Why American exceptionalism is gone?

Why American exceptionalism is gone?

Because technology has destroyed egalitarianism

How much cost a campaign manager for a presidential bid in the U.S.?

How much cost a campaign manager for a presidential bid in the U.S.?

 

$240,000 a year

How to go to the bottom?

How to go to the bottom?
Dropping out of  the most basic institutions of American civic culture,  work and marriage.

What is the permanent political promise in the U.S.?

What is the permanent political promise in the U.S.?

 

The promise of a near-biblical restoration.

What technology is creating?

What technology is creating?
　
A new upper class , a new lower class, and nothing in between.

How to get, as a citizen of the United States, a gift beyond the wildest limits of your imagination?

How to get, as a citizen of the United States, a gift beyond the wildest limits of your imagination?

Receiving a new constitutional right to vote on the Supreme Court nominees.

Why there is no shortage of things to worry about it?

Why there is no shortage of things to worry about it?

Because technology has removed time and distance from the equation.

Why the how question never comes up anymore?

Why the how question never comes up anymore?

Because no one expects an answer.

How much oil prices have gone down?

How much oil prices have gone down?

75% in 18 months

How many top-secret-cleared private contract personnel are in the U.S.?

How many  top-secret-cleared private contract personnel are in the U.S.?

 

854,000 ,  a number greater than that of top-secret-cleared civilian employees of the government.

Where is the difference between banks or insurance companies and individual savers?

Where is the difference between banks or insurance companies and
individual savers?
Where they park their money.

What is evidence-based meritocracy?

What is evidence-based meritocracy?
A deceitfulness for outsiders.

What is the single best predictor of economic activity within one year?

What is the single  best predictor of economic activity within one year?

Credit spread

How to create an oversupply of labor and capital?

How to create an oversupply of labor and capital?

 

Dumping commodity prices.

What is the main characteristic of Machiavellianism?

What is the main characteristic of Machiavellianism?

 

Manipulative calculation of emotions.

How many assistants has the United States National Security Council?

How many assistants has the United States National Security Council?

 

28

Who support efforts to submit the minimum-wage increase to voters?

Who support efforts to submit the minimum-wage increase to voters?

People with a very low risk of  being long-term unemployed .

How to see a lot of change?

How to see a lot of change?

 

Being old

 

 

 

 

Why American people cannot make a systematic analysis of the problem?

Why American people cannot make a systematic analysis of the problem?

Because who run the show nowadays have high technical knowledge.

Who will be a good president of the United States of America?

Who will be a good president of the United States of America?

A president who has no idea what the hell he'll be doing.

Why you can't do it with taxes?

Why you can't do it with taxes?

Because your currency is a reserve currency.

How to get more power?

How to get more power?

 

Getting along with people you hate.

How big is the U.S. junk-bond market?

How big is the U.S. junk-bond market?

 

$1.3 trillion , energy junk bonds more than $200 billion

How to solve the problem of things being too complex?

How to solve the problem of things being too complex?

 

Changing suddenly human behavior.

How many financial institutions are in the annual "stress test" administered by the Fed?

How many financial institutions are in the annual "stress test" administered by the Fed?

　

31 financial institutions.

How to test a hypothesis?

How to test a hypothesis?

 

With data of the largest reinsurers.

What percentage of the world's population lives in a country other than they were born?

What percentage of the world's population lives in a country other than they were born?

More than 3% according the United Nations.

What is the difference between the U.S. government debt and the household debt?

What is the difference between the U.S. government debt and the household debt?

　

 

U.S. government debt was equal to 101% of gross domestic product in last year’s third quarter.

 

Household debt levels as of last year’s third quarter equaled 103% of income.

How to manipulate the key genes controlling the immune response?

How to manipulate the key genes controlling the immune response?

 

With the  ability of antisense DNA based oligonucleotides (asDNA), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or CRISPR to control the expression of specific genes.

Why does fixed-income trading decline?

Why does fixed-income trading decline?

Because new regulations on bank capital and risk taking

Why intellectuals hate populism?

Why intellectuals hate populism?

Because intellectuals are the speechwriters of the status quo.

How to reach a deal?

How to reach a deal?

 

Keeping tension.

 

Rising fear.

 

Opening doors.

 

Boosting business.

 

Influencing behaviors.

How to identified key sources of additional profit?

How to identified  key sources of additional profit?

Underwriting debt for hostile bids.

What comes after fanaticism?

What comes after fanaticism?

Nihilistic violence.

What is necessary in order to hold hostages and release them in return for concessions?

What is necessary in order to hold hostages and release them in return for concessions?

 

Timing visualization.

How to keep something inefficient running?

How to keep something inefficient running?

Attacking problems that doesn't exist.

How to exploit a broken and arbitrary system to your own’s political advantage?

How to exploit a broken and arbitrary system to your own’s political advantage?
　
Hiding the distincton between what is functioning and what doesn't work.

What is the similarity between legitimate criticisms and sensible alternatives proposals?

What is the similarity between legitimate criticisms and sensible alternatives proposals?
The unwillingness to do things.

Who dictates to voters?

Who dictates to voters?
The donor-fundraiser class

What creates the similarity between extreme antibusiness populism and extreme antigovernment populism?

What creates the similarity between extreme antibusiness populism and extreme antigovernment populism?

 

Government policy.

How do politicians speak to anger?

How do politicians speak to anger?

In a visceral way

How the U.S. is dealing with the education problem?

How the U.S. is dealing with the education problem?

Offering large numbers of low-wage jobs that don’t offer the promise of upward mobility.

How many people in the U.S, and worldwide are affected by a mental disorder?

How many people in the U.S, and worldwide are affected by a mental disorder?

　

According to statistics compiled by the World Health Organization, about 500 million people worldwide (7%) are affected by a mental disorder.

According to a rigorous health survey conducted by the CDC (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) in 2004, an estimated 25 percent of adults in the U.S. reported having a mental illness in the previous year.

How many medicines are in he Alzheimer's FDA approval pipeline today?

How many medicines are in he Alzheimer's FDA  approval  pipeline today?

93 medicines

Why does the impact of a weak currency on trade has diminished?

Why does the impact of a weak currency  on trade has diminished?

 

Because what manufacturers export now incorporate a lot more imports needed to make those exported goods

How to gets rich nowadays?

How to gets rich nowadays?

 

Not by creating wealth, certainly. 

Who believes that free-speech is a quaint obstacle?

Who believes that free-speech is a quaint obstacle?
 
People who believe that ideas with which they disagree don’t deserve to be heard.

How to join the bottom 20 percent of Americans?

How to join the bottom 20 percent of Americans?

 

Making less than $21,432.

Why the system is becoming a dystopia ?

Why  the system is becoming a dystopia ?

Because it is trying to place everybody as a  part of a cake in which if someone wants more other has less.

How to make reality irrational beliefs?

How to make reality irrational beliefs?

Keeping a constant level of intensity.