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

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?

How does the federal government encourage the wrong behavior?

 

Subsidizing it.

When can you reach everything?

When can you reach everything?

After several failed attempts.

What is the most powerful lobby against everything?

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

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.

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.

How to fix situations?

 How to fix situations?

 

Assigning responsibilities to the individuals involved.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Where is the intersection of poverty and insecurity?

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

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

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.

What qualities people recognize easily ?

What qualities people recognize easily ?

Presence, experience and leadership.

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.

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

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

What technology cannot teach or substitute ?

Character skills.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Who really controls the levers of power?

Who really controls the levers of power?

The popular fear of the global elites

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.

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

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

200 pounds

How to solve a problem ?

How to solve a problem ?

Adding a new one.

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.

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.

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.

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%

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

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.

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%