Category Archives: General Interest

Nobel Prize in Economics

Posted on October 15, 2012 by macromon

Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on matching supply and demand for everything from single men and women to organ donors and their recipients… Shapley, 89, designed theoretical … Continue reading →

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The Next Stimulus: More Holidays?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by macromon

Interesting take from Fareed that holidays can generate more consumer spending and the U.S. takes the least amount of holidays among the global community. This brings up an interesting story about how FDR,  in 1939,  changed the Thanksgiving holiday from … Continue reading →

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Oktoberfest: The Relative Cost of a Beer

Posted on October 1, 2012 by macromon

Good stuff suds from the Economist, ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, the beer started flowing at Oktoberfest in Munich, an annual Bavarian beer festival which confusingly begins at the end of September. Last year, over the course of the 16-day event, visitors … Continue reading →

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Weekend At the Movies: Lincoln

Posted on September 28, 2012 by macromon

Wow!  This looks good. Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd.   To be released in November. (click here if video is not observable)

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TedTalks: What is the Internet, really?

Posted on September 21, 2012 by macromon

When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it — the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical … Continue reading →

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Rogue Trader Could Have Taken Down UBS

Posted on September 14, 2012 by macromon

Euronews.com reports, The prosecutor in the trial of UBS trader Kweku Adoboli has accused him of “naked gambling” with reckless, unauthorised investments that could have destroyed Switzerland’s biggest bank. (click here if video is not observable)

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Must See Movies

Posted on August 10, 2012 by macromon

We’re definitely checking this out over the weekend. (click here if video is not observable)

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The Einstein of Money

Posted on August 8, 2012 by macromon

Roger Lowenstein  has a nice review in the WSJ of Joe Carlen’s latest book,  The Einstein of Money,  about the life and times of the great value investor, Benjamin Graham.    Mr. Graham’s youngest son is a friend of this … Continue reading →

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The Times They Are a-Changin’

Posted on August 7, 2012 by macromon

One in five people reach for their phone as a 21st Century replacement for the post-coital cigarette, according to a recent report from mobile security company LookOut. It’s just one more extreme example of how the smartphone has become a … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Cycles and the History of Financial Bubbles

Posted on July 21, 2012 by macromon

Are we on the verge of a “Golden Age of Global Sustainability”?   Interesting thesis ala Kondratieff waves by the neo-Schumpeterian,  Carlota Perez-Perez.   Have a Listen. (click here if video is not observable)

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