Review: SAVAGE CAPITALISM AND THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY–Latin America in the Third Millennium

Fast Read, Ground Truth, Moral Truth, Priceless Insights January 5, 2010 Michael Hogan I received this book as a gift from the author after I reviewed Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, and I am very glad to have accepted his offer. At 218 pages double-spaced it is …

Worth a Look: Economic Intelligence for the Public

Chris Martinsen’s Free Crash Course on Economics # Chapter Duration Translations — Introduction (on this page, above) 1:47 Español, Français 1 Three Beliefs 1:46 Español, Français 2 The Three “E”s 1:38 Español, Français 3 Exponential Growth 6:20 Español, Français 4 Compounding is the Problem 3:06 Español, Français 5 Growth vs. Prosperity 3:40 Español, Français 6 …

Worth a Look: Wolfram Alpha Access–Trillions of Bits

Computational Mathematics is the heart of both Google, and Wolfram Alpha.  We understand that there are competing initiatives in China that have impressed Jim Fallows, now stationed there for Atlantic Monthly and in Russia.  We imagine that both India and Iran have their own approaches underway as well, all emphasizing mathematics applied to bits and …

Journal: Cyber-Security Etc. & Multinational Engagement

As attacks increase, U.S. struggles to recruit computer security experts Hackers break Amazon’s Kindle DRM–The great ebook ‘unswindle’ Peace, Justice and the Lord’s Resistance Army Weapons-carrying plane headed for Sri Lanka Phi Beta Iota: It has finally come to pass.  Cyber-security–like the Black Plague before it–and of course the ten high-level threats to humanity so …