Sunday, November 22, 2015

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?
When the interests and the stakes involved are now higher than originally anticipated.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

26% in January 2014.
It was 34% in January 2008 according the economists Henry Siu and Nir Jaimovich.

Friday, November 20, 2015

How much of its assets a mutual fund is allowed to hold in hard-to-sell-securities?

How much of its assets a mutual fund is allowed to hold in hard-to-sell-securities?
 
By regulation a mutual fund is only allowed to hold 15% of its assets in hard-to-sell-securities, a category that includes private-company shares.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Why doesn't work to try to fix societal causes?

Why doesn't work to try to fix societal causes?
 
Because it avoids responsibilities.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

How many metric tons of gold has the U.S.?

How many metric tons of gold has the U.S.?
 
The U.S. has 8,134 metric tons of gold.
Germany, the second holder,  has 3,381 

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Why does ideology never solve a problem?

Why does ideology never solve a problem?
Because only competency gets results.

Monday, November 16, 2015

How to present your unpalatable strategy without tamping down your position?

How to present your unpalatable strategy without tamping down your position?
 
Showing that your unpalatable strategy is the best way, at least temporarily, of tackling the problem.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Where is the point when you reach diminishing returns?

Where is the point when you reach diminishing returns?

When you do not enjoy what you are doing.

Friday, November 13, 2015

How many months on average cohabiting couples in the U.S. stay together?

How many months on average cohabiting couples in the U.S. stay together?
 
18 months.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Why the war on poverty leads to a systematic production of a perpetual underclass?

Why the war on poverty leads to a systematic production of a perpetual underclass?
Because it is a war of the government but not a war of the people.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

How to displace population in the U.S.?

How to displace population in the U.S.?

 Rising home prices and attracting tech jobs in a concentration of tech firms.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

When is difficult to get innovative?

When is difficult to get innovative?

When you turn technology over to someone else.

Monday, November 9, 2015

What is the main difference between a poor neighborhood and a rich neighborhood?

What is the main difference between a poor neighborhood and a rich neighborhood?
 
The family structure according to a research team headed by MIT's David Autor

Sunday, November 8, 2015

How many student borrowers are in America?

How many student borrowers are in America?

43.34 million. 13.5% of the population.

Friday, November 6, 2015

Why insecurity rises and opportunity contracts?

Why  insecurity rises and opportunity contracts?

Because too many people  expect everything must be taken care of for someone else

Thursday, November 5, 2015

What country is the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets?

What country is  the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets?

The U.S. is the largest issuer in euro-zone corporate bond markets with 53 billions at September 7 , 2015

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?
 
Subsidizing it.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

When can you reach everything?

When can you reach everything?

After several failed attempts.

Monday, November 2, 2015

What is the most powerful lobby against everything?

What is the most powerful lobby against everything?
Business interests.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

How does Congress magically reduce the ten year deficit projection?

How does Congress magically reduce the  ten year deficit projection?

“Pulling” the 11th year tax revenue  forward and into the ten-year budget window.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

How many Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt?

How many Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt?

1.82 million of Americans have more than $100,000 in student debt.

Friday, October 30, 2015

How to fix situations?

 How to fix situations?
 
Assigning responsibilities to the individuals involved.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

What happen when everybody senses that things are stuck?

What happen when everybody senses that things are stuck?
Everybody starts to think the game is rigged.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

What is the ultimate goal of labor unions in the U.S.?

What is the ultimate goal of labor unions in the U.S.?
 
Maximizing their retirement benefits.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Why is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S.?

Why is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S.?


Is the central bank and not the government who deals with economic issues in the U.S. because fiscal policy makers are philosophical divided and monetary policy has been always the primary tool to battle recessions.

Monday, October 26, 2015

What is the difference between growth and debt in the U.S.?


What is the difference between growth and debt in the U.S.?

The first one doesn’t see the need to reduce the second one and the second one has eliminated fiscal policy.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

What is the best predictor of where we will end up?

What is the best predictor of where we will end up?

Where we have started.

Friday, October 23, 2015

How many civil service employees in the U.S. use administrative leave?

How many civil service employees in the U.S. use  administrative leave?

