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Stoicism > Hysteria: What do you wish to leak?

by Andrea James | Jan 30, 2017 | Inspiration, Politics

I recommend owning a copy of “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius. It’s the personal journal of the Roman emperor who was born in AD 121 and died in AD 180. Aurelius likely never intended for his personal meditations to be read by the rest of humanity but...

Adapt or die: Trump & the thematic lesson of 2016

by Andrea James | Dec 20, 2016 | How the world works, Politics

The clothes washing machine disrupted modern life. The automobile disrupted cities. In 2009, Apple disrupted the mobile phone market. In 2009, Blackberry stock traded near $140. It trades around $7 today. In that time, AAPL went from $12 to $100. Tesla is disrupting...

Negative interest rates: When ‘good’ policy is bad psychology, it’s bad policy

by Andrea James | Aug 9, 2016 | How the world works, Politics, Wall Street logic

Something fascinating is going on with negative interest rate policy: It’s having the opposite of its intended effect. A negative interest rate is a simple concept — it means that money in a bank account shrinks over time, rather than grows. It takes the...

What does self rule mean to you?

by Andrea James | Jul 4, 2016 | How the world works, Inspiration, Politics

The greatest human experiment in self rule lives another year! Government of the people, for the people, and by the people. But do we TRULY mean it? What does it mean to you to be sovereign, not a subject? To stand before your god with no man standing between you?...

Lucky seven billion — now what?

by Andrea James | Oct 31, 2011 | Curiosity, Politics, That's Life

In case you haven’t heard, the United Nations is saying that the world population will reach 7 billion today. Happy Halloween? Of course, the number and date are symbolic rough estimates, since there’s no way to count everyone on the planet down to the...

Economics should be taught in schools. Period.

by Andrea James | Oct 12, 2011 | Curiosity, Journalism, Politics, Wall Street logic

My initial reaction to the #OccupyWallStreet protests is this: Our public schools are failing many of our kids. This is not new and I’m not the first to say it. People know that to compete in a global, information-based and technological economy, education is...
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