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.

How much money is possible to make in a single day?

How much money is possible to make in a single day?

Boston hedge-fund firm Adage Capital Management LP—were up $1 billion in a single day when shares of pharmaceutical company Puma Biotechnology Inc. more than tripled after the release of an encouraging study for the fledgling drug neratinib.

What is the main characteristic of the American Economy nowadays.

What is the main characteristic of the American Economy nowadays.

16 years of declining labor- force participation.

9 years of declining share of people outside the labor market entering the labor force.

5 years of increasing share of the unemployed leaving the labor force.

Which are the places in the world that offer better protection against criminality?

Which are the places in the world that offer better protection against criminality?

The airports in the United States.

Who keeps oil prices plummeting ?

Who keeps oil prices plummeting ?



OPEC Member Countries are:

Iraq
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait

Angola
Ecuador
Iran
Libya
Nigeria
Venezuela
Algeria



The economic growth rate in Iran's Economic which had been negative
in 2013, rose to an annualized rate of 4.6 percent in the second
quarter of 2014 (first quarter of Persian calendar).
The inflation rate also declined significantly, from near
40 percent in 2013 to under 25 percent in 2014.

Venezuelan benchmark sovereign bonds are now trading at 22 cents on the dollar.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that the country’s economy is at risk of sliding into “deep recession” next year.

What is the market share of Sprint?

What is the market share of Sprint?

15 percent according to NPD's Mobile Phone Track. 
AT&T 32 percent, Verizon Wireless 30 percent and T-Mobile 17 percent.

Catching a falling knife in Washington.

Catching a falling knife in Washington.

Making world affairs  prominent in Presidential races

The usual arguments to ban technologies that help the lower class:

The usual arguments to ban technologies that help the lower class:

Lack of professional license.

Unfair competition

Illegal activities.

Legislation classified, an example of lack of transparency.

Legislation classified, an example of lack of transparency.

Members of Congress are permitted to read the actual text of the bill for the nation’s intelligence agencies, but in order to do so, they have to go to a secure room and physically read it there. They cannot take a copy with them.

Why wealth will never be a benefit to all?

Why wealth will never be a benefit to all?

Because wealth is created by a few.

How far away are Robotic doctors?

How far away are Robotic doctors?

According to Gary Marcus a professor of psychology and neuroscience at New York University, a couple of decades away.

How many workers are supporting nonworkers?

How many  workers are supporting nonworkers?

By 2012, 100 workers were supporting 102 nonworkers, a number that is projected to rise to 107 by 2022.

How to refuse to say if your remarks were true?

How to refuse to say if your remarks were true?

Apologizing for the tone of  your remarks.

What is the future of the middle class?

What is the future of the middle class?

To become a low-paid social class through the  uncollared worker .

How to reach a win-win situation

How to reach a win-win situation

Looking for alignments.

What kind of solution has a real big problem?

What kind of solution has a real big problem?

Real big problems have always unpleasant solutions.

What percentage of the labor force works at companies with fewer than 10 employees in the U.S.

What percentage of the  labor force works at companies with fewer than 10 employees in the U.S.

According to the OECD 11% of the  labor force works at companies with fewer than 10 employees in the U.S.
19% in Germany and more than 50%  In Greece.

What is the first human answer to a problem?

What is the first human answer to a problem?

Break something.

What is the first tool you need to fix something?

What is the first tool you need to fix something?

A spreadsheet.

Black and white criminality

Black and white criminality

90% of black murder victims are killed by other blacks.

Most whites are killed by other whites.

How to succeed in taking the hill against all odds?

How to succeed in taking the hill against all odds?

Thinking that nothing is impossible if it’s important enough.

Percentage of takers and givers in the U.S. economy.

Percentage of takers and givers in the U.S. economy.

According to the CBO, the lowest 60% of earners all collect more in benefits on average than they remit to the Treasury.

When a political war is declared in Washington ?

When a political war is declared in Washington ?

When the President promises to do something  that he didn’t do before with majorities in both the House and Senate.

What Army is bigger than the United States Army?

What Army is bigger than the  United States Army?

The technocratic army of social scientists, lawyers and bureaucrats of the U.S. Federal Government.

Which are the building blocks of matter?

Which are the building blocks of matter?

 The building blocks of matter are quarks.

 Three quarks make a baryon.

 Protons and neutrons are members of the baryon family

How much is the cost of freedom people are able to accept ?

How much is the cost of freedom people are able to accept ?

2,000 people in a building being killed by a dirty bomb every 10 years if who tags the price is not in the building .

Who says to the world what to do?

Who says to the world what to do?

Goldman Sachs

Why it is not easy to stop a catastrophe?

Why it is not easy to stop a catastrophe?

Because turmoil creates self-doubt.

How do you make your thing completely essential to your target audience?

How do you make your thing completely essential to your target audience?

Customizing their needs.

What is the great evil of the Internet world?

What is the great evil of the Internet world?

According to Microsoft the great evil of the Internet world is known as spam.

Why nobody wants to live in a neighborhood where there is no cop?

Why nobody wants to live in a neighborhood where there is no cop?

Because not everyone grows up wanting to be a cop.

How to keep good things.

How to keep good things

Do you want to keep good things?

Invest in them.

What majority in the House or Senate is required to override a presidential veto of policy changes?

What majority in the House or Senate is required to override a presidential veto of policy changes?

2/3

Who is the main culprit?

Who is the main culprit?

Technology , always technology.

Technology is the main culprit of everything.

Technology gives a lot and takes more.

How to deal with uncertainty?

How to deal with uncertainty?

 Creating new risks

Why a monetary policy never knows its limits?

Why a monetary policy never knows its limits?

Because feedback doesn't come from below.

What is the problem, institutions or the system?

What is the problem, institutions or  the system?

The problem is the dangerous closeness between the financial industry and the political world.

How does the Department of Commerce cook books?

How does the Department of Commerce cook books?

Real gross domestic product — the value of the production of goods and services in the United States, adjusted for price changes — increased  at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2014, according  to the “advance” estimate released  by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (an agency in the Department of Commerce ).

Overall household spending fell 0.2% from August, the Commerce  Department said Friday.

How much does the U.S. spend on education and defense?

How much does the U.S. spend on education and defense?

$664.84 billion for the 2011 fiscal year in defense and $600 billion on public elementary and secondary schools in 2010.