Unprecedented Fraud, Toothless Watchdogs
“Why there hasn’t been more robust prosecution is a mystery.” -Raymond Brescia, visiting professor, Yale Law School...
Two Record-Breaking Black Hole Behemoths Spotted
˜˜˜ 3 Questions: Black Holes Source: Two Record-Breaking Black Hole Behemoths Spotted Discovery News, December 2011
Current Events Summarized In Brilliant Art
The Fed and the big banks (Background): Painting by Billy Walsh: www.HeckleSketch.com Our politicians (Background): Painting by Anthony...
Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas
Lots of good feedback for our first few lists (Holiday Shopping Ideas! and Holiday Gifts for Traders and More Holiday Shopping Ideas!)....
What Makes a Donor Donate? A New Marketplace Podcast
freakonomics_mppodcast112911 Source: What Makes a Donor Donate? A New Marketplace Podcast Freakonomics, November 2011
10 Thursday PM Reads
Afternoon train reading: • Economic Growth Revised Lower for 3rd Quarter (WSJ) • How Luther went viral (Economist) • Corzine...
Louis CK: I am giving away half $1M Dollars from live show
This is pretty cool: Louis C. K. announced he was giving away the lion’s share of the proceeds from his online only event, Live...
Top 10 Countries for Solar Energy
Well, today is December 22nd. It is, in the Northern hemisphere, the shortest day of the year. A perfect time to think about Solar...
What Really Caused The Eurozone Crisis?
Great graphic of the EU crisis via the Beeb: > Click thru for enlarged version with full text: Source: What really caused the eurozone...