left the labor force in September 2015.

How much money the U.S. federal government will spend in 2015?

How much money the U.S. federal government will spend in 2015?

$3.68 trillion (20.6% of the GDP) according the Congressional Budget Office.

Germany Government Spending to GDP: 42.70%

What are government services in the U.S.?

What are government services in the U.S.?

A bureaucratic employment apparatus  turning the service into a jobs program and against the interest of the citizens

What is a good venture portfolio?

What is a good venture portfolio? 

One third of companies die, a third  pay back the investment, and a third  do well – one will have a 20-, 30-, 40-times return.

What percentage of ex-offenders returns to prison within three years?

What percentage of ex-offenders returns to prison within three years?

40%

Why extremes of both left and right are doing well?

Why extremes of both left and right are doing well?

Because the middle-class is disappearing

How many tons of carbon dioxide Americans emit annually?

How many tons of carbon dioxide Americans emit annually? 
In 2012 per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. totaled 16.15 tons.

When a society starts its decline?

When a society starts its decline?

When a political question is implemented as a legal one

How to solve a demand crisis?

How to solve a demand crisis?

 

With negative interest rate, with public quantitative easing (Government subsidizing jobs and salaries) and with war.

What is the place in the world where homeless people talk about science?

What is the place in the world where homeless people talk about science?
San Francisco

How many people earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853)?

How many people earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853)?


Nearly 20.8 million people, earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853).

What gives wealth and strength?

What gives wealth and strength?
Values often seen as cruel

What type of market form reigns in the American economy?

What type of market form reigns in the American economy?

Monopsony

What is the market share of the top ten banks in the U.S.?

What is the market share of the top ten banks in the U.S.?

70% (pure oligopoly)

If you have tried a succession of things and none of them has worked, what have you failed to build?

If you have tried a succession of things and  none of them has worked, what have you failed to build?

You have  failed to build an economy.

What is the most stable thing in America?

What is the most stable thing in America?

The U.S. poverty rate, that has been unchanged at 14.8% in the fourth consecutive year according to the Census Bureau.

What are the three main characteristics of the U.S. corporate cartels?

What are the three main characteristics of the U.S. corporate cartels?

They are bigger, less diverse and less dynamic than 20 years ago.

How to confront an insult?

How to confront an insult?

Apologizing for the provocation.

What percentage of U.S. IPOs involves tech companies?

What percentage of U.S. IPOs involves tech companies?

11%

What is the difference between perception and reality?

What is the difference between perception and reality?

Perception sees security as an abstraction and reality as reason to worry.

How does every corporate sector in America grow?

How does every corporate sector in America grow?

Through mergers, acquisitions and government lobbying , seldom through new product or service line.

How to ignore the fundamental risks involved in achieving your projections?

How to ignore the fundamental risks involved in achieving your projections?

Producing winners with outsize returns that cover the losers.

Why the Washington, D.C., homicide rate is 43% higher than it was a year ago?

Why the Washington, D.C., homicide rate is 43% higher than it was a year ago?

Because Washington, DC Local Government  is united on the policy but not the strategy against crime.

What is the best tool for ideology controllers?

What is the best tool for ideology controllers?

Unproven hypothesis of catastrophe.

Why Europe is a US territory?

Why Europe is a US territory?

Because collective European spending on defense amounted to some $250 billion in 2014 ((few billions more than the public pension retirement system in the U.S.), a $7 billion decline from a year earlier.

What are the consequences of doing nothing?

What are the consequences of doing nothing?

Events shape your life and not for the better.

How much is the local and state contributions to the public pension retirement system?

How much is the local and state contributions to the public pension retirement system?

$121.1 billion in 2014, and worker pension contributions  $45.5 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Why the median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013?

Why the median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013?

The median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013  because lagging productivity growth has widened inequality.

What a powerful convergence of interests does?

 Ignoring  facts

How to train algorithms on large data-sets?

How to train  algorithms on  large data-sets?

Imitating human-like observation.

Why doesn't match growth and austerity ?

Why doesn't match growth and austerity ?

 

Because savers must be persuaded to accept  paltry returns.

Why are the Federal Reserve governors and bank presidents always wrong making projections of the GDP?

Why are the Federal Reserve governors and bank presidents always wrong making projections of the GDP?

Because they have a confusion between experiments and real economy.

What is the most exciting thing to watch in your life?

What is the most exciting thing to watch in your life?

High- risk movements when errors can pile up in a hurry. 

Why regulators have not barred any bank from holding more than 10% of the country’s deposits?

Why regulators have not barred any  bank from holding more than 10% of the country’s deposits?

Because Bank of America, have now edged above that figure.

What is the America’s fastest-growing entitlement?

What is the America’s fastest-growing entitlement?

The America’s fastest-growing entitlement is the Federal income-based student loan repayment with 3.8 million people today.

How the Fed will deal with the next recession?

How the Fed will deal with the next recession?

Charging banks for depositing cash and giving them more to pay for the charge.

Who are the main backers of super PACs?

Who are the main backers of  super PACs?

Companies with state contracts or taxpayers subsidies.

What provides a unique focus?

