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In case you’ve been on Mars (or even just on vacation), here’s a surprising idea that’s been making the rounds lately: there might have been something to Marx’s critiques of capitalism after all. Now, before you leap into the intertubes, seize me by the arm, perform a citizens’ arrest, and frog-march me into the nearest [...]

Herewith, without further ado, a minor eulogy for Steve Jobs the CEO. When you look at the global economy today, here’s what might strike you: Apple is an organization almost singularly unlike the massed hordes and would-be contenders to the throne that surround it. It is the one company seemingly tuned to hit the revolutionary [...]

Why is this mysteriously reluctant so-called non-recovering recovery, at this point, as persistent as the proverbial psychotically obsessed ex from hell? I believe we stand on the cusp of a great turning point in human exchange: a quantum leap from opulence to eudaimonia. A shift from the pursuit of more, bigger, faster, cheaper, nastier, to [...]

It’s been a scary couple of days. I’d bet, given recent events in the markets, like many, you’d like to get to the bottom of what the heck is really going on here. Why does everything we try to fix this crisis seem not to work? Let me recap my take of what’s happened over [...]

Here’s a confession that may surprise no one who regularly reads this blog: I’m a misfit. And I always have been. And having spent a few decades on this planet as a slightly octagonal peg facing an endless vista of square, machine-made holes, I’ve developed a hypothesis about achievement. It’s this: great accomplishment usually takes [...]

The monsters, they say, come out at night. And right now, we’re in a long, dark night of the economy. So to a stage crammed with the now familiar-pantheon of modern-day monsters — the clueless chairmain of the board, the narcissistic chief executive, the proudly sociopathic investor, the servile, principle-less politician — let me introduce [...]

How big would America’s “debt crisis” be if we looked not merely at (largely artificial) financial costs, but at real economic — social, human, natural, personal, emotional, and more — costs? You probably don’t want to know. But grit your teeth and let’s do a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation just for fun. To begin with, America’s [...]

So, are you psyched for the new Harry Potter movie? Like you, your kids, and approximately 99% of humanity, I confess: I too am captivated by the thought of a magical world where diligently memorized incantations can grant thunderous powers beyond the reach of mortals. “Accio, job growth!” If only it were that easy. In [...]

So, what are you asking President Obama? Why not more stimulus? Why did he choose to bail out the banks? What about the deficit, China, the euro, youth unemployment, and the future? All worthy themes for today’s Twitter Townhall. But perhaps you should reconsider. Me? I’m asking him nothing. Consider it a tiny one man [...]

It’s the burning question many of you have been hurling at me recently: “So instead of idly waiting around for the so-called mysteriously reluctant non-recovering recovery, what should we do to survive this never-ending raging crisis?” Here’s a tiny suggestion. The “best” investment you can make isn’t gold. It’s the people you love, the dreams [...]