Wednesday, January 28, 2015

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.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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.

Monday, January 26, 2015

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.




Friday, January 23, 2015

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.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

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.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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.

Monday, January 19, 2015

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.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

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

Friday, January 16, 2015

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

Thursday, January 15, 2015

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.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

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

Friday, January 9, 2015

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.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Fanatic values versus liberal values.

Fanatic  values versus  liberal values.

Principles based on violent means  versus  principles based on speech.

Monday, January 5, 2015

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.


Friday, January 2, 2015

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.


Thursday, January 1, 2015

Why U.S. Leads the World?

Why U.S. Leads the World?

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

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

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.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

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.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

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.


Sunday, December 21, 2014

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.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Catching a falling knife in Washington.

Catching a falling knife in Washington.

Making world affairs  prominent in Presidential races

Monday, December 15, 2014

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.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

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.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

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.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

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.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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 .

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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.

Friday, November 28, 2014

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.


Thursday, November 27, 2014

What is the first tool you need to fix something?

What is the first tool you need to fix something?

A spreadsheet.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

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.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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.

Monday, November 24, 2014

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.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

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.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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 .