How government chooses winners and losers

How government chooses winners and losers

SolarCity has never recorded a profit, but powered by subsidies, its stock price is $57

How To Know What Should Be Measured

How To Know What Should Be Measured

You should measure what you understand.

You should measure what you can visualize.

You should measure questions that have answers.

You should measure probabilities rather than anecdotes.

You should measure volume, velocity and variety.

Generational theft and thieving generation.

Generational theft and thieving generation.

A massive long-term problem.

The generational wealth transfer that benefits oldsters at the expense of the young.

While today's 65-year-olds will receive on average net lifetime benefits of $327,400, children born now will suffer net lifetime losses of $420,600 as they struggle to pay the bills of aging Americans.

How the U.S. Government controls you

How the U.S. Government controls you


Using deep-learning neural networks to find hidden patterns and insights in that data.

Many of the things you haven’t explicitly told to the U.S. Government can be deduced from the things they have.

Ever-improving pattern-recognition systems that they are building (and others will inevitably follow) will be able to extrapolate your secrets, with a high degree of confidence, from the subtle cues and nuances inherent in your visible live profile.

In fact, between deep learning, “big data,” and increasingly ubiquitous cameras and other sensors, on drones and embedded virtually everywhere, they’re moving headlong towards a world where your live is owned by the U.S. Government.

How America will keep the entitlements

How America will keep the entitlements

An increase in entitlements has closely corresponded to a decline in the country's savings.

The decline in savings has been offset by borrowing from abroad, which brings us to our current foreign debt: "$5 trillion and counting".

Foreigners will keep lending to America because America will keep military investment in science and technology.

The future of Google

The future of Google

Google Sites Revenues in  third quarter of 2013, ad revenue from its own sites -- mainly search --were  $9.39 billion.
Google Network Revenues – Google’s partner sites- -- AdSense -- ```- generated segment revenues of $3.15 billion, or 23% of total Google segment revenues, in the third quarter of 2013, compared to $3.13 billion of Google network segment revenues in the third quarter of 2012.

Google segment revenues from outside of the United States totaled $7.67 billion, representing 56% of total Google segment revenues in the third quarter of 2013, compared to 55% in the second quarter of 2013 and 53% in the third quarter of 2012.

To supplement Google consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, Google uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP EPS, free cash flow, and non-GAAP international revenues.

How to be a politician.

How to be a politician.

Create something that the public don't want.

Being  goal-oriented instead of systems-oriented.

Never suffer defeat.

Never stay in the game.

Become less smart, less talented and less healthier. 

How to increase Americans' dependence on government.

How to increase Americans' dependence on government.

Take care of the elites

Create a lot of  problems.

Make solutions complicated.

Ban self-reliance, individualism,  and courage

Scorn values.

The differences between the US Government and me.

The differences between the US Government and me.

If I have debt ceiling , why not the US Government?

If my spending is based on my income, why not the US Government?

If I work 24x7, why not the US Government?

If I have a budget, why not the US Government?

How to dig America out of the hole of the recession ?

How to dig America out of the hole of the recession ?

Create an alternative ecosystem where the best and brightest must  thrive in unsupported ways.

How to save America?

How to save America?

Take the best and brightest from top universities to pursue their interests outside  hallowed campus walls.

The danger of giving information

The danger of giving information
Federal officials are discussing changes to how the government releases sensitive economic data.
The Government is always trying to make the release of information to the public less transparent and untimely.

Where Can the Lower Class Buy a Home?

Where Can the  Lower Class Buy a Home?

If you’re in the lower class and want to buy a home here’s a piece of advice: Move to South Dakota.
According to data from
Trulia.com
Zillow.com
and
Realtor.com
The cheapest houses ready to live are in South Dakota

How to fool people around you?

How to fool people around you?

Tell to them you are open to anything.

Offer to them the ability to move.

Talk to them about pragmatic solutions.

Explain to them the severe ripple effects and the "perilous" choices.

Give Thanks to them for their Encouraging Signs

Tell to them you are willing to do This.

Speak with them about what you Strongly Prefers

Tell to them that you are happy that cooler heads seem to be prevailing around you.

