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The JOBS Act and unintended consequences
So key components of the JOBS Act look more and more like a dog by the day. Continue Reading
Showdown in Spain
Fact: a lot of the most famous American westerns were actually filmed in Spain, in the Tabernas desert region. How fitting, then that Spain is now the site of the ultimate showdown. Continue Reading
EUR regrets
The euro’s future is uncertain, to put it mildly. So I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at some of the thoughts committed to paper (or at least, to the interwebs) at the time of its hopeful birth (1/1/99). Best to do this before they get Soros-cized. Continue Reading
Funny Money: 6/1/12
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- “We should’ve at least got to keep the money.”
- After all, who doesn’t like money?
- Meanwhile, in Russia….
- No returns or exchanges
- Crowdsourcing 101
- This Dutch company has the answer to problems in the eurozone
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Things that are more important than Facebook, part III
Facebook is hitting new intra-day lows as I write this. And again I ask, “who cares?” I don’t mean to be unsympathetic, but I’m going to assume that anyone who bought into in Zuckerberg’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose coming out party has only done so with money they can afford to lose. If not then I would suggest that they read this and this.
I’ve already written about two massive economic developments that are far more important: the euro’s near-death experience and the U.S. fiscal cliff. Here’s one more: the BRICs are over.
