Schwartz Report: Building Small — Economies of Number

Public release date: 2-Nov-2012   .   Contact: Evan Nowell   .   egn2109@columbia.edu   .   Columbia Business School   Building small: In many industries, economies of size is shifting to economies of numbers NEW YORK — November 2, 2012 — For decades, “bigger is better” has been the conventional path to efficiency in industries ranging from transportation to power …

Worth a Look: Water Abundance & Resilient Strategies from John Robb

If you subscsribe now, you will also get my first topical report, entitled: ‘Water Abundance: How to Declare Your Water Sovereignty’. How climate change will actually impact you What you can do to limit the impact of climate change on you and your community The three things you need to begin capturing water Eight principles …

Chuck Spinney – Cogent Analysis pf Arab Spring Seven Key Challenges Not Available from CIA or Department of State – Plus Personal Appeal for Contributions to Keep CounterPunch Going

Jeffrey St Claire, the editor at Counterpunch has given me permission to distribute the attached essay, “The Arab Spring at the Crossroads,” by  Esam Al-Amin.  It was published in the subscription edition of Counterpunch and is not available at the CP website.  Al-Amin, who I do not know, has written a very informative summary of …

Paul Craig Robert: America (RIP) – The True Cost of Government Corruption and Banking Greed – Moral Bankruptcy Assures the Death of a Nation

Review: Griftopia–Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America QUOTE (32): What has taken place over the last generation is a highly complicated merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government. Far from taking care of the rest of us, the financial leaders of America and their political servants have …

Eagle: Scottish Independence: ‘Lower defence bill’ after independence

Scottish Independence: ‘Lower defence bill’ after independence Scottish taxpayers could pay about £1.5bn a year less for defending an independent Scotland than they currently pay towards UK defence spending, according to a report. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) study claimed annual costs could be cut from £3.3bn to about £1.8bn. The report outlined the …

Richard Wright: Jim Clapper Speaks to Excessive Dependence on Technical Intelligence, and the Evident Non-Existence of Human Intelligence in the Middle East

Escaping Excessive Dependence on Technical Intelligence Speaking at the GEOINT 2012 Symposium (09 October), Director of National Intelligence (DNI) General James Clapper (USAF ret.) argued that the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other U.S. citizens in Benghazi, Libya caught the U.S. by surprise because the attacks did not “emit or discuss …