What provides a unique focus?

Being able to count the number of days before you die.

How many people die a day by guns in the U.S.?

How many people die a day by guns in the U.S.?

92 (75% killed by a family member or acquaintance)

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

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

Creating  obligations to return  favors.

How many gallons of gas does an average American family use per year?

How many gallons of gas does an average American family use per year?

1,200 gallons of gas.

What is the major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S.?

What is the major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S.?

The major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S. is the protection of the entrenched power  of those who hold certain perches in Congress. The Appropriation Committee is the great example.

What is the difference between think-tanking and lobbying?

What is the difference between think-tanking and lobbying?

The second one carries a negative stigma for future ambitions.

How the candidates can improve voters lives?

How the candidates can improve voters lives?

Neglecting economic problems

What is the probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile?

 What is the probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile?

The probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile is ⅛ (12.5%).

What is the main ideological incoherence of the establishment?

What is the main ideological incoherence of the establishment?

Setting  up political donations based on power, not party.

How many banks are there in America?

How many banks are there in America?

There are  7,000 banks in America. In the 1970s there were 24,000 banks in America.

Regulators will put that numbers in 200.

Why Silicon Valley still has not been regulated by government?

Why Silicon Valley still has not been regulated by government?

Because technology is a nightmare for regulators.

What are the basics of politics in the U.S.?

What are the basics of politics in the U.S.?

Power groups instead of groups of shared convictions.

Is there alternative answers to the most compelling questions?

Is there alternative answers to the most compelling questions?

There is a high positive correlation between the reasons your mind can give and the truth about many of the most important things. 

How much is the U.S. market capitalization?

How much is the U.S. market capitalization? 

The U.S. market capitalization is $ 19,731 billions , 52% of the world market capitalization.

$3,006 Japan

$2,691 U.K.

$1,313 France

$1,275 Switzerland

$1,199 Germany

$1,156 Canada

How to be a good investment banker?

How to be a good investment banker?

Following the footsteps of your father, grandfather and great-grandfather. 

What is the difference between talent and opportunity?

What is the difference between talent and opportunity?

The first one is universal and the second one is restricted.

What is the main purpose of a monetary system?

What is the main purpose of a monetary system?

The main purpose of a monetary system is to avoid the implementation of alternative methods of payments because these methods evade taxes legally.

How to rule by consensus?

How to  rule by consensus?

Eliminating independence of the rulers.

Ignoring market signals.

Removing responsibilities.

Looking for successors.

Involving economic issues in the first place.

What is the most irrational tax deduction?

What is the most irrational tax deduction?

Tax deduction for donating art to your own nonprofit museum  which isn’t even open to public.

Why Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc?

Why Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc?

Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc because  financial engineering will be easier.

How the U.S. Government and the U.S. House pick up winners and losers?

How the U.S. Government and the U.S. House pick up winners and losers?

Asking during committee hearings no intervene on behalf of the loser.

Why innovation no longer increase productivity?

Why innovation no longer increase productivity?

 

Innovation no longer increase productivity because its impressive output is largely free or nearly free

What is safer when bad times come?

What is  safer when bad times come?

Liberate your mind.

Why there is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar?

Why there is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar?

There is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar because it will be costlier than the dollar; and it will be unable to absorb monetary inflows and economic issues.

What makes a good presidential candidate en the U.S.?

What makes a good presidential candidate en the U.S.?

Banking experience.

How to make America more secure?

How to make America  more secure?


Unprotecting  individual freedom

How to to break bad habits?

How to to break bad habits?

 

Landing skillfully your soul during a violent storm.

How the U.S. is controlling the systemic risk?

How the U.S. is controlling  the systemic risk? 

 

Multiplying the problem (making too big,  bigger)  and destroying anything small .

How to stop the process of creating a permanent underclass in America?

How to stop the process of creating a permanent underclass in America?

Destroying welfare for the rich and welfare for the poor.

What are the two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years?

What are the two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years?

The two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years are rising health cost and the fact that random innovations matter more than specific policies.

Why Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws?

Why Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws?

Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws because anti-Republican laws are money-maker machines for corporate America.

The 4 main characteristics of the American elite.

The 4 main characteristics of the American elite.

She/he was born to wealth.

Her/his father  was wired into Democratic or Republican machine.

She/he never served in the military.

She/he went to an Ivy League.

Why corruption is essential to the government of a nation?

Why corruption is essential to the government of a nation?


 Corruption is essential to the government of a nation because government requires power 

What is the number one wisdom?

What is  the number one wisdom?

The ability to guess people’s internal states from very little information. 

What is a good deal?

What is a good deal?

A good deal is a deal that gives you several paths to reach your goal.
A good deal is a deal that gives you time to reach your goal.
A good deal is a deal that lets you  to prepare your glorious day.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties in the negotiations are eager to do business with you.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties in the negotiations cannot walk away without a deal.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties are blinded by wishful delusions that diplomacy always work.
 A good deal is a deal in which other parties have been persuading themselves that their fears had been excessive.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties are ready to concede just about anything you want.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties believe you are deadly serious when you proclaim your intentions.

