Monday, May 28, 2012

A Dive Into the Digital Deep, The Wall Street Journal

If the Internet is a global phenomenon, it is because there are tubes at the bottom of the ocean. A look at the undersea cables that connect us.


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What Workers Lose By Staying Put, The Wall Street Journal

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Standing Firm Against the E-Tide, The Wall Street Journal

As E books and the E book readers begin to take over, Strand, the historic book store in New York City looks to keep itself relevant against the rising competition.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

How Women Can Get Ahead: Advice From Female CEOs, The Wall Street Journal

Some advice from several of the world's most successful businesswomen.

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What the Chinese Want, The Wall Street Journal

Interesting insight into what trends we can expect from chinese consumers moving forward.

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Could We Trust Killer Robots? The Wall Street Journal

Unmanned drones will play an increasingly important role in the future. This article discusses the future of these advanced aerial weapons.

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One on one with Hillary Rodham Clinton, USATODAY

The U.S. top Diplomat speaks about her travels and time as the Secretary of State.

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Tuesday Never Comes - Bill Gross on Credit, PIMCO

This excellent article written by famous mutual fund manager Bill Gross discusses the incredible effect expanding credit has had on economic growth. In his words, "the global economy is floating on an ocean of credit."

You can find the article here on the PIMCO website

"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem, YouTube

This is an extremely clever video with two guys rapping about the theories of the great economic thinkers, Keynes and Hayek.

You can find the video here on the YouTube website

Thursday, May 3, 2012

14 Lessons from Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want in Life, Business Insider

For anyone who has never learned about the details of Benjamin Franklin's life, I highly recommend doing so. His name appears in many places for the successes of the many different things he did in his life. He was an inventor, writer, printer, statesman,  and did many other things including helping to write the U.S. Constitution. This article gives 14 pieces of advice written by Franklin. Although this wisdom is over 200 years old, it still hold true today.

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A talent shortage looms as the industry booms, Investment News

According to the article, demand for financial advising is set to increase with the onset of retirement of the baby boomer generation (I am wondering why people think they do not need financial advice or planing before retirement). This demand, they say has led to a major talent shortage in younger financial advisors needed to replace their elder coworkers in the near future.

You can find the article here on the Investment News website

Developing Countries Are Revolutionizing Mobile Banking, Harvard Business Review

This article takes an interesting perspective by discussing the new technology in the pipeline that is revolutionizing mobile banking in developing countries where significant numbers of people have traditionally been "underbanked."

You can find the article here on the Harvard Business Review website

Monday, April 30, 2012

Life after Firefox: Can Mozilla regain its mojo? BBC News

Mozilla's Firefox internet browser has taken off since 2002 when internet users first began using it as an alternative to Microsoft's standard Internet Explorer browser. In the beginning, using Firefox became a way tech users could signal their computer savvy. Firefox remains an extremely popular internet browser with users around the globe who claim allegiance to its user friendly design. However, tt has a serious long term problem in the form of Google. 85 percent of Mozilla's income comes from the money Google pays them to make Google.com the automatic home page and search bar. With the rising popularity of the Google Chrome browser, it is not clear that Google will want to continue their payments to Mozilla raising questions about the company's long term financial stability.

You can find the article here on the BBC News website

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Millennials struggle with financial literacy, USA TODAY

Changes in our culture and a severe lack in economics and financial education in the secondary school system have created a generation (the Millennials) who are less financially aware than past generations. This seems to me to be an ominous sign as smart financial decisions are what leads to wealth building and long term societal growth in the economy.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

How Much Money You Need To Realistically Recreate The Scrooge McDuck ‘Gold Coin Swim’, The Billfold

A humorous article that quantifies how much money it would take to create a gold coin mountain like the one seen in the mansion of Scrooge McDuck.

You can find the article here on The Billfold website

Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Best Statistics of Developing Nations, TED Talks

A great video by Hans Rosling discussing the context around our data we measure for developing countries.

You can find the video here on the TED Talks website

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Whose Capitalism is it Anyway? Harvard Business Review

A great article on how we define capitalism.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Be Proud of Your Accomplishments, Not Your Affiliations, Harvard Business Review

Ask someone to talk about their accomplishments or career and many people follow the trend of stating their university degrees, company experience, and professional affiliations. The author of this article argues that people should focus on their own contributions rather than affiliations when they talk about themselves. It allows someone to show their own skills rather than add themselves to the category of "just another banker, or ivy league student, or consultant."

You can find the article here on the Harvard Business Review website