Posts Tagged ‘wall street’

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.

The Shock Doctrine of the Economic Crisis

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Money, Politics, Videos | Oct 16, 2008 | Tags: crisis, debt, economic crisis, economy, finance, finances, naomi klein, problem-reaction-solution, shock doctrine, stock market, stock market crash, wall street | No Comments

Naomi Klein explains how the Shock Doctrine is being played out in the current economic crisis. Disaster capitalism has come home to America. Don’t buy into the fear, this too shall pass. It’s a good time to remember to follow common sense and fight the impulse to react emotionally. When you consume news remember that ...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.

A Good Night for a Presidential Debate is a Good Day to Launch a Blog on Marketing Spin

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Marketing, Media, Politics, Psychology, Spin, The Brain | Oct 7, 2008 | Tags: Advertising, america, barck obama, campaigns, democrat lies, Influence, Marketing, mccain lies, Media, neurolinguistic programming, nlp, obama lies, persuasion, political lies, Politics, president, presidential debate, presidential election, republican lies, Spin, The Brain, wall street, wall street lies | No Comments

Tonight is the night of the second presidential debate. This seems like as good a day as any to launch a blog on how you are marketed to by advertisers, politicians, experts, media, and sometimes even your friends. If you think you might hear at least one lie, fabrication or stretching of the truth by ...Read more.