What is the main characteristic of a dynamic society?

What is the main characteristic of a dynamic society?

Confusion

Why there is not growth in the output each worker produce?

Why there is not growth in the output each worker produce?

There is not growth in the output each worker produce because capital productivity no longer needs labor productivity.

Why the world is not concerned about American debt?

Why the  world is not concerned  about American debt?

The  world is not concerned  about American debt because of "efficient borrowing".

Through "efficient borrowing", the financial system encourages American banks to lend to oligopoly companies. 

"Efficient borrowing" is translated into economic activity through oligopolies that rebalance the economy from investment to consumption.

What is the easiest way to fool yourself?

What is the easiest way to fool yourself?

Believing that government is going to help you.

What is the difference between an economic crisis and a humanitarian crisis ?

What is the difference between an economic crisis and a humanitarian crisis ?

The second one doesn't affect the stock market.

How to pay $18 trillion in debt and over $ 100 trillion in social security?

How to pay $18 trillion in debt and over $ 100 trillion in social security?

Adjusting  expectations of a monetary policy based on printing money and exporting inflation.

How many hedge funds have opened in 2014?

How many hedge funds have opened last in 2014?

More than 1,000 hedge funds opened last year, according to research-firm HFR, while 864 closed.

What people you should hire?

What people you should hire?

People with  intellectual curiosity

How to be fooled by your enemy.

How to be  fooled by your enemy.

Signing a deal with your enemy that specifies  you have to ask your enemy permission to visit his suspicious location, then  your enemy has the chance to propose “alternative means” to address  suspicions. All of that in an unspecified period of time.

Why nobody talks about the cause of the problem?

Why nobody talks about the cause of the problem?

Nobody talks about the cause of the problem because  such stupid cause never can cause such horrible problem.

How much is the average weekly wage for all manufacturing workers nationwide?

How much is the average weekly wage for all manufacturing workers nationwide?

 $830 

What is the enemy word for a regulator in the U.S.?

What is the enemy  word for a regulator in the U.S.?

Risk

How many years ex-lawmakers have to wait for lobbying their former colleagues?

How many years ex-lawmakers  have to wait for lobbying their former colleagues?

Senators are  barred from lobbying their former colleagues for two years after stepping down, and House members can advocate on issues in that chamber after a year.

Why there is not an end to the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ data?

Why there is not an end to the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ data?


Because the government has set foot on your lawn and the government has the right to invade your lawn without a warrant. 

What is the U.S. ?

What is the U.S. ?

A government-directed network of oligopolies dominated by huge, politically protected incumbents. 

How to ensure inefficient markets and cartel capital formation?

How to ensure inefficient markets and cartel capital formation?

Packing the market regulator with anti-market activists and former corporate lawyers.

Why is not a problem to the U.S. an overhang of debt?

Why  is not a problem to the  U.S. an overhang of debt?

An overhang of debt is not a problem to the  U.S. because it has borrowed in their own currency and it can, if needed, print the money. 

Why is uncertain the future?

Why  is uncertain the future?

Because hope always triumphs over experience.

Why America is not a system of free competitive enterprise?

Why America is not a system of free competitive enterprise?

Because there is not a social order that rewards the hard work of the have-nots.

What is the difference between playing a game and playing the right game?

What is the difference between playing a game and playing the right game?

In the right game the individual behavior guides the outcome of the game that is good for the players.

How to identify a good prospective candidate to spy for a foreign government?

How to identify a good prospective candidate  to spy for  a foreign government?


Hacking the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

How to export inflation?

How to export inflation?

Dropping oil prices.

How to address an issue?

How to address an issue?

Mixing conciliation with defiance.

Why to be self-employed is extraordinarily expensive?

Why to be self-employed is extraordinarily expensive?

 

Because the system doesn't want liberated people.

How to accurately predict various outcomes?

How to accurately predict various outcomes?

Using the combination of detailed historical data and data analytics

Why does America increasingly depends on unmarried women—not married women—to drive its sagging fertility rate?

Why does  America increasingly depends on unmarried women—not married women—to drive its sagging fertility rate?

Because the majority (58%) of U.S. women of childbearing age  are unmarried, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

How to fly from reality?

How to fly from reality?

Grasping a romantic destiny.

Using ideology

Abandoning rules.

Making numbers to sound like an abstraction.

Why unexpected events are not a crisis?

Why  unexpected events are not a  crisis?

 

Because crisis needs to be sown.

Why to choose the worst when two bad choices are given?

Why to choose the worst when  two bad choices are given?

Because who offers the choices  will flinch.

What predictions are a sure thing amid the uncertainty?

What predictions are a sure thing amid the uncertainty?

Nothing will come rapidly.

Expectations will be delusional. 

Playing hardball will backfire.

Temporary measures introduced will tend to linger.

The inevitable will happen but how much of it will depend partly on how much the looming uncertainty can devastate you.

Why antitrust regulators will not stop health insurers consolidation push?

Why antitrust regulators will not stop health insurers consolidation push? 
 
Because health regulators just want three major players in the field (business as usual).

How to pay for a declining labor participation rate?

