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Month: May 2015

Voice Recognition Elevator

We will be launching Socrates shortly. It will be able to speak over the net, but trying to get the speech recognition through the net is the big problem. We will...

Math Problem Solved – Child Uses Natural Political Logic

This is how a child solved a math problem. Clearly, this is a gifted child who could rise rapidly to lead some nation somewhere. We just have to figure out...

A Joke from Poland

A joke in Poland illustrating their distrust of government: A dog walker takes three dogs for a walk. The American dog tells the Russian and Polish dogs how great...

Shotgun Wedding v Bailouts

QUESTION: Hello Martin, Did banks receive government bailouts prior to Glass-Stegal being repealed? If so, if they are forced to return to relationship banking, why...

Amsterdam to Show the Film Again Tomorrow

The reaction in Europe to the film has been overwhelming, for audiences are more aware that we are facing a serious economic problem. In America, they are trying to...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death – Mistake?

  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death, such a penalty is clearly not the worst fate – that would be life imprisonment. Death is easy. Many who are...

Warsaw

There will be two more showings of “The Forecaster”. I will appear two more times for discussions and Q&A. I was totally surprised that people were...

So What Can We Do?

This Sovereign Debt Crisis is the nature of the beast we face. Understanding that crisis is half the battle, for after the business cycle turns, there will be a lot...

The Coming Crash of All Crashes – but in Debt

Why are governments rushing to eliminate cash? During previous recoveries following the recessionary declines from the peaks in the Economic Confidence Model, the...

Comment From a Banker in Asia

COMMENT: The distinction between relationship and transactional is so compelling and explains my own puzzlement in dealing with ‘relationship’...