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First Destruction, Then Creation

From venture capitalist Mo Koyfman (@mokoyfman): But in reality, while we may be right on certain trends we certainly cannot predict the future with any degree of accuracy. We therefore bet on talented entrepreneurs going at big markets in the hope that *they* will figure it out.

Mar 31st

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Mar 31st

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“If the economist Tim Lee is right about hyperinflation, my holdings are...”

– “How I am hedging my portfolio against hyperinflation” via Telegraph

Mar 31st

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included with “Russia Backs Return to Gold Standard to Solve Financial Crisis” in the Telegraph.

Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

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Reisman: "The Fundamental Obstacles to Economic... →

Mar 30th

Twitter & Delicious

If you receive Fiatch only via RSS, you might have missed: Twitter: http://twitter.com/fiatch Delicious: http://delicious.com/fiatch I signed up with Twitter to livetweet President Obama’s “Not State of the Union Address.” I enjoyed it. I also recently started sharing bookmarks via Delcious. I hope to collect a decent library here. I’m still experimenting, so...

Mar 30th

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Mar 29th

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“the thing that struck me on my flight home is the amount and quality of...”

– “Startups Alive and Well In Silicon Valley” via VCMike’s Blog

Mar 28th

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…like it’s 1849. (HT to GR)

Mar 28th

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Entrepreneurs have not stopped. I wish the...

Read about Spark Capital’s Seed Program from the point of view of another venture capitalist. Free enterprise and entrepreneurship are hope and change.

Mar 27th

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From Reason.tv: At Reason’s 40th anniversary event, held in Hollywood on November 14 and 15, the American Enterprise Institute’s Peter Wallison analyzed the roots of the current market meltdown and explained how government policies directly caused or massively exacerbated the housing bubble and the subsequent bust at the center of things. The Arthur F. Burns Fellow in financial...

Mar 25th

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"Wiliam Black Savages Treasury's Conduct on AIG"... →

Mar 24th

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"Geithner's Galling (and Dangerous) Plan For Bad... →

Mar 24th

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"Geithner's Plan, a Gigantic Confidence Game" via... →

Mar 24th

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"China calls for new reserve currency" via the FT →

Mar 24th

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Watch “Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown.” How much criminality exists within this system? What inspires trust? What destroys it? What store of value is safe? Btw, the end of this video urges the audience to write their government representatives. I’m down with that. However, please do not write “filmmaker” Michael Moore. He is an even bigger waste of...

Mar 22nd

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"Naked Short Sales Hint Fraud in Bringing Down... →

Mar 20th

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"Entrepreneurs – Don’t Be Afraid of GDP Growth... →

Mar 17th

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"Bank CEO calls Geithner's Plan 'Asinine'" via... →

Mar 17th

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Mar 12th

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Twitter / Bernard_Madoff →

Mar 12th

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"The Fatigue of Central Planning" via WINTP →

So awesome. I have been working on a post aimed at exactly this same target. Wealth Is Not The Problem just hit the bull’s-eye. Mr. President, let the market run. Folks, if you think this current crisis is about capitalism run amok, you’re doing it wrong. :) The market is, well, liberating — in so many ways. I’ve realized I’ve lately spent too much time and...

Mar 11th

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"David Brooks and Neoconservatives Hate... →

Mar 10th

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"The Looming Pension Disaster" via Chris Martenson →

Mar 10th

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"Chávez orders to identify media 'owned by... →

Hat tip to Reason Magazine.

Mar 10th

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"Famous Last Words Revisited" via Mish →

Mar 10th

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"The Re-Emergence of Global Protectionism: A Newer... →

Mar 10th

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Kevin Depew wrote the following within “Five Things: Credit is the Lifeblood of the Economy?” via Minyanville: The Age of Self Evidence These are heady times we are living in. Collectively, our national intoxication runs deep and fierce. From moment to moment no one really knows whether to laugh, cry, or do both at the same time, and so the air on the street is juiced with a mildly...

Mar 10th

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'Government Sets Us Up for the Next Bust" by John... →

Mar 10th

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Wealth Is Not The Problem expresses "Battle... →

I so relate. “Wake up America. Your liberty and your prosperity are under attack.”

Mar 10th

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Mar 10th

Mises.org reports "Crazy economists still believe... →

NYT = FAIL.

Mar 10th

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Jim Rogers rocks again.

Mar 10th

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"'The Bezzle' Defined" by The Market Ticker →

Just how serious is this issue?

Mar 9th

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