How to pay for a declining labor participation rate?

Borrowing and taxing to the limit.

How to erect any project on a flawed foundation?

How to erect any project on a flawed foundation?

With extraordinary political appeal.

Which are usually the three scenarios of a crisis?

Which are usually the three scenarios of a crisis?

1- Thirty percent of the cases a sudden break.

2- Thirty percent of the cases a prolonged rupture.

3-Forty percent of the cases a negotiated long-term rupture.

How to derail a bill in the House?

How to derail a  bill in the House?

Voting against a  program that is a key component of the bill.

What market best illustrates the growing divide in the U.S.?

What market  best illustrates the growing divide in the U.S.?

 

The real estate market.

Why is difficult for the US Government to make rational economic choices?

Why is difficult for the US Government to make rational economic choices?

It is difficult for the US Government to make rational economic choices because law makers are owned by insurances companies.

When to say 'yes' regardless of the question is?

When to say 'yes' regardless of the question is?

When you are afraid of losing.

Why federal agencies and departments are a big mess?

Why federal agencies and departments are a big mess?

Federal agencies and departments are a big mess because  legislation repeatedly passed by Congress is unable to make them work.

Why legislation repeatedly passed by Congress is unable to make them work?

Legislation repeatedly passed by Congress is unable to make them work because they are huge bureaucratic monsters.

Why government is wrong when it thinks that it can satisfy everybody?

Why government is wrong when it thinks that it can satisfy everybody?

Government is wrong when it thinks that it can satisfy everybody because humans don't all want or need the same thing.

How to break with the conventional wisdom?

How to break with the conventional wisdom?

Shocking with parallel thinking and posing challenges.

What is the main characteristic of a static society?

What is the main characteristic of a static society?

It finds difficult to grasp general concepts. 

How effective is teaching something nobody knows?

How effective is teaching something nobody knows?


Teaching something nobody knows makes it much more likely that you will find someone to follow you.

What is the ultimate goal of any law passed by the United States Congress?

What is the ultimate goal of any law passed by the United States Congress?

The ultimate goal of any law passed by the United States Congress is to create an oligopoly.

U.S. government’s overwhelming priority is to create and entrench cartels. 

How to be healthy?

How to be healthy?

1-Making sure you have the strongest body possible.
2-Making sure that your body has the very best training and nutrition possible.
3-Making sure that using your body is absolutely vital, that you know what success will look like and that you have a clear idea of what are you trying to accomplish every time you are using your body.

How much money the US government can obtain illegally?

How much money the US government can obtain illegally?

22.7 billion (profit in the Fed seizure of AIG) according Judge Thomas Weller of the US Court of Federal Claims.

How old is the AUMF that the President of the United States is using today?

How old is the AUMF that the President of the United States is using today?

He is using the 2001 AUMF and the 2002 AUMF.

What is the difference between disease prevention and crime prevention?

What is the difference between disease prevention and crime prevention?

The former has the  federal agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

How to survive nowadays?

How to survive nowadays?

Doing a lot of things extraordinarily well.

Why minor run-ins with the law don’t prepare a family for an enormous crime?

Why minor run-ins with the law don’t prepare a family for an enormous crime?

Because there is no  family.

Why the hedge funds run absolutely wild and do whatever they want?

Why the hedge funds run absolutely wild and do whatever they want?

Because regulators do not have a clue about technology.

What is the main cause of emotional dislike?

What is the main cause of emotional dislike?

Broken families

What name parents never give to their sons?

What name parents never give to their sons?

Cain

What is the most important extortionist institution in the world?

What is the most important extortionist institution in the world?
The United States Department of Justice.

How the U.S. Government controls the real estate market?

How the U.S. Government controls the real estate market?

Insuring mortgages 

What is the best question to ask yourself?

What is the best question to ask  yourself?

Who loves you?

Why the education system is dysfunctional?

Why the education system is dysfunctional?

The educational system is dysfunctional because  it is a system where selfish adults will constantly remind you that you'll never be "good enough".

What is not possible to upward mobility only through education?

What is not possible to upward mobility only through education?

Because there are many measures of failure.

When the surplus of workers does not depress wages ?

When  the surplus of workers does not depress wages ?

When the workers have  IQs of 170

What is a genius ?

What is a genius ?

A genius is a mixture of big contradictions.

Who created America?

Who created America?

A small group of unAmericans.

How computers can become decision-makers?

How  computers can become  decision-makers?

Teaching machine learning to fail.

How many historians are in the U.S.?

How many historians are in the U.S.?

The American Historical Association has 14,000 members.

How to upgrade decision-making ability?

How to upgrade decision-making ability?

Getting things  through constant failure.

What is the difference between military advisers and ground troops?

What is the difference between military advisers and ground troops?

The former are always there.

How the FED dictates world policy?

How the FED dictates world policy?

The Federal Reserve and Bank of England have both expanded their balance sheets to nearly 25% of annual gross domestic product from around 6% in 2008. The European Central Bank’s has climbed to 23% from 14% and the Bank of Japan to nearly 66% from 22%.

How to escape from a maximum-security facility?

