How to rule by consensus?

How to  rule by consensus?

Eliminating independence of the rulers.

Ignoring market signals.

Removing responsibilities.

Looking for successors.

Involving economic issues in the first place.

What is the most irrational tax deduction?

What is the most irrational tax deduction?

Tax deduction for donating art to your own nonprofit museum  which isn’t even open to public.

Why Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc?

Why Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc?

Google Inc is becoming Alphabet Inc because  financial engineering will be easier.

How the U.S. Government and the U.S. House pick up winners and losers?

How the U.S. Government and the U.S. House pick up winners and losers?

Asking during committee hearings no intervene on behalf of the loser.

Why innovation no longer increase productivity?

Why innovation no longer increase productivity?

 

Innovation no longer increase productivity because its impressive output is largely free or nearly free

What is safer when bad times come?

What is  safer when bad times come?

Liberate your mind.

Why there is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar?

Why there is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar?

There is not an alternative reserve currency to the U.S. dollar because it will be costlier than the dollar; and it will be unable to absorb monetary inflows and economic issues.

What makes a good presidential candidate en the U.S.?

What makes a good presidential candidate en the U.S.?

Banking experience.

How to make America more secure?

How to make America  more secure?


Unprotecting  individual freedom

How to to break bad habits?

How to to break bad habits?

 

Landing skillfully your soul during a violent storm.

How the U.S. is controlling the systemic risk?

How the U.S. is controlling  the systemic risk? 

 

Multiplying the problem (making too big,  bigger)  and destroying anything small .

How to stop the process of creating a permanent underclass in America?

How to stop the process of creating a permanent underclass in America?

Destroying welfare for the rich and welfare for the poor.

What are the two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years?

What are the two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years?

The two most important reasons wages haven’t gotten a raise in 15 years are rising health cost and the fact that random innovations matter more than specific policies.

Why Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws?

Why Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws?

Republicans majorities in Congress do not repeal anti-Republican laws because anti-Republican laws are money-maker machines for corporate America.

The 4 main characteristics of the American elite.

The 4 main characteristics of the American elite.

She/he was born to wealth.

Her/his father  was wired into Democratic or Republican machine.

She/he never served in the military.

She/he went to an Ivy League.

Why corruption is essential to the government of a nation?

Why corruption is essential to the government of a nation?


 Corruption is essential to the government of a nation because government requires power 

What is the number one wisdom?

What is  the number one wisdom?

The ability to guess people’s internal states from very little information. 

What is a good deal?

What is a good deal?

A good deal is a deal that gives you several paths to reach your goal.
A good deal is a deal that gives you time to reach your goal.
A good deal is a deal that lets you  to prepare your glorious day.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties in the negotiations are eager to do business with you.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties in the negotiations cannot walk away without a deal.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties are blinded by wishful delusions that diplomacy always work.
 A good deal is a deal in which other parties have been persuading themselves that their fears had been excessive.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties are ready to concede just about anything you want.
A good deal is a deal in which other parties believe you are deadly serious when you proclaim your intentions.

What is the main characteristic of a dynamic society?

What is the main characteristic of a dynamic society?

Confusion

Why there is not growth in the output each worker produce?

Why there is not growth in the output each worker produce?

There is not growth in the output each worker produce because capital productivity no longer needs labor productivity.

Why the world is not concerned about American debt?

Why the  world is not concerned  about American debt?

The  world is not concerned  about American debt because of "efficient borrowing".

Through "efficient borrowing", the financial system encourages American banks to lend to oligopoly companies. 

"Efficient borrowing" is translated into economic activity through oligopolies that rebalance the economy from investment to consumption.

What is the easiest way to fool yourself?

What is the easiest way to fool yourself?

Believing that government is going to help you.

What is the difference between an economic crisis and a humanitarian crisis ?

What is the difference between an economic crisis and a humanitarian crisis ?

The second one doesn't affect the stock market.

How to pay $18 trillion in debt and over $ 100 trillion in social security?

How to pay $18 trillion in debt and over $ 100 trillion in social security?

Adjusting  expectations of a monetary policy based on printing money and exporting inflation.

