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- Sun May 31, 2009 7:18 am
- Forum: Finance and Investments
- Topic: An explanation of the financial crisis
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12963
Re: An explanation of the financial crisis
I think the confusion is due to discussion of two different things, the cause of the current financial crisis, and the two root problems all societies have faced for the last several thousand years. There are two problems every group faces, the problem of the bell curve and the problem of compound i...
- Fri May 29, 2009 1:09 am
- Forum: Finance and Investments
- Topic: Inflation, deflation, gold and currencies
- Replies: 768
- Views: 414489
Re: Inflation, deflation, gold and currencies
Ok, there's a lesson for me, don't type 2500 words into a web browser without saving them elsewhere first. Sigh. Ok, I’m going for a redo! A lot of people, here and elsewhere, get confused over the meaning of inflation and deflation. The government uses a “market basket” approach to measure inflatio...
- Sat May 23, 2009 1:27 pm
- Forum: Dialectical Historical Materialism meets Generational Dynamics
- Topic: Dialectics of Science and the Singularity
- Replies: 43
- Views: 176780
Re: Dialectics of Science and the Singularity
I have to doubt that solar will advance to the extent of shutting down most conventional electric production, due to storage and problems with load balance. If it did, then vanadium would be through the roof, so if you think this will happen, buy vanadium futures. Vanadium is the only substance I kn...