How to escape from a maximum-security facility?

Doing same things somebody did before because guards do believe these things have never been done before.

Why universities don’t have confidence in their product?

Why universities  don’t have confidence in their product?


Universities  don’t have confidence in their product because they know that their product is useless  and obsolete.

What is the most difficult thing to do in America?

What is the most difficult thing to do in America?

The most difficult thing to do in America is to have little or not contact with government.

Why monetary policy doesn't matter anymore?

Why monetary policy doesn't matter  anymore?

Monetary policy doesn't matter  anymore because global wealth is $263 trillion, more than double the $117 trillion in 2000.

How does the world work?

How does the world work?

Government, business and consumer debt has climbed to $25 trillion in the U.S. from $17 trillion since 2008, a jump to 181% of GDP from 167%. In Europe, debt has hit climbed to 204% of GDP from 180%, while in China debts have jumped to 241% of GDP from 134%.

Why wages do not rise if there is currently a decline in unemployment?

Why  wages do not rise if there is currently a  decline in unemployment?

Wages do not rise despite a  decline in unemployment because technology and entitlements have created a low-wage economy by their own.

How to escape from poverty

How to escape from poverty

Abandoning good intentions.

Why parents do not have a role in the education system?

Why parents do not have a role in the education system?

Parents do not have a role in the education system because babysitters just want to get paid.

How to protect competitors instead of competition?

How to protect competitors instead of competition?

Passing more antitrust laws

What is the most prized possession in uncertain times‏?

What is the  most prized possession in uncertain times‏?

The most prized possession in uncertain times is not brainpower, but self-confidence.

How to leave the enemy reeling?

How to leave the enemy reeling?

Poaching its researchers and scientists.

What makes a human being happy?

What makes a human being happy?

Trying to meet expectations.

What kind of people are not used to government?

What kind of people are not used to government?

People who are simple and efficient.

Why the downward GDP revisions are always broadly as expected?

Why the downward GDP revisions  are always broadly as expected?

Because of the always incomplete seasonal adjustment process .

What will be the next job of big government ?

What will be the next job of big government ?

The next job of big government will be to become a landlord of homeless and evicted tenants.

What is next after a sharing economy?

What is next after a sharing economy?

Charity

What is the white share of the vote in the U.S.?

What is the white share of the vote in the U.S.? 

It was 72 percent in 2012.

Why the United States is a high-tax society?

Why the United States is a high-tax society?

The United States is a high-tax society because the Government is extremely big, unlimited in its powers, and very expensive.

Why is difficult to find a solution?

Why is difficult to find a solution?

Because we are part of the problem.

How to survive?

How to survive?

Being more empirical and practical than coherent.

Why cleaning up damage from problems is far easier than addressing longstanding troubles.

Why cleaning up damage from problems is far easier than addressing  longstanding  troubles.

Because addressing  longstanding  troubles  is usually more painful than the damage.

What is the difference between government programs and a healthy private economy?

What is the difference between government programs and a healthy private economy?

Government programs provide jobs and a healthy private economy provides hope.

When monetary policy loves taxes and regulations?

When monetary policy loves taxes and regulations?

When asset prices are up and the wealthy are better off.

How does the machinery of government grow?

How does the machinery of government  grow?

Creating problems to justify its existence.

What economic sector is deemed crucial to U.S. growth?

What economic sector is deemed crucial to U.S. growth?

The unreal economy sector.

Who owns the 10% of America?

Who owns the 10% of America?

16.000 families

How to develop non-solutions to non-problems ?

How to develop non-solutions to non-problems ?

With unlimited reelections.

How to turn a country in an unstabilized country?

How to turn a country in an unstabilized country?

Having a whole bunch of people doing nothing.

What is the main characteristic of a difficult child?

What is the main characteristic of a difficult child?

His/her mom parks the car in the school sidewalks and  driveways.

How a politician can insult his/her constituents?

How a politician can insult his/her constituents?

When he/she tells, oblivious to his/her constituents reality, that he/she does things that  his/her constituents know he/she never did.

What is the most contradicting and hypocritical agency of the United States federal government?

What is  the most contradicting and hypocritical agency of the United States federal government?

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and The Small Business Administration (SBA) are the most contradicting and hypocritical agencies of the United States federal government.

What foundational skill educators should call for making it a cornerstone of the curriculum?

What  foundational skill educators should call for making it a cornerstone of the curriculum?

Character

Why competition is a big problem in the U.S.?

Why competition is a big problem in the U.S.?

Because there is a monopoly power.

How to end an unending crisis?

How to end an unending crisis?

Assuming the permanent cost of the reality.

What is key to escaping poverty in America?

What is key to escaping poverty in America?

Choosing parents.

Who destroys the place where he lives?

Who destroys the place  where he lives?

Who does not trust anything or anyone

What impress everybody?

What impress everybody?

Determination and efficiency.

How to create and win wars?

How to create and win wars?

Exporting inflation and currency devaluation.

What is the difference between consumer choice and regulatory power?

What is the difference between consumer choice and regulatory power?

Consumer choice demands more players in the market and regulatory power fewer.

