What percentage of ex-offenders returns to prison within three years?

What percentage of ex-offenders returns to prison within three years?

40%

Why extremes of both left and right are doing well?

Why extremes of both left and right are doing well?

Because the middle-class is disappearing

How many tons of carbon dioxide Americans emit annually?

How many tons of carbon dioxide Americans emit annually? 
In 2012 per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. totaled 16.15 tons.

When a society starts its decline?

When a society starts its decline?

When a political question is implemented as a legal one

How to solve a demand crisis?

How to solve a demand crisis?

 

With negative interest rate, with public quantitative easing (Government subsidizing jobs and salaries) and with war.

What is the place in the world where homeless people talk about science?

What is the place in the world where homeless people talk about science?
San Francisco

How many people earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853)?

How many people earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853)?


Nearly 20.8 million people, earn less than half the official poverty rate ($15,853).

What gives wealth and strength?

What gives wealth and strength?
Values often seen as cruel

What type of market form reigns in the American economy?

What type of market form reigns in the American economy?

Monopsony

What is the market share of the top ten banks in the U.S.?

What is the market share of the top ten banks in the U.S.?

70% (pure oligopoly)

If you have tried a succession of things and none of them has worked, what have you failed to build?

If you have tried a succession of things and  none of them has worked, what have you failed to build?

You have  failed to build an economy.

What is the most stable thing in America?

What is the most stable thing in America?

The U.S. poverty rate, that has been unchanged at 14.8% in the fourth consecutive year according to the Census Bureau.

What are the three main characteristics of the U.S. corporate cartels?

What are the three main characteristics of the U.S. corporate cartels?

They are bigger, less diverse and less dynamic than 20 years ago.

How to confront an insult?

How to confront an insult?

Apologizing for the provocation.

What percentage of U.S. IPOs involves tech companies?

What percentage of U.S. IPOs involves tech companies?

11%

What is the difference between perception and reality?

What is the difference between perception and reality?

Perception sees security as an abstraction and reality as reason to worry.

How does every corporate sector in America grow?

How does every corporate sector in America grow?

Through mergers, acquisitions and government lobbying , seldom through new product or service line.

How to ignore the fundamental risks involved in achieving your projections?

How to ignore the fundamental risks involved in achieving your projections?

Producing winners with outsize returns that cover the losers.

Why the Washington, D.C., homicide rate is 43% higher than it was a year ago?

Why the Washington, D.C., homicide rate is 43% higher than it was a year ago?

Because Washington, DC Local Government  is united on the policy but not the strategy against crime.

What is the best tool for ideology controllers?

What is the best tool for ideology controllers?

Unproven hypothesis of catastrophe.

Why Europe is a US territory?

Why Europe is a US territory?

Because collective European spending on defense amounted to some $250 billion in 2014 ((few billions more than the public pension retirement system in the U.S.), a $7 billion decline from a year earlier.

What are the consequences of doing nothing?

What are the consequences of doing nothing?

Events shape your life and not for the better.

How much is the local and state contributions to the public pension retirement system?

How much is the local and state contributions to the public pension retirement system?

$121.1 billion in 2014, and worker pension contributions  $45.5 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Why the median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013?

Why the median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013?

The median family’s income, adjusted for inflation, did not grow at all between 1973 and 2013  because lagging productivity growth has widened inequality.

What a powerful convergence of interests does?

 Ignoring  facts

How to train algorithms on large data-sets?

How to train  algorithms on  large data-sets?

Imitating human-like observation.

Why doesn't match growth and austerity ?

Why doesn't match growth and austerity ?

 

Because savers must be persuaded to accept  paltry returns.

Why are the Federal Reserve governors and bank presidents always wrong making projections of the GDP?

Why are the Federal Reserve governors and bank presidents always wrong making projections of the GDP?

Because they have a confusion between experiments and real economy.

What is the most exciting thing to watch in your life?

What is the most exciting thing to watch in your life?

High- risk movements when errors can pile up in a hurry. 

Why regulators have not barred any bank from holding more than 10% of the country’s deposits?

Why regulators have not barred any  bank from holding more than 10% of the country’s deposits?

Because Bank of America, have now edged above that figure.

What is the America’s fastest-growing entitlement?

What is the America’s fastest-growing entitlement?

The America’s fastest-growing entitlement is the Federal income-based student loan repayment with 3.8 million people today.

How the Fed will deal with the next recession?

How the Fed will deal with the next recession?

Charging banks for depositing cash and giving them more to pay for the charge.

Who are the main backers of super PACs?

Who are the main backers of  super PACs?

Companies with state contracts or taxpayers subsidies.

What provides a unique focus?

What provides a unique focus?

Being able to count the number of days before you die.

How many people die a day by guns in the U.S.?

How many people die a day by guns in the U.S.?

92 (75% killed by a family member or acquaintance)

How does the political system work in the U.S.?

How does the political system work in the U.S.?

Creating  obligations to return  favors.

How many gallons of gas does an average American family use per year?

How many gallons of gas does an average American family use per year?

1,200 gallons of gas.

What is the major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S.?

What is the major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S.?

The major characteristic of the legislative system in the U.S. is the protection of the entrenched power  of those who hold certain perches in Congress. The Appropriation Committee is the great example.

What is the difference between think-tanking and lobbying?

What is the difference between think-tanking and lobbying?

The second one carries a negative stigma for future ambitions.

How the candidates can improve voters lives?

How the candidates can improve voters lives?

Neglecting economic problems

What is the probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile?

 What is the probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile?

The probability that an American high achiever comes from the bottom socioeconomic quartile is ⅛ (12.5%).

What is the main ideological incoherence of the establishment?

What is the main ideological incoherence of the establishment?

Setting  up political donations based on power, not party.

How many banks are there in America?

How many banks are there in America?

There are  7,000 banks in America. In the 1970s there were 24,000 banks in America.

Regulators will put that numbers in 200.

Why Silicon Valley still has not been regulated by government?

Why Silicon Valley still has not been regulated by government?

Because technology is a nightmare for regulators.

What are the basics of politics in the U.S.?

What are the basics of politics in the U.S.?

Power groups instead of groups of shared convictions.

Is there alternative answers to the most compelling questions?

Is there alternative answers to the most compelling questions?

There is a high positive correlation between the reasons your mind can give and the truth about many of the most important things. 

How much is the U.S. market capitalization?

How much is the U.S. market capitalization? 

The U.S. market capitalization is $ 19,731 billions , 52% of the world market capitalization.

$3,006 Japan

$2,691 U.K.

$1,313 France

$1,275 Switzerland

$1,199 Germany

$1,156 Canada

How to be a good investment banker?

How to be a good investment banker?

Following the footsteps of your father, grandfather and great-grandfather. 

What is the difference between talent and opportunity?

What is the difference between talent and opportunity?

The first one is universal and the second one is restricted.

What is the main purpose of a monetary system?

What is the main purpose of a monetary system?

The main purpose of a monetary system is to avoid the implementation of alternative methods of payments because these methods evade taxes legally.