53,000 civilian employees in the U.S. were kept home for one to three months during the three fiscal years that ended in September 2013.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Where is the intersection of poverty and insecurity?

Where is the intersection of poverty and insecurity ?
When anger capacity reaches a ceiling

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How much reserves Banks in the U.S. must hold against deposits from hedge funds?

How much reserves Banks in the U.S. must hold against deposits from hedge funds?

Banks in the U.S. must hold reserves of as much as 40% against certain corporate deposits and as much as 100% against some deposits from hedge funds.

Monday, October 19, 2015

What qualities people recognize easily ?

What qualities people recognize easily ?

Presence, experience and leadership.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

How many Americans turn 100 every year?

How many Americans turn 100 every year?
2,910 Americans have turned 100  from 2000 to 2010 according the United States Census Bureau.
About 30,000 Japanese turn 100 every year.

Friday, October 16, 2015

How to build relationships?

How to build relationships?

- Repeating regular and social interaction.
- Creating  communicative actions
- Creating instrumental action or goal-instrumental action, planned and taken after considering costs and consequences. 
- Reconnect With Long-lost Business Colleagues and Friends
- Making introductions.
- Building your network
- Making a contribution.
- Staying  away from rejection.
- Making constant interaction with other persons. 
- Finding commonalities.
- Creating connectivity. 
- Setting up communication. 
- Offering  collaboration. 
- Holding special events.
- Sharing.
- Chasing goals.
- Offering something. 
- Discovering good fits.
- Being a member of a non profit organization or sport club.
- Creating  Social Action Projects

Thursday, October 15, 2015

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

How many health insurance co-ops are in the United States?

How many health insurance co-ops are in the United States?

23 co-ops were chartered  in 2013, four have already gone insolvent in Louisiana, Nevada, Iowa and New York.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Where is the seed of inequality in the U.S.?

Where is the seed of inequality in the U.S.?
In the teachers-union narrative.

Monday, October 12, 2015

What is the only remotely plausible solution for gun control “innovation” in the U.S.?

What is the only remotely plausible solution for gun control “innovation” in the U.S.?

Mandatory buyback (amending the Constitution).

Sunday, October 11, 2015

How to update in real time your learning materials portfolio?

How to update in real time your learning materials portfolio?

Separating what you already know from what you can learn using a robot tutor.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Who sells bonds in the U.S. at an average yield of 5.6%?

Who sells bonds in the U.S. at an average yield of 5.6%?

Colleges and universities sell bonds about three percentage points more than highly rated municipal bonds, according to Thomson Reuters Municipal Market Data.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Who really controls the levers of power?

Who really controls the levers of power?

The popular fear of the global elites

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Will the American society continue to offer opportunities to move up economically?

Will the American society continue to offer opportunities to move up economically?


Depending on the number of words a children will hear before the first day of kindergarten.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

How many pounds ten million dollars in $100 bills weighs?

How many pounds  ten million dollars in $100 bills  weighs?
200 pounds

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

How to solve a problem ?

How to solve a problem ?

Adding a new one.

Monday, October 5, 2015

What percentage of U.S. health spending is cancer drugs?

What percentage of U.S. health spending is cancer drugs?

Cancer drugs amount to 1% of U.S. health spending and one-fifth of the cost of cancer care.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

What percentage of U.S. women who were high-school dropouts gave birth being unmarried?

What percentage of U.S. women who were high-school dropouts gave birth being unmarried?

61%  versus 9% of U.S. women with college degrees who gave birth being unmarried.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

How many people in the U.S. left the labor force in September 2015?

How many people in the U.S. left the labor force in September 2015?

Some 350,000 Americans left the labor force in September 2015.

Friday, October 2, 2015

How much money the U.S. federal government will spend in 2015?


How much money the U.S. federal government will spend in 2015?

$3.68 trillion (20.6% of the GDP) according the Congressional Budget Office.

Germany Government Spending to GDP: 42.70%

Thursday, October 1, 2015

What are government services in the U.S.?

What are government services in the U.S.?

A bureaucratic employment apparatus  turning the service into a jobs program and against the interest of the citizens

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

What is a good venture portfolio?

What is a good venture portfolio? 

One third of companies die, a third  pay back the investment, and a third  do well – one will have a 20-, 30-, 40-times return.