[FRIAM] a book store

2008-10-28 Thread Roger Critchlow
There are a lot of bookstores that I miss now that I'm not living anywhere close to them. A favorite which hasn't folded since I moved away is just sent me a link: http://blog.semcoop.com/2008/10/28/the-front-table-weekof-october-26-2008/ -- rec -- ==

Re: [FRIAM] how diminishing returns triggers investor flight & collapse

2008-10-28 Thread Douglas Roberts
Ok, I'll bite. How does yet another "everything is connected to everything" diagram help anything? While we're on he subject, does that paragraph to the left of the Everything-Everything diagram say anything more prosaic than, "People invest to make money, and when the stock market is melting dow

[FRIAM] how diminishing returns triggers investor flight & collapse

2008-10-28 Thread Phil Henshaw
Thought this diagram might help. http://www.synapse9.com/issues/ResourceNet.pdf How markets equalize investment returns for physical resources throughout a whole system also accelerates the “flight to safety” and collapse of the whole system too, when physical returns (ROI’s) are diminishing be

[FRIAM] A conversation with Michael Milken & Muhammad Yunus

2008-10-28 Thread Owen Densmore
Charlie Rose has a fascinating conversation: http://tinyurl.com/5w5cep .. with two rather unusual collaborators! Its amazing to me that the Chairman of The Milken Institute and the Founder of Grameen Bank can find such extraordinary common ground. Nick: Note the motto for Charlie Rose: "I b

Re: [FRIAM] The true crisis is still to come

2008-10-28 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:36:19AM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > Thus spake Jochen Fromm circa 10/26/2008 07:25 AM: > > http://blog.cas-group.net/2008/10/the-true-crisis-is-still-to-come/ > > I'm currently reading "The Deep Hot Biosphere" and Gold presents a > pretty persuasive argument that