Why FED monetary policy is unable to spur faster growth?

Why FED monetary policy is unable to spur faster growth?

Because lifting asset prices doesn't change structural issues.

What does America need?

What does America need?

Personal responsibility.

What is the dreams come true company for the U.S. Government?

What is the dreams come true company for the U.S. Government?

A company so big that it cannot acquire or be acquired.

Why Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is not in the list of global reinsurance companies deemed too big to fail and therefore subject to special scrutiny?

Why Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is not in the list of global reinsurance companies deemed too big to fail and therefore subject to special scrutiny?

Because in the U.S. , Buffet carries tremendous sway in Washington and Wall Street.

What is the main creator of inequality in the U.S.?

What is the main creator of inequality in the U.S.?

The education system , because it is based on academic results instead of character and skills.

How many years is the employed workers' median job tenure in the U.S?

How many years is the employed workers' median job tenure in the U.S?

4.6 years for all occupations according the Labor Department.

Why the Fed’s three waves of quantitative easing didn't drive down the dollar?

Why the Fed’s three waves of quantitative easing didn't drive down the dollar?

Because commodities are priced in dollars.

Why Americans are not customers of the FED?

Why Americans are not customers of the FED?

Because the United States Department of the Treasury  is the collector of the financial system.

What is the best tax collector in the United States Department of the Treasury?

What is the best tax collector in the United States Department of the Treasury?

Insurance companies.

What makes for a happy and fulfilling life?

What makes for a happy and fulfilling life?

Any kind of direction

What is the best indicator of Mother Nature Inequality

What is the best indicator of Mother Nature Inequality


The percentage of Stanford acceptance

5%

Stanford accepted 2,144 of 42,487 applicants for the 2015-16 school.

20% Legacy applicants (less Mother Nature Inequality).

When an agreement is irrelevant?

When an agreement is irrelevant?

When the signers are concerned about legacy.

How to rise atop of a political machine

How to rise atop of a political machine

Erasing the past, declaring it old news.
Being a congenital deception.
Developing a disdain for public accountability.
Inducing amnesia.
Being disciplined and undeniable work alcoholic.
Having charisma and political gifts.

How to run better the government?

How to run better the government?

With the inferior knowledge of independent inexperts.

How to create oligopolies?

How to create oligopolies?

Approving mergers of 70 billions.

How to be the cashier of the U.S.?

How to be the cashier of the U.S.?

Selling 10-year bonds with negative yield

When an unbreakable bond is expendable?

When an unbreakable bond is expendable?

When it becomes increasingly expensive and untenable.

Who will work in the future?

Who will work in the future?

The sources of income of Americans are an indicator:

According to the labor Department:

The top half of Americans receive 81% of their income from wages and salaries.

The bottom half  of Americans receive 50% of their income from public assistance and Social Security.

What rarely matters for government work?

What rarely matters for government work?

Results

What is the best education system?

What is the best education system?

The education system that is not based on academics.

The education system that is based on non-cognitive traits.

What is the utopian ideal?

What is the utopian ideal?

The nonexistence  of the FED

What is the difference between being gifted and being average?

What is the difference between being gifted and being average?

At Stanford, just 23% of undergraduates leave with debt.

Who loves the government?

Who loves the government?

Elites, experts and think tanks.

How many members the House Financial Service Committee has?

How many members the House Financial Service Committee has?

60 members

How much money the central banks have?

How much money  the central banks have?

12,232,015 Millions of U.S. Dollars at the beginning of 2015.

Euros accounted for 22.6% of central banks’ reserves.

What is the High School in the U.S. with the highest suicide rate?

What is the High School in the U.S. with the highest suicide rate?

Palo Alto High School

Why is difficult to believe what any government says?

Why is difficult to believe what any government says?

Because the true is always a national security matter.

Why is the culprit always the same?

Why is the culprit always the same?

Because the culprit is the only one who is always there.

What is the difference between superior knowledge and inferior knowledge?

What is the difference  between superior knowledge and inferior knowledge?

Unreliable forecast

Who are incompetent enough to have the unchecked power of manipulating money and credit?

Who are incompetent enough to have the unchecked power of manipulating money and credit?

Unelected monetary experts.

What is the difference between sabotage and accident?

What is the difference between sabotage and accident?

The concealed identities of the causes.

What is the difference between being 20 years old and being 70 years old?

What is the difference between being 20 years old and being 70 years old?

The measure of the feelings

Why the central banks do not give money to people?

Why the central banks do not give money to people?

Because their customers are the governments.

What bills need only a simple majority to pass the Senate?

What bills need only a simple majority to pass the Senate?

Budget resolutions and legislation passed under the procedural shortcut known as reconciliation.

How to develop a counter-intuitive mass appeal ?

How to develop a counter-intuitive mass appeal ?

Selling deep silliness

How do you keep wars overseas (discretionary spending) and Social Security (mandatory spending) growing together?

How do you keep wars overseas (discretionary spending) and Social Security (mandatory spending) growing together?

Making technology another commodity  priced in dollars.

