How Will Hackers Help Build A Libertarian 21st Century?
February 27, 2015 By: Marco Ricca The debate is raging: what will we make of the information age? Are we moving towards a technological dystopia, whereby Big Brother monitors and regulates our every action and thought? Or, conversely, does the digital revolution contain the promise of a renewed era of liberty? The former view definitely […]
$1 Billion International Bank Heist
February 23, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I found it a little hard to believe when I first heard of it, but indeed there was a global bank heist of approximately $1 BILLION that was recently uncovered. By “global” we’re talking 30 countries and about 100 banks. And yes, it was “uncovered” because unlike regular […]
Walls Going Up… and Closing in
February 16, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The tax code is like a growing zit. It’s painful and I want so desperately to pop it. There are nearly 74,000 pages in that code. And code it is, because you need attorneys, CPAs, and computer algorithms to decipher it. Ever hear the old adage, “Ignorance of […]
China Passes U.S. … AGAIN!
February 2, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher About three and a half months ago, I wrote of China’s economic rise to prominence (China v the U.S. = Strategy v Tragedy). Sadly, the only real claims the U.S. had in its own defense was that China did not overtake the U.S. in RAW GDP, and the […]
Free Stuff!
January 26, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Reading some of the recaps of the State of the Union Address from President Obama, I felt like I missed a very benevolent episode of Oprah! I could just picture him pointing at members of the listening audience shouting, “YOU get a free ride through college! YOU get […]
The Swiss Surprise
January 19, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher So an interesting headline crossed my path the other day: “Swiss National Bank unexpectedly scrapped its three-year policy of capping the Swiss franc against the euro.” The move shocked many in the EU, especially many Swiss exporters. The Swiss Frac soared, while business stocks were sent in the […]
What Do Record Profits for U.S. Treasury Mean?
January 12, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Well, this week, the news came to me! I usually have to root around the financial corners of the internet to find something to write about, but this one just dropped in my lap. I was scrolling through Facebook, and this one self-proclaimed liberal Democrat posts this article […]
Developing Plots Around the World
January 5, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Happy New Year! Have you ever seen the movie Pulp Fiction? One of the notable features of that film was how it started off following various unrelated events and characters, but as the movie continued, it shows how those characters and events would culminate into one plot. This […]
2015 Prognosis
December 29, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher What a year! This is my last installment for the year 2014. The next time you see my writing, it will be 2015. Without question, the United States has lost its economic luster, but so have parts of the EU and Asia. Yet, there are countries who have […]
What Do Such Low Gas Prices Mean?
December 22, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Russian Hooker Index, which had to do with the increasing cost of living in Russia. Meanwhile, however, the US is enjoying some very low gas prices. I am NOT complaining about the prices one bit! (Just wanted to be […]
