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Croatia’s Crime Problem

Jeffrey T. Kuhner, who wrote this piece, is clearly not smart enough to differentiate crime from communism, which leads to a really weird intro and a lot of ranting. Despite this, there’s some nice snippets that apply to a variety … Continue reading

13. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Whitewashing Lehman

According to the paper, Securities and Exchange Commission officials have begun to doubt they can prove that Lehman broke U.S. laws by moving nearly $50 billion in assets off its balance sheet to make it appear that the securities firm … Continue reading

13. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Twitter Has An Expectations Problem

Winer Twitter’s announcement today. (Basically killing all client software.) You know, Twitter could be a great business. One that is building out a larger and larger user base, inventing cool technology to support it, and selling the data to a … Continue reading

11. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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Japanese Earthquake Expectations

From a Google Translated version of  study. Y = timeline. X = % of the 1,000 survey participants. Top = Intensity of the expected quake. This was conducted in 2007. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

11. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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The Rise of the Corporate State

In order to preserve the portfolios of bondholders, Michigan is ramrodding this legislation: The new law would allow emergency managers to terminate labor contracts, strip local ordinances, hold millage elections, dissolve a government with the governor’s approval, and merge school … Continue reading

10. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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