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.