Category Archives: Politics

Five charts to help you understand Italy’s election

Posted on March 2, 2018 by macromon

Italy is going to the polls on Sunday, March 4. Here we look at the data behind the key election issues.… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/01/fi…

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[Dangerous] Tweet of the Day

Posted on March 2, 2018 by macromon

Yikes!  Buckle up, folks. When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with … Continue reading →

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POTD: DoJ Flipping Off The President?

Posted on February 28, 2018 by macromon

It is heating up, folks.  Keep it on your radar. Scoop: Besieged Sessions dines with Rosenstein If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books. Tonight … Continue reading →

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Why Arming Teachers Is A Really Dumb Idea (In Pictures)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by macromon

Sometimes you need a crayon to illustrate a simple point.  We will use pictures. Where is your market? And one reason why we have this: Looks like the useful idiots in Washington are still taking their dumb-dumb pills.   Queen Victoria

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Jumping On The Comeback Karl Train

Posted on February 24, 2018 by macromon

Wow!  Seeing more of Karl since our post:  Karl, The Comeback Kid? Bloomberg just retweeted this: Maybe Karl Marx was right https://t.co/BtT0SDPRrY pic.twitter.com/AWMtw4UIYJ — Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) September 26, 2017  

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The Coming “Socialist Wave” – NRA

Posted on February 22, 2018 by macromon

You heard it here first, comrades! On Tuesday night we posted, Karl, The Comeback Kid? We intended to point out  what may be coming over the next decade as job-destroying automation through artificial intelligence and robotics accelerates and drives the … Continue reading →

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Karl, The Comeback Kid?

Posted on February 20, 2018 by macromon

Why do we think the world is about to see the resurrection of the “comrade culture club” over the next ten years? Make no mistake; there will be a visceral political reaction to the coming acceleration of  labor disrupting technology.  … Continue reading →

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When Algos Go Rogue

Posted on February 16, 2018 by macromon

No political statement here but the following decision tree illustrates how algorithms can be biased. Note decision trees are a fundamental tool of artificial intelligence, algorithms and predictive analytics and their biases can destroy lives and even countries.     … Continue reading →

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German coalition agreement: AI program shows bias

Posted on February 14, 2018 by macromon

Wow,  the robots are even coming for the political scientists. Researchers used artificial intelligence to compare the manifestos of the German parties with the coalition agreement. And it showed that 70 percent of the content referred to the SPD manifesto … Continue reading →

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Ugly Politics Puts U.S. Bull Market At Risk

Posted on January 29, 2018 by macromon

We often post political analysis but rarely stray into the crocodile-infested swamp of partisan politics. It is our duty to our readers from across a broad political spectrum to stay true to our mission to provide, mostly, positive economic, financial, … Continue reading →

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