SmartPlanet: The Switching Economy Puts $5.9 Trillion Up For Grabs

The ’switching economy’ puts $5.9 trillion up for grabs By Tyler Falk | October 23, 2013 For companies around the world there are literally trillions of dollars worth of revenue up for grabs in what Accenture calls, in a new report, the “switching economy.” According to the ninth annual Accenture Global Consumer Pulse Survey, which …

SmartPlanet: Malcolm Gladwell on Battling Giants — David and Goliath

Phi Beta Iota: This is important not as a recommendation of a rotten book (it properly skewers the author) but rather for its utility in pointing out that most successful authors are themselves captives of the very goliath we seek to put down.  Like CNN anchors, they are corrupt shills for the status quo ante, …

SmartPlanet: Fukushima Worse Than Ever, Japan Rates a “3” in Risk Severity

Japan nuclear crisis at its worst since 2011   Kyodo reports that 300 tons of radioactive water have leaked from a 1,000 ton tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. That led Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority to consider raising the incident from a Level 1 nuclear event to a Level 3 (a “serious incident” …