Category Archives: Finance

The Predicament of the Modern Civilization – Human Nature Combined With a Finite Planet

Posted on April 14, 2022 by swdevperestroika

A great tutorial by Nate Hagens on why our current civilization is facing some serious challenges, and why it’s not only unlikely, but mathematically impossible for humankind to proceed along the current path.

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Ekonomi 101

Posted on March 6, 2022 by swdevperestroika
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Corona – What’s the true Mortality Rate, and how many infected are there, anyways…? [in all likelihood, some good news!]

Posted on March 23, 2020 by swdevperestroika

[Note: this is a somewhat technical / mathematical article, so those of you who only want the daily Corona updates, “the current numbers”, might want to skip this one] As we all probably know by now, the official numbers on … Continue reading →

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Making a living as a Professional Scientific Gambler using Bayesian Inference…?

Posted on May 21, 2018 by swdevperestroika

As my readers know, over the past few weeks I’ve been conducting an experiment: Applying scientific betting on the just finished Ice Hockey World Championships.  By “scientific”, I’m referring to the exclusive use of statistical and mathematical models, simulation, and … Continue reading →

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World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness rankings 2017-2018

Posted on January 12, 2018 by swdevperestroika

http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-index-2017-2018/competitiveness-rankings/#series=GCI.B.05.01 Interesting statistics on many categories of data regarding the performance of various nations. Includes rankings and trends.

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net(Net) on the bleak future for Ginny & IBM

Posted on July 20, 2013 by swdevperestroika

A perspective on IBM and Ginny’s challenges moving forward, from net(Net): “As part of a strategic decision to optimize your information technology agreements, investments, and relationships, consider engaging NET(net) as a strategic partner in your success.” http://www.netnetweb.com/blog/top-10-reasons-why-ginni-rometty-will-fail-ibm%E2%80%99s-new-ceo http://www.netnetweb.com/blog/ginni-rometty-ibm-failing-fast/ “Prediction is difficult, … Continue reading →

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Radical Management presentation by Steve Denning

Posted on July 2, 2013 by swdevperestroika

Here’s an excellent ppt presentation, where Steve Denning gives the background and rationale for why the world must change from traditional to radical management. A few tidbits from the presentation: “tradidional management was deployed as a way to getting semi-skilled … Continue reading →

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Cringely’s latest projection – the consequences of “focus on shareholder value”

Posted on June 22, 2013 by swdevperestroika

Robert X Cringely on the consequences of relentless focus on “shareholder value”. The contemporary “business model” of most of today’s large enterprises, regardless domain, is based on relentless “focus on shareholder value” exlusively. And since the time horizon for that … Continue reading →

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Today’s banks and finance market play Russian Roulette with *your* head at stake

Posted on June 20, 2013 by swdevperestroika

Excellent article by Joris Luyendijk in Guardian, about the total dysfunctionality of today’s banking and finance industry: “Our banks are not merely out of control, they are beyond control.”  For more on the same theme, see these two posts: End of … Continue reading →

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End of the Road

Posted on June 15, 2013 by swdevperestroika

Want to understand the root causes of all the financial crisis the world has been experiencing lately….? A hint: epic greed combined with  FIAT money and Ponzi schemes…! This trailer gives you a synopsis for the full (55 min) documentary, … Continue reading →

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