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On Disrupting Wall Street

Chris has a good point early in his post on the topic: current “disruptive” innovation amounts to nothing more than a new UI for Wall Street – Mint, Square, Paypal, etc. The rest of his post, however, assumes that individuals/groups … Continue reading

24. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Illicit Economy Underpinning Banksters

Wow. Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations’ drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs … Continue reading

13. December 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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GS Still Has A Seat At the Trough

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner picked a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as a top aide Tuesday, the same day he announced rules aimed at reducing the role of lobbyists in agency decisions. Mark Patterson will serve as Geithner’s chief of staff … Continue reading

28. January 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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Heritage is Hilarious

Heritage’s James Sherk fulfills his hack duty: Congress should not tax all Americans to bailout the Detroit automakers in order to preserve high earnings for a few. Laughable when they were very pro-Wall Street’s bailout. Apparently there’s no logic over … Continue reading

09. December 2008 by Shlok Vaidya
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China’s Growth Accelerating?

Newsweek – Bizarre claim: For some countries, the current economic crisis could actually accelerate the process. For the past two decades, for example, China has grown at approximately 9 percent a year and the United States at 3 percent. For … Continue reading

04. December 2008 by Shlok Vaidya
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