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Stability begets instability: The challenges of the post-2008 world

Stability begets instability: The challenges of the post-2008 world Most people value stability in their lives. And, this makes perfect sense. Stability usually means an adequate, secure income; an established group of friends and family members with whom we are close; an identity in our communities based on our jobs, community involvement, and personal networks; […]

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Counterintuitive: (Some) volatility is good for you, stability not so much

Counterintuitive: (Some) volatility is good for you, stability not so much With stock markets around the world plunging and commodity prices in free fall, it seems appropriate to return to a theme which I’ve taken up previously: That a certain amount of volatility is good for humans and the systems they build, and that attempts to […]

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What’s Scarce Geopolitically: Stability, Ways to Get Ahead and Innovation

What’s Scarce Geopolitically: Stability, Ways to Get Ahead and Innovation Conserving what is failing is not a path to stability. What’s in demand but scarce is valuable. This is one of those scale-invariant principles: businesses large and small want what’s scarce and in demand, because that’s what generates profits. What’s abundant but not in demand is […]

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Plenty of trouble: Feeding a climate changed world after peak oil

Plenty of trouble: Feeding a climate changed world after peak oil Nothing is more precious than balance, stability, and sustainability. Today, we’re hanging by our fingernails to a skyrocket of intense insane change, and it’s the only way of life we’ve ever known.  Joel Bourne has spent his life riding the rocket.  He grew up on […]

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QE Breeds Instability

QE Breeds Instability Central bankers have promised ad nauseum to keep rates low for long periods of time. And they have delivered. Their claim is that this helps the economy recover, but that is just a silly idea. What it does do is help create the illusion of a recovering economy. But that is mostly […]

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4 Factors Signaling Volatility Will Return With A Vengeance

4 Factors Signaling Volatility Will Return With A Vengeance Buckle up. It’s going to get bumpy. No one could have predicted the sheer scope of global monetary policy bolstering the private banking and trading system. Yet, here we were – ensconced in the seventh year of capital markets being buoyed by coordinated government and central […]

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