How to ask the difficult questions?

How to ask the difficult questions?

Looking for someone around you.

When does the decline of something begin?

When does the decline of something begin?

It is when the identity is sought in the past.

How to showcase an alternative to divisive and polarized issues?

How to showcase an alternative to divisive and polarized issues?

Assuming precariousness and contingency.

Why the social and economic gap will be bigger in the U.S.?

Why the social and economic gap will be bigger in the U.S.?

Because births are only rising among women who are older, educated, married and more prosperous.

When you should resign?

When you should resign?

When your judgment,capacity and temperament harm your reputation.

Why young adults have expressed a greater fear of failure than older generations?

Why young adults have expressed a greater fear of failure than older generations?

Because they belong to a Failed Generation.

Why smart strategic moves or unforced errors cannot change the balance of power?

Why smart strategic moves or unforced errors cannot change the balance of power?

Because factors that have spooked America are unlikely to be resolved in the foreseeable future.

Which are the fourth and fifth branch of government in the U.S.?

 Which are the fourth and fifth branch of government in the U.S.?

The Supreme Court and the Federal Agencies.

What is the best sustainable business model in the U.S.?

What is the best sustainable business model in the U.S.?

The business model that depends on the kindness of politicians.

How to make every American dependent on government?

How to make every American dependent on government?

Increasing debt, expanding entitlements and soaking millionaires.

How to fix a dysfunctional culture?

How to fix a dysfunctional culture?

With data and choices.

What is killing the idea of merit in America?

What is killing the idea of merit in America?

The belief that goals are unobtainable due to a rigged system.

How to forecast an economic crisis?

How to forecast an economic crisis?

Following the matching of fast money with illiquid assets.

What do you have to do if you don't want to make history in politics?

What do you have to do if you don't want to make history in politics?

Tell the truth .

How to improve public education?

How to improve public education?

Ending funded defined-benefit pensions.

When does the heart of the bureaucracy stop being apolitical?

When does the heart of the bureaucracy stop being apolitical?

When their special interests are under attack.

What is the only way you might understand something?

What is the only way you might understand something?

 Having some experience of it.

How America earns the love of its citizens?

How America earns the love of its citizens?

Taking seriously their happiness.

How to destroy unity?

How to destroy unity?

Developing structural contradictions.

Why is the competitive advantage stronger than ever?

Why is the competitive advantage stronger than ever?

Because the incumbents have become more powerful in almost every sector.

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 .