Less middle class and more poverty

Less middle class and more poverty

Today, 41% of Americans identify as middle class, 17% as upper middle class and 29% as working class. Only 9% identified as poor. In 1998, 46% were middle class, 16% were upper middle class, 29% working class and 6% identified as poor, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

Is there anything that pays for itself?

Is there anything that pays for itself?


Being realistic.

Which are the main characteristics of most governments?

Which are the main characteristics of most governments?

Indiscipline, corruption, ideological differences and defections.

Who are retiring in their mid-30s?

Who are retiring  in their mid-30s?

People rich in  imagination and creativity.
People no founded on self-control and delayed gratification.
People built with no specifications.

How governments get what badly need?

How governments get what badly need?


Letting problems to flourish and breaking its own rules so the ugly solutions  becomes public demand.

How to lead without giving orders?

How to lead without giving orders?

Offering motivations

Why it is not possible to the FED to raise rates?

Why it is not possible to the FED to raise rates?

Because the U.S. Government has $18 Trillion debt.

What is the typical political message in response to a public complaint?

What is the typical political message in response to a public complaint?

"I agree with everything"

How to be an efficient tough ruler?

How to be an efficient tough ruler?

Having one foot out the door in order to be ready to flee.

What is the difference between broad economic trends and individual companies outlooks?

What is the difference between broad economic trends and individual companies outlooks?

Hedge funds and big investors driving.

How do you understand the complexities of learning?

How do you understand the complexities of learning?


Through biometrics.

What is the next step of the partnership between US Government and Insurance Companies?

What is the next step of the partnership between US Government and Insurance Companies?

A law requiring mandatory flat tire insurance, plumbing leaks insurance  and headache insurance.

Why is there not liquidity in corporate bonds?

Why is there not liquidity in corporate bonds?

New rules limiting banks’ risk-taking.

How to identify a technology to sustain the delivery of sanity to humanity?

How to  identify a technology to sustain the delivery of sanity to humanity?

Developing algorithms to self-control.

How to bring down barriers to enrollment in degree and certificate programs?

How to bring down barriers to enrollment in degree and certificate programs?

With non government-sponsored solutions.

How to vilify opponents?

How to vilify opponents?

Asking them to make statements about you that they have not had a conversation with about that.

How to establish the difference between moral imperative and legal and constitutional imperative?

How to establish the difference between moral imperative and legal and constitutional imperative?

With legal proceedings.

How to deal with change?

How to deal with change?

Experimenting with new ways of thinking.

How to have the feeling of being already in the future.

How to have the feeling of being already in the future.

Working on the fields of information retrieval, knowledge systems, logic, machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language, neural networks, planning and probabilistic inference.

Why Warren Buffett is dumping Exxon Mobil?

Why Warren Buffett is dumping Exxon Mobil?

Because he needs cash for an insider deal with IBM

How many private companies have raised venture capital since 2011?

How many private companies have raised venture capital since 2011?

16,700 start-ups have raised venture capital since 2011, 0,05 % of  the 30 millions businesses in the U.S.

How much money has raised the Clinton Foundation from overseas governments?

How much money  has raised the Clinton Foundation from overseas governments?

At least $48 million since its founding according to a Wall Street Journal tally.

Necessary things to persuade

Necessary things  to persuade

Reciprocity
Scarcity
Authority
Consistency
Liking
Consensus

Which are the most important underclass measures in the U.S.?

Which are the most important underclass measures in the U.S.?

Income, academic achievement and employment.

How do you stop war in current times?

How do you stop war in current times?

Integrating people.

What is the consumer item with fastest sales growth in the U.S.?

What is the consumer item with fastest sales growth in the U.S.?

Used cars.

It was private jets in 2013.

Two examples of funding allocation.

Why has the dollar risen 17% since June?

Why has the dollar risen 17% since June?

It is not because the FED signaled and end to its quantitative-easing program.

It is not because the decline in the price of oil.

It is not because the domestic side of the U.S. economy is showing signs of greater strength.

It is because since June the are 27 countries involved in war conflicts in Africa, 18 in Asia, 9 in Europe, 8 in the Middle East and 5 in the Americas, making a total of 65 countries involved in war with 614 military groups.

How to Reach a Cease-Fire Deal ?

How to Reach a Cease-Fire Deal ?

Pulling back weapons from each side and giving to one side money and to the other side broad powers, control of the borders, relief from sanctions and more money.

How many births in the U.S. are to unmarried women?

How many births in the U.S. are to unmarried women?

1,609,619 in 2012,   40%  of all births in the U.S.

How do you do something impactful?

How do you do something impactful?

Creating an emotional connection through a magic moment.

What is the most critical factor affecting the prospect that U.S. will encounter a structural break?

What is the most critical factor affecting the prospect that U.S. will encounter a structural break?

Current public policies design.

What is efficiency?

What is efficiency?

Efficiency  is not how many results you get, efficiency is how many actions are needed to get a result.

How much does the U.S. pay in interest every year?

How much  does the U.S.  pay in interest every year?

The annual interest payments on the debt is $220 billion per year and are set to explode to $800 billion per year within a decade.

Can self-doubt avoid conflict?

Can self-doubt avoid conflict?

