Japanese government debt | Lenz Blog
Update: I recall Kyle Bass’s words: “Japan spends 50% of its tax revenues today on debt service today, of which half is interest… if interest rates move… 2%, their debt service will exceed their revenue.” Prof. Lenz writes that there’s really nothing to worry about: Japan Times reports that the sum of central and local government [...]
Tragedy of the Euro
How young he is! Philipp Bagus has written an excellent and interesting history of the Euro, which you can buy on the Ludwig von Mises Institute website or download for free from the same site. Read a summary of the interview on the GoldMoney site here. Here’s an excerpt: In this video Philipp Bagus, Assistant [...]
Feast for the eyes. Because life moves pretty fast
News of a different sort today, because I’m tired of the barrage of yapping about the various crises – the banking crisis, the Euro crisis, the nuclear crisis, etc.,… Long ago Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.” He could have said, “Crises you will [...]
Reddit Users save a life, maybe
From How the World Works. A friend of mine is due for a bone-marrow transplant, so I was interested in this story. I wonder what the rules are in the UK for compensating bone-marrow donors? I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s $5 guides to Getting Everything Done with Evernote [...]
Great story – the bank robbery
Mouse-tip to Lenz Blog. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s $5 guides to Getting Everything Done with Evernote and Springpad, and DocumentSnap Solutions’ Paperless Document Organization Guides. Be sure to try DocumentSnap’s free email course on going paperless first before buying his products. Sign up for it on his [...]
Music, rhythm, joy, spontaneity, life
Take a look at this amazing movie (see the trailer below). I saw the movie this afternoon. It was followed by a live performance by the boy himself, Takeo. Both were brilliant. The movie is in Japanese with no subtitles, so for those who don’t understand Japanese, here’s a brief summary. Takeo is now about [...]
OWS and Capitalism – who are the real bad guys?
Saying “it’s not capitalism that’s the problem, it’s CRONY capitalism” is, how shall I put it, weak! Who is going to take the time and trouble to make the distinction? Plus the fact that capitalism is used in both phrases means that capitalism still gets tarred with the same brush. I recommend the following guides: [...]
Japanese economic future guaranteed by the government! Oh, wait…
Here’s more good news on the Japanese economic future (mouse-tip to Saving Japan for the link). I have some comments about the content, as perhaps you do, too. Watch the video first. @48 secs, the commentator says, “This (annual worldwide consumption of 900 tons of seafood) is an addiction repeated all around the world, but [...]
Another short, well-made video
Here is another interesting short video. It is professionally made, and I don’t aspire to make anything this slick – it is not worth my time to learn how to do so. I like the background graphics. Watch for the ones that pop up when Ferguson says “Lehman Brothers”. I prefer a speaker on video [...]
Simple but effective videos
What do you think of this video as a teaching or a marketing tool? I’m looking into creating my own instructional videos. If I could make something like the one above, I’d be happy. Here’s why. I recommend the following guides: Brett Kelly’s “Evernote Essentials 3.0″, Dan Gold’s $5 guides to Getting Everything Done with [...]
