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.