February 2009
15 posts
“We’re not completely in the dark. We’re working along a program that...”
– Ben Bernanke, on having a plan
“Social network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it...”
– Media Guardian
The Formula That Killed Wall Street →
The Formula That Killed Wall Street
The clinical psychologist Oliver James has his reservations. “Twittering stems from a lack of identity. It’s a constant update of who you are, what you are, where you are. Nobody would Twitter if they had a strong sense of identity.” “We are the most narcissistic age ever,” agrees Dr David Lewis, a cognitive neuropsychologist and director of research based at the University of Sussex. “Using...
Things that make you go hmmmm.
A company trying to sell products that reduce carbin dioxide emissions should not, thoughout their press material, refer to the gas as CO2.
“When you’re singing it’s like angels peeing into my ear.”
– D.
“It worked, we found Obama!”
– Malcolm Gladwell on affirmative action. Amsterdam, Jan. 30
“If markets and the public at large no longer believe that the authorities will...”
– Willem Buiter
“His suggestion to split the low risk banking business from the higher risk...”
– commenter ‘doublea’ on Taleb’s proposal to split the banking sector into a nationalised, ‘utility’ part that handles money transfers and an unregulated, private part that can take all the risk it wants but will not ever receive government bailouts
Willem Buiter: The ‘Good Bank’ Solution →
“In cold fact, a financial crisis is one of the kindest and mildest sorts of...”
– Bruno Argento
