How to inspire confidence?

How to inspire confidence?

Moving from dominance to persuasion.

How to make money buying corporate-bonds with negative yields?

How to make money buying corporate-bonds with negative yields?

If bond prices rise further, making yields even more negative, you can sell for a nominal profit. If deflation becomes established you  might make money in real terms.

How to win the modern economic wars?

How to win the modern economic wars?

Creating an oversupply of labor and capital in the other side.

Why protecting asset values doesn’t buy economic growth?

Why protecting asset values doesn’t buy economic growth?

Because productivity needs to undertake risk.

How to displace one political controversy?

How to displace one political controversy?

Creating another.

How honesty is now being called?

How honesty is now being called?

Epic miscalculation.

Why global capital doesn’t understand the extent of frustration?

Why global capital doesn’t understand the extent of frustration?

Because monetary authorities have preserved the financial system.

Why is difficult to scale in a meaningful and systematic way?

Why is difficult to scale in a meaningful and systematic way?

Because the power of established incumbents has increased.

Why is American entrepreneurship on the decline, and has been for decades?

Why is American entrepreneurship on the decline, and has been for decades?

Because the American real economy has become a “subsistence” businesses.

Why do we think everything seems knowable?

Why do we think everything seems knowable?

Because data and choices are abundantly available

What is the main business of the U.S. Government?

What is the main business of the U.S. Government?

Picking winners and losers.

Why the probe was inconclusive?

Why the probe was inconclusive?

Because the examiner had a special interest in the inconclusiveness.

How to be a formidable, resilient and cohesive American enemy?

How to be a formidable, resilient and cohesive American enemy?

Becoming an established organization.
Coordinating with foreign affiliates.
Maintaining the cohesion of the branches.
Waiting for disagreement in the American national community.

How to drive innovation and displace incumbents?

How to drive innovation and displace incumbents?

With a highly unregulated tech industry.

How much money cost to comply with the SEC?

How much money cost to comply with the SEC?

Close to $600,000 a year.

Who will win the 2016 presidential election?

Who will win the 2016 presidential election?

Mickey Mouse
Mr. Mouse has excellent name recognition and is very popular with denizens of Main Street USA

Why the U.S is becoming a complicated place?

Why the U.S is becoming a complicated place?

Because everybody demands things from government that it can’t provide, and politicians are not honest about that.

How to solve human problems?

How to solve human problems?

Being willing to pay the price of the solutions.

How to predict the future?

How to predict the future?

Agreeing about the past.

Why you cannot look at the data objectively?

Why you cannot  look at the data objectively?

Because answers to empirical questions are predicted by moral answers .

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and the President come together to pass?

What is the usual legislation that the Senate, the House and  the President come together to pass?

Grant Approvals

What is political correct?

What is political correct?

Everybody thinking in the same way.

How to make existing problems significantly worse?

How to make existing problems significantly worse?

Thinking on easy solutions.

Who is not a good leader?

Who is not a good leader?

Someone who is always trying to demonstrate that he is the smartest guy in the room.

Why did you receive the answer with an abstracted interest?

Why did you receive the answer with an abstracted interest?

Because they didn't understand your question.

How to tax the robots in order to avoid Social Security bankruptcy?

How to tax the robots in order to avoid Social Security bankruptcy?

Using deep learning (a branch of machine learning)  to fill in the Form 941 .

Why monetary stimulus no longer gives the economy a boost?

Why monetary stimulus no longer gives the economy a boost?

Because there is no window between short term liabilities and long term assets.

How much money Americans spend on bread?

How much money Americans spend on bread?

U.S. consumption of wheat products-such as breads, pastas, and pizza was 132.5 pounds per person for 2011.

Average Retail Price of Wheat is :$0.525

Total cost of U.S. consumption of wheat = 132.5x:$0.525x320=
22,260 millions.

 Drug users in the United States spend on the order of $100 billion annually on all four drugs [cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine (meth)] in 2010 dollars, according The RAND Corporation.

Why the U.S. yield curve is distorted?

Why the U.S. yield curve is distorted?

Because of negative interest rates abroad

Who are the most advanced soldiers?

Who are the most advanced soldiers?
Young hackers

What is the government agency that controls the fate of more people in the U.S.?

What is the government agency that controls the fate of more people in the U.S.?

The Food and Drug Administration.

How to be unable to make choices?

How to be unable to make choices?

Delaying decisions.

Why population that deals professionally in public policy cannot change their minds?

Why population that deals professionally in public policy cannot change their minds?

Because people with high IQs are usually prone to use their intellectual powers to convince themselves of something despite the evidence.

What is reality?

What is reality?


The result of the words we use to describe it.

Why do modern conflicts are more complex?

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Why do modern conflicts are more complex?

Because modern parameters change radically by the day.

How to make your mistakes bigger?

How to make your mistakes bigger?

Being surrounded by experts.

What does give a sense of security in a complex world?

What does give a sense of security in a complex world?
 
Control someone

How to trust politicians?

How to trust politicians?

With less predatory governments.

How to learn lessons very well?

How to learn lessons very well?

Confronting  the possibility of being under attacks on a regular basis.

What is the new politically correct definition of terrorism?

What is the new politically correct definition of terrorism?

Another theory on everyone's mind.

(Attributed to the French President)

Why is especially intense the rivalry between activist and the establishment?

Why is especially  intense the rivalry between activist and the establishment?

 

Because the new order doesn't accept outsiders.

Where currencies go?

Where currencies go?

 

Where the FED wants.

Why is Washington intractable?

Why is Washington intractable?

Because there is no a sense of grater purpose for its residents.

How many people live in the Islamic State territories?

How many people live in the Islamic State territories?

Six and a half million residents.

What is causing distress ?

What is causing distress ?

Uncertainty and complexity.

Why do small concessions generally lead to greater concessions?

Why do small concessions generally lead to greater concessions?

Because the receptor of the small concession knows that nothing is so morally flexible as a concession giver desperate to avoid tough choices.

How much money the average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns?

How much money the average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns?

 The average person 65 and older in the U.S. earns 77% of the income of the average citizen, up from 69% in 2008.

How to make a problem appear to be smaller than it really is?

How to make a problem appear to be smaller than it really is?

Rotating it.

How the U.S. is redistributing income within the family?

How the U.S. is redistributing income within the family?

 Shielding perks for well-off pensioners while reducing payments for those of working age.

What does it always suggest the least imperfect solution in human affairs?

What does it always suggest the least imperfect solution in human affairs?

History.