There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to 'decarbonize' the world's economy.
Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article. read more...
Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, issued his list of The Ten Surprises for 2012. This is the 27th year Byron has given his predictions of a number of economic, financial market and political Surprises for the coming year. Byron defines a “Surprise” as an event which the average investor would only assign a one out of three chance of taking place but which Byron believes is “probable,” having a better than 50% likelihood of happening.
Byron started the tradition in 1986 when he was the Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley. Byron joined The Blackstone Group in September 2009 as a senior advisor to both the Firm and its clients in analyzing economic, political, market and social trends. read more...
The climate religion fades in spasms of anger and twitches of boredom. read more...
What is arguably the most important reason to doubt global warming can be explained in plain English
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Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, issued his list of The Ten Surprises for 2011. This is the 26th year Byron has given his predictions of a number of economic, financial market and political Surprises for the coming year. Byron defines a “Surprise” as an event which the average investor would only assign a one out of three chance of taking place but which Byron believes is “probable,” having a better than 50% likelihood of happening.
Byron started the tradition in 1986 when he was the Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley. Byron joined The Blackstone Group in September 2009 as a senior advisor to both the Firm and its clients in analyzing economic, political, market and social trends. read more...
Byron Wien, Chief Investment Strategist of Pequot Capital Management since 2005 (before Senior Investment Strategist of Morgan Stanley) has published his forecasts for 2010. read more...
Und wieder prächtige Briefmarken. read more...
In 1950 Gaza's population was 240'000. Today it is 1.5 million. By current trends it will reach 3 millions in 2040. The reason for this growth is that the majority of it's population does not have to provide for it's offspring. Most babies are fed, clothed, vaccinated and educated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). And this growth results in a huge overhang of young males. And these young males are the ideal reservoir from which to recruit the Palestinian fighters. More deatils about the West's proxy war against Israel can be found in the following article. read more...
And the financial crisis goes on ... And the politicians still think they can avoid the painful solution and try to sustain asset prices. But the prices of many assets are bubble prices and these prices need to fall to market levels. In not letting the prices fall, the policy makers prolong the crisis. David Roche shows what should be done and what goes wrong in the following article in the Wall Street Journal. read more...