How many hedge funds have opened in 2014?

How many hedge funds have opened last in 2014?

More than 1,000 hedge funds opened last year, according to research-firm HFR, while 864 closed.

What people you should hire?

What people you should hire?

People with  intellectual curiosity

How to be fooled by your enemy.

How to be  fooled by your enemy.

Signing a deal with your enemy that specifies  you have to ask your enemy permission to visit his suspicious location, then  your enemy has the chance to propose “alternative means” to address  suspicions. All of that in an unspecified period of time.

Why nobody talks about the cause of the problem?

Why nobody talks about the cause of the problem?

Nobody talks about the cause of the problem because  such stupid cause never can cause such horrible problem.

How much is the average weekly wage for all manufacturing workers nationwide?

How much is the average weekly wage for all manufacturing workers nationwide?

 $830 

What is the enemy word for a regulator in the U.S.?

What is the enemy  word for a regulator in the U.S.?

Risk

How many years ex-lawmakers have to wait for lobbying their former colleagues?

How many years ex-lawmakers  have to wait for lobbying their former colleagues?

Senators are  barred from lobbying their former colleagues for two years after stepping down, and House members can advocate on issues in that chamber after a year.

Why there is not an end to the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ data?

Why there is not an end to the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ data?


Because the government has set foot on your lawn and the government has the right to invade your lawn without a warrant. 

What is the U.S. ?

What is the U.S. ?

A government-directed network of oligopolies dominated by huge, politically protected incumbents. 

How to ensure inefficient markets and cartel capital formation?

How to ensure inefficient markets and cartel capital formation?

Packing the market regulator with anti-market activists and former corporate lawyers.

Why is not a problem to the U.S. an overhang of debt?

Why  is not a problem to the  U.S. an overhang of debt?

An overhang of debt is not a problem to the  U.S. because it has borrowed in their own currency and it can, if needed, print the money. 

Why is uncertain the future?

Why  is uncertain the future?

Because hope always triumphs over experience.

Why America is not a system of free competitive enterprise?

Why America is not a system of free competitive enterprise?

Because there is not a social order that rewards the hard work of the have-nots.

What is the difference between playing a game and playing the right game?

What is the difference between playing a game and playing the right game?

In the right game the individual behavior guides the outcome of the game that is good for the players.

How to identify a good prospective candidate to spy for a foreign government?

How to identify a good prospective candidate  to spy for  a foreign government?


Hacking the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

How to export inflation?

How to export inflation?

Dropping oil prices.

How to address an issue?

How to address an issue?

Mixing conciliation with defiance.

Why to be self-employed is extraordinarily expensive?

Why to be self-employed is extraordinarily expensive?

 

Because the system doesn't want liberated people.

How to accurately predict various outcomes?

How to accurately predict various outcomes?

Using the combination of detailed historical data and data analytics

Why does America increasingly depends on unmarried women—not married women—to drive its sagging fertility rate?

Why does  America increasingly depends on unmarried women—not married women—to drive its sagging fertility rate?

Because the majority (58%) of U.S. women of childbearing age  are unmarried, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

How to fly from reality?

How to fly from reality?

Grasping a romantic destiny.

Using ideology

Abandoning rules.

Making numbers to sound like an abstraction.

Why unexpected events are not a crisis?

Why  unexpected events are not a  crisis?

 

Because crisis needs to be sown.

Why to choose the worst when two bad choices are given?

Why to choose the worst when  two bad choices are given?

Because who offers the choices  will flinch.

What predictions are a sure thing amid the uncertainty?

What predictions are a sure thing amid the uncertainty?

Nothing will come rapidly.

Expectations will be delusional. 

Playing hardball will backfire.

Temporary measures introduced will tend to linger.

The inevitable will happen but how much of it will depend partly on how much the looming uncertainty can devastate you.

Why antitrust regulators will not stop health insurers consolidation push?

Why antitrust regulators will not stop health insurers consolidation push? 
 
Because health regulators just want three major players in the field (business as usual).

How to pay for a declining labor participation rate?

How to pay for a declining labor participation rate?

Borrowing and taxing to the limit.