Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed

Readings: Drought, Commuters, Resources, China, Google Finance, Canada, etc.

2010/08/24
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Readings: Drought, Commuters, Resources, China, Google Finance, Canada, etc.

An epidemiological view of worldwide spreading of economic crisis (Source) Global Commuter Pain Study Reveals Traffic Crisis in Key International Cities (Source) Mapping entrepreneurial density around U.S. (Source) How Mobile Devices Cou...
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Do-Gooders are Splitters

2010/08/23
By pk
Do-Gooders are Splitters

REG: Listen. If you really wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans. BRIAN: I do! REG: Oh, yeah? How much? BRIAN: A lot! REG: Right. You're in....
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[T] Readings: Vancouver Real Estate, Mobility, Me, California Dollars, and Nadal

2010/08/23
By pk
[T] Readings: Vancouver Real Estate, Mobility, Me, California Dollars, and Nadal

The effect on innovation of high real estate prices in Vancouver (Source) Vancouver real estate speculators, immigrants and crooks: Are they just scapegoats? (Source) The Mobility Myth (Source) City Thinking is Stuck in the 90s (Source) ...
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[T] Top 10 VCs of 2009/2010 By Deals Done

2010/08/23
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[T] Top 10 VCs of 2009/2010 By Deals Done

From CB Insights, the top 10 VCs of 2009/2010 in terms of number of deals done: More here.
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Cars? Yeah, I Remember Those

2010/08/23
By pk
Cars? Yeah, I Remember Those

Bill at CR has the latest rolling (no pun intended) vehicle miles data for the U.S. While v-ms are headed back up, we're below peak. Apparently Americans are still unsure about those whole "car" thingies.
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[T] The Trouble with "FY" Money: You Don’t Know What It Really Is

2010/08/23
By pk
[T] The Trouble with "FY" Money: You Don’t Know What It Really Is

Most people trying to come up with "fuck you" money don't do the maths very well. They think they need less, can get higher rates, and won't need to account for inflation. They're wrong, wrong, and wrong. Lots more here, including a handy-d...
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[T] Paying for College — The Rich Are Different

2010/08/23
By pk
[T] Paying for College — The Rich Are Different

From the NYT, how families pay for college: the rich are different.
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[T] Tibet Traffic Jam Enters Ninth Day

2010/08/23
By pk
[T] Tibet Traffic Jam Enters Ninth Day

Astonishing: Traffic authorities were still struggling to cope with days-long congestion on a major national expressway, nine days after traffic slowed to a snail's pace, and nearby residents are profiting on the latest traffic snarl by overchargin...
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Wall Street’s "Apocalypse Insurance" is Bad Bet

2010/08/23
By pk
Wall Street’s "Apocalypse Insurance" is Bad Bet

Good John Kemp piece at Reuters on Wall Street's latest ardor: apocalypse insurance. The premium are great for Wall Street, but the payoffs & prices are crummy for you. Investment strategies designed to benefit from tail risks are fast becoming...
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Readings: Ratings, Lions, Gas, Japan, Employment, Patents, Vegetables, etc.

2010/08/23
By pk
Readings: Ratings, Lions, Gas, Japan, Employment, Patents, Vegetables, etc.

Who’s Afraid Of The Ratings Agencies? (Source) Lion populations plummet in Uganda's parks (Source) We've gone into the ecological red (Source) Nobody ? gasoline (Source) Cape Sata: The southernmost ruins (Source) ...
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