What is the best ally of a government?

What is the best ally of a government?

Technology

Technology and innovation are the source of economic growth and job creation for the best. Technology and innovation are the source of government-loving individuals, suffocating regulations and fiscal recklessness.

Technology makes easier more government, more regulation, more spending and more market manipulation.

What is the main reason of growing inequality?

What is the main reason of growing inequality?

Birth rate

Those that are more prosperous can afford to have more children and they are usually the ones that have less, while poor families often have more children.
Birth Rates Rise in Poor Countries

How to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful.

How  to defeat any adversary, no matter how powerful.

He will hit you 10 times, you will hit him one , in the end, he will tire of it first.

Why is the American Problem a Problem of other minds?

Why is the American Problem a Problem of other minds?

Because according to data in the latest "Economic Report of the President": More than half the federal debt in public hands is held by foreigners.

How many firms that go public have a founder as CEO?

How many firms that go public have a founder as CEO?

Fewer than half of firms that go public have a founder as CEO, according to a 2008 study by Bharat Jain and Filiz Tabak at Towson University

Power struggles are amplified when big investors are involved.

Money and Thinking

Money and Thinking

We've got no money, so we've got to think. Ernest Rutherford

Gentlemen, We Have Run Out of Money; Now We Have to Think. Winston Churchill.

What are regulations?

What are regulations?

Regulations are problem creators.

Problems created by regulations are always fixed with more regulation and more expensive regulation.

Regulations are a testament of perseverance if not wisdom.

Regulations are based on ambition and complexity.

The real measure of regulation is how many individuals think they're better off.

The cheapest price  that  regulations economically allow ends up in direct government subsidies and controls.

The best predictors of success.

Passion and perseverance for long-term goals are the best predictors of success.

Dealing with even routine stresses makes you stronger.

Finish whatever you begin.

Fail and  pick yourself up again.

Immerse yourself in a discipline before you create in that discipline.

How many people work in the U.S. Social Security Administration?

How many people work in the U.S. Social Security Administration?

62,343 workers work in the U.S. Social Security Administration

Who fights this inequality?

Who fights this inequality?

The average score for Wharton applicants on the standardized
 b-school entrance exam, the GMAT, rose seven points this
year, to a record 725 out of 800.

Top colleges requires
a SAT score of 2100 or above.

A GMAT score of 700 is comparable
 to a 2400  SAT.

The national mean SAT scores in 2013 were 491 for reading, 480 for
writing and 503 for math.

Marginal People or Smart People

Marginal People or Smart People

15% Of Americans Don’t Have Internet. 5% Think It’s Irrelevant.

According to  Pew Research Center

The richest people in the world don’t have an emergency fund.

The richest people in the world don’t have an emergency fund.



The median household income in the U.S. (around $52,000) would put you in
 the top 1% of earners worldwide.

About half of Americans don’t have an emergency fund that’d cover
 three months of expenses.

The state of America's competitiveness

The state of America's competitiveness

22 million corporations exist in United States
1,663,912 corporations exist in United Kingdom.

United States - population
313,914,040 (2012)

United Kingdom - population
62,744,081 (2011)

Corporations per capita in United States:
14.26882

Corporations per capita in United Kingdom:
37.70877366

The fighting about income inequality

The fighting about income inequality

How much money do congress members make?

 $174,000 a year

How much money do waiting staff make?

$17,400 a year

What do you need to thrive?

What do you need to thrive?

Brains and self-discipline to master tomorrow’s technology

What is the best way to survive?

What is the best way to survive?

The best way to survive is to have a risk-taking attitude, and to be very tolerant of failure.

The best way to survive is to think you're going to win.

Why are commodity prices rising?

Why are commodity prices rising?

Because the Fed Keeps Printing $85 Billion per Month

Because the world is running out of food

Because campaign contributions come so much from the vested interests, the financial world, but more particularly the energy world.

Knowing versus Making

Knowing versus Making

During the 20th century making things was most important than knowing things.

In the 21st century knowing things is most important than making things.

