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Reflections on “Sonic Boom” by Greg Easterbrook

Commentary on Sonic Boom by Gregg Easterbrook His reasons for believing that an explosion in globalization is coming: ease of communication freedom of speech and democracy markets tend to consumer demand rising education levels chip-based electronics equality of women reduced military spending and interlinked nations My concerns after reading his introduction:  will he be addressing […]

The power of math and clueless Ben

Image via Wikipedia John Allison, who for two decades served as chairman and CEO of BB&T, the nation’s 10th largest bank, told CNSNews.com it is a “mathematical certainty” that the United States government will go bankrupt unless it dramatically changes its fiscal direction. Allison likened what he sees as the predictable future bankruptcy of the United States […]

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