Posts Tagged ‘news’

George Carlin Explains How America is Really Run

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Media, Politics, Spin, Videos | Oct 20, 2008 | Tags: Beliefs, current events, education, elite, George Carlin, information, lobbyists, news, owners, ownership society, president, presidential election, wall street | No Comments

The topics of the day covered by the mainstream media are usually about 5 steps behind what’s really going on. For instance, focusing on who will be the president or will be your next Senator distracts you from the fact that these “representatives” represent heavily monied interests, not you for the most part. Simply review ...Read more.

If it Bleeds it Leads – Why do People Love Bad News?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Advertising, Books, Consumerism, Media, Psychology, Spin | Oct 17, 2008 | Tags: 9/11, crime, crime decline, current events, economic crisis, economy, fear, fear in marketing, fear mongering, financial crisis, financial news, global economy, Media, news, power of fear, scare tactics, self help, self help gurus, television news, terror, terrorism, terrorisy, wall street | No Comments

Have you watched your local nightly news lately? Probably not if you’re like most Americans under the age of 61, but you’ll still get my point. I’m guessing you’ve watched more financial news in the last month than usual in reaction to fear around money, stocks and the economy in general. I accidentally saw the ...Read more.

How Much Do Financial Experts Really Know?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Marketing, Money, Videos | Oct 15, 2008 | Tags: bear stearns, current events, debt, economic crisis, economy, financial crisis, george parr, hedge funds, mortgage debt, news, subprime mortgages | No Comments

Why are we listening to financial “experts”? Have you noticed that all of the so-called experts on television and in print are the same people who did not notice or warn anyone about the current financial situation? So what gives them the expertise to now give out advice on how to repair it? Before you ...Read more.

Our “Unpredictable” Economic Crisis Was Predicted 12 Years Ago

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Money, Politics, Spin, Videos | Oct 8, 2008 | Tags: bailout, bank crisis, banking, current events, economic crisis, financial crisis, fooled by randomness, greed, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, news, the black swan, wall street | 1 Comment

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the #1 NYT Best Selling author of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets and The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, predicted the current banking crisis 12 years ago. As a trader for 18 years, and an intelligent critical thinker his entire ...Read more.