Corruptisima republica plurimae leges. [The more corrupt a republic, the more laws.] Tacitus, Annals III 27

Best places to live

The World’s Best Places to Live 2008 – BusinessWeek The World’s Best Places to Live 2008Mercer Consulting’s annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28

Never too late to start a business

Edgelings.com » Starting a Business: It’s Never Too Late Economic downturns, like the one we are in right now, are the very best times to start new companies. The competition is distracted, talent is readily available, and you’re not doing anything anyway.

Will survivalist have the last word?

Massive Economic Disaster Seems Possible — Will Survivalists Get the Last Laugh? | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet America in 2008 has become a cartoon culture of Hollywood violence that promotes grandiose power fantasies of hyper-individualism and vigilante justice. Add guns and economic hardship, and spice it up with ethnic grievances, and the recipe [...]

Triumph of the idiots

Abstract Generator Factory: Triumph of the Idiots Intelligent people get squeezed out of organisations, given time. For some reason the combination of intelligence and ladder-climbing almost never co-exists. Senior executives of large companies often get described as being intelligent, but this is just mistaking outward signs of achievement with intelligence. Anyone can make money in [...]

Policing and injections: last privacy barriers falling fast

I-Team: Injection Used To Subdue Prisoners – Nashville News Story – WSMV Nashville The city’s policy to use the method, which calls for the injection of a drug into a person, came as a “total surprise” to people most would expect to know all about it. For almost two years, Metro police have had the [...]

Tipping point

There is a moment when the average person becomes aware that something is wrong, even if they don’t understand what exactly is going on. In that moment, they go to the bank and withdraw large amounts of money, which makes things even worse, making the whole situation a self-fulfilling prophecy. This tipping point -with images [...]

World’s fastest growing companies 2008

Global 500 2008: Top Performers – Fastest Growing Companies – Profits (1 year) Top companies: Fastest growing

The Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History

This Stock Taps Into the Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History When you look at it from that perspective, it doesn’t make much sense as an investor to focus on companies that are trying to tap into UK or European economic growth. What we’re seeing right now is probably the biggest and fastest transfer of [...]

Ignorance

“The ultimate ignorance is the rejection of something you know nothing about and refuse to investigate”Dr Wayne Dyer