In a highly competitive society the payoff of a service is greater than the payoff of a product.

Knowing leverages making. 

How the top earners break down

How the top earners break down

 Top 1%: incomes above $394,000 in 2012; Top 5%: incomes between $161,000 and $394,000; Top 10%: incomes between $114,000 and $161,000.

 Last year, the richest 10% received more than half of all income — 50.5%, or the largest share since such record-keeping began in 1917.

Why the overall savings rate today is 5.4%?

Why the overall savings rate today is 5.4%, the average since 1960 is 8.4% and it was 9.3% in the early 1980s?

Because the Federal Reserve is buying   85 billion dollars in bonds every month, the perfect tool for rising inequality.

What is a politician?

What is a politician?

A person who uses rhetorical tricks to disguise her/his limited skills.

How to find stability

How to find  stability

Building  a skill set that allows you to control your own destiny.

Relationship between jobs and retirement.

 Relationship between jobs and retirement.


About 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 years old everyday.

 169,000 jobs were created in the past month.

Tricks, IBM and health-insurance exchange

International Business Machines plans to move about 110,000 retirees off its company-sponsored health plan and instead give them a payment to buy coverage on a health-insurance exchange.

A Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) is a federal or state-regulated marketplace/platform that allows small businesses and individuals to shop for health insurance plans; it allows them to compare various standardized plans and choose the one that suits their specific needs. Federal subsidies are available for the purchase of such plans through an exchange.

Which are the states with lowest cancer rates in U.S.?

Which are the states with lowest cancer rates in U.S.?

Arizona
Colorado
Hawaii
New Mexico
Utah

Source:
National Cancer Institute

What do you need to compete?

What do you need to compete?

You need to know science, technology, engineering and math, and they are accessible but not fun.

How much cost to bomb Syria

How much cost to bomb Syria

The United States Navy has a stockpile of around 3,500 Tomahawk cruise missiles of all variants, with a combined worth of approximately US $2.6 billion.

$743.000 per  Tomahawk

700 Tomahawk were fired in Irak the first year and 110  in Libya.

400 Tomahawk are expected to be fired in Syria

400x$743.000= $297,200,000

Why America will not stop trying to be the policeman for the world.

Why America will not  stop trying to be the policeman for the world.

Because America needs the preemptive argument  for national security.

Because the Army forces must be trained.

Because an attack is an effective deterrent.

Because a moral imperative constitute a legal  justification when you have power.

Because America has the authority to wage war unilaterally

Because always is possible to articulate any threat  to national  security.

What is the United States of America?

What is the United States of America?

A country with cheap energy and a rich elite exploiting laws and regulations to
the detriment of business and individuals, that is heaping IOUs on
its children and grandchildren.

Why Nearly Half of All U.S. Homes Are Purchased in Cash?

Why Nearly Half of All U.S. Homes Are Purchased in Cash?


Because it’s more costly and hard to get financing.

Because homes cost less.

Because Chinese home-buyers are flooding into the U.S. housing market
and nearly 70% of the Chinese deals are made in all cash.

Because mortgage lending standards have been tightened since the housing bubble.

Because foreign buyers, and wealthy homeowners
are averse to a mortgage.

Because the seller knows the cash offer is more likely to close.

Because prior homeowners abandon the ownership market and head back to rentals.

Because buyers are mainly investors and vacation-home buyers 

Because Multi-home buyers (those purchasing two or more properties) accounted
 for about 28 percent  of last year’s cash sales, up from around 24 percent in 2011.

To kill someone for the "fun of it."

Duncan (city), Oklahoma

Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010     23.8%   

Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.6%   

On Aug. 16, Chancey Allen Luna, 16,  James Francis Edwards Jr., 15,  and Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, of Duncan were "bored" and decided to kill someone for the "fun of it."

They killed Christopher Lane in a drive-by shooting.

Jobs to disappear soon

Jobs to disappear soon.

Taxi driver
Airplane Pilot
Medical doctor
Teacher
Attorney

The future of employment

The future of employment

Companies will use recruitment agencies

Workers will pay to recruitment agents and will pass a battery of tests before the company will
hire them.