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Ludwig von Mises. The master of market economics that never understood capitalism. "This country, and with it most of the Western world, is presently going through a period of inflation and credit expansion. As the quantity of money in
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http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-chart...
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Well. Typical Chinese. If they can make a buck by screwing a customer over, they will make the buck. You know Keizen? From Japan? The continuous improvement of products.. Chinese have something similar. Geizen. ("to be stingy"). G
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I have the ebook. Should try to read it again. I wish more of this Russian technique would be available in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconcentration_of_attention
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I tend to agree.
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This has very likely tax reasons. Many major companies have their own banks and even insurances. An insurance is an easily available tax shelter.
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The paper contains a lot of bullshit and I don't see any new idea in it. Foreign transaction costs are not "prohibitive" expensive and there are CC in the US with no foreign transaction fees. You can use transferwise or WU in
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HP48?
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"Have good food, that sells. Nothing else matters." Not I have zero experience in the food industry. But I tell you two things from observation: 1. First, learn where the profit is made. For many restaurants the profits are made w
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by tiatia 10y ago
A flight search engine that I would be interested in: The craziest routing. Instead flying for USD 700 A->Destination or A->B>Destination Fly A->C>D>E>F>G>Destination
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They charge USD 49 do give you a quote..
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I never became a fan of Hipmuk but may check them out again. I use: 1. Expedia. Recently had a problem that they never issued me an eticket. Had to confirm with the airline directly that I actually have a ticket! 2. Vayama. Really like them
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My knowledge is not enough. But I knew people (now very very old) that were able to pull this off. They actually trained under Masutatsu Oyama with can be seen in some ways as precursor of MMA. I have also seen Boxers pulling this off to be
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The EU announces? Didn't the EU announce that EU roaming should be free by 2017? Last thing I read that now this has a dozen limitations, including a time limitation of 90days and only if the SIM has been used in the home country for a
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"are not fit for sparring competitions" This is an excuse and well disproved in Gracies' books.
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Jiu Jitsu is in so far overrated that on the street it has a tremendous disadvantage to take somebody down: His friend will kick you to the head when lying down (source: personal experience in the ground position) On of the advantages of ol
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by tiatia 10y ago
Your post shows a lot of "voodoo" claims. MMA is the best thing that ever happened to martial arts and showed where most MA belong. BTW, Grace always agreed to any "yes but no rules" challenges from voodoo Kung Fu master
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They should tax cars and give the money to horse carriages
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What really annoys me is that I always have to see the stupid face of good ol' Zuckerberg. Facebook always suggest to "follow" him. Facebook does not allow to block him. To have his pic removed by an ad blocker does not work
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by tiatia 10y ago
You mistake appetite for risk as irrational. This might be true in some cases but I don't think it is general the same. I think more of the scorpion and the frog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_
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>So trump raises 10% import tax This was just an example. But it does not matter if 1% or 10%. It is per day. Cumulative. Please look up the word if you don't understand it. It is cumulative until the trade balance is balanced again
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That is true (see infrastructure investments). The irrational decision makers are mainly in private enterprises. In my opinion because they are used to 10% growth. They will have to change or their companies will go belly up. Many Chinese (
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Tell them: Look, you can play around with your currency in whatever way you want. But if the trade balance is not balanced, we charge a 10% import tax. Per day. Cumulative. I think there are many countries that can produce cheap shoes, clot
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> It seems to me that China outplayed the West here by a wide margin. Don't worry, the game is not over yet. >For some reason, the West has let China get away with extremely protectionist trade policies the likes of which no one
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They were available in Germany mit 90ies. Nobody bought them. Vobis Highscreen Alpha 5000, based on alpha processor 21164PC
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It is a (possible THE) major journal in science but call me skeptical. I tell you three things about the Chinese: 1. They have had a highly developed culture since at least 5000 years (but please don't tell them that their bone carving
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"I honestly don't see any innovation here, the tech is dirt simple." Well, the point is not inventing something. The point is "selling" it. WeChat might not have invented cell phone payments, but they made it ubiqui
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Consider an alternative: http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&p...
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Why a sad day? The UK has lost most of it's industrial base and the oil, that fueled the rise of the UK under Thatcher, runs out. Last thing I heard is that they want to make a free trade zone with China. So they wouldn't really
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Try ixquick.com or startpage.com

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