Only before the spark that triggers the explosion.

Which is the employment-to-population ratio in the U.S.?

Which is the employment-to-population ratio in the U.S.?

59.3% , 33-year low.

How many people in Silicon Valley do not make enough money to meet their basic needs without public assistance ?

How many people in Silicon Valley do not make enough money to meet their basic needs without public assistance ?

30 percent of the region's population (2.9 million people) according the think tank Join Venture Silicon Valley.

Why is a theocracy more attractive than a democracy for many around the world?

Why is a theocracy more attractive than a democracy for many around the world?

Because for  many around the world  democracy  does not really give identity.

Who creates capital?

Who creates capital?

Capital gain rate was 15% in 2008, it is now 23.8% and it will be 28% in 2016.

Who must ask for the public's generous forgiveness?

 Who must ask for the public's generous forgiveness?
Who shows a display of entitlement, ostentatious wealth and unfettered power.

How many manufacturing jobs the U.S. economy has outside the country?

How many manufacturing jobs the U.S. economy has outside the country?

More than 30 million.

What happens when every decision you have made in your life has been right?

What happens when every decision you have made in your life has been right?

Your life is completely  identical to everything you wanted it to be.

What is the modern way of solving economic problems?

What is the modern way of solving economic problems?

Printing money, because bankruptcy settlements  are not imposed by democracy.

How much money Medicare pays to doctors and hospitals?

How much money Medicare pays to  doctors and hospitals?

Medicare paid providers $362 billion for their services in 2014.

What is needed to be a politician?

What is needed to be a politician?

Lofty goals.
No details.
Hollow lectures.
Talking points designed to fire up your base.
No ideas.
No solutions.
No different tone.
Talking about vision and execution.
Delivering your thoughts.

Why does the average wage fell 1.1% between 2010 and 2014?

Why does the average wage fell 1.1% between 2010 and 2014?

Supply and demand.

No growth no jobs.

Growth implies risk and government policies avoid risk.

Who supplies more federal corporate-tax revenue?

Who supplies more federal corporate-tax revenue?

CVS Health supplies fully 1% of all federal corporate-tax revenue.

Why there is not any link from central-bank reserves to private-sector money?

Why there is not any link from central-bank reserves to private-sector money?

Because regulators have forbidden taking risk.

No risk no growth, no growth no jobs.

What is the median household income in the U.S.?

What is the median household income in the U.S.?

The median household income in the U.S., adjusted for inflation was $51,939 in 2013.

What is the median earning for full-time U.S. workers aged 18 to 34?

What is the median earning for full-time U.S. workers aged 18 to 34?

$33,883 ; 10% less than 2000, after adjusting for inflation; below 1980s levels.

What is the most draconian intervention of government into people's life?

What is the most draconian intervention of government into people's life?

Forcing people to be unhealthy and then mandate them to buy health insurance.

Which are the most opposite political concepts?

Which are the most opposite political concepts?

Security and freedom

How much are the politicians awarded retirement benefits for workers of cities and states?

How much are the politicians awarded retirement benefits for workers  of cities and states?
Between $1.5 trillion and $4 trillion

How many dollars flow to disability in the U.S.?

How many dollars flow to disability in the U.S.?

Payments have increased 32% since 2008 to $140.1 billion.

The total number of people in the United States receiving federal disability benefits is  10.9 million.

How many patents IBM have received during 2014?

How many patents IBM have received during 2014?

7,534 U.S. patents.

What is the difference between free speech and insulting?

What is the difference between free speech and insulting?

Free speech is a fearless freedom of debate and deliberation.

An insult is an expression, statement or  behavior which is disrespectful or scornful.

Is possible to regain competitiveness through internal devaluation?

Is possible to regain competitiveness through  internal devaluation?

No if  the government must borrow to fund its activities or recapitalize the banking system .

Does free speech have limitations?

Does free speech have limitations?

Advocating violence
Libel
Slander
Obscenity
Offensive speech
Threats

Why sieges always end up with some hostage killed?

Why sieges always end up  with some hostage killed?

Because it is very difficult to control the timing.

Fanatic values versus liberal values.

Fanatic  values versus  liberal values.

Principles based on violent means  versus  principles based on speech.

Why we do not have more unlicensed spectrum free?

Why we do not have more unlicensed spectrum free?

Because division over cyber-security legislation

Oversight of Icann

Security regulations

Net-neutrality fight

Increased spectrum demand

Spectrum allocation

Broadband providers

Utility regulations.

What knowledge is power?

What knowledge is power?

Knowing how to fix problems before outrage.

Knowing more than your opponents.

 

What you should never lose?

What you should never lose?

The belief that you need to earn every day your own way in life.

How many hours office workers spend in meetings?

How many hours office workers spend in meetings?

According to officebroker.com the average office worker spends 16 hours in meetings every week and government workers spend 22 hours a week in meetings.

What are the limits of standing on principle?

What are the limits of standing on principle?

Results.

What keeps you humble?

What keeps you humble?

Things that redirect you.

Why U.S. Leads the World?

Why U.S. Leads the World?

Because it can send a credible threat to deploy its military resources.