The Soviet communists duped foreign visitors into thinking that communism was a viable and prosperous system by steering them to sham factories, stores, villages, etc. that appeared productive, bustling, and attractive. In reality, Potemkin villages were like movie sets, built to disguise the widespread poverty and backwardness that characterized life in the “workers’ paradise.”
Macro-trade-trend. This is one of those articles that are going to cost a lot of trading dollars for those who don’t or won’t read it. I haven’t posted much lately because of all the noise there is in the market right now but the article below isn’t noise and whatever side of the trade you’re on is going to cost to either cost you or make your year. Good luck. And now on to the article.
With this in mind, think of all those little aches and pains we all suffer. Some may be just below the surface of your awareness. Others might be present every day. Still, other minor pains come and go for reasons unknown. Have I described what might be called the human condition?
If someone was to give the American public a playground in which to innovate this seems to be one of them. All it needs are some forward-thinking entrepreneurs to make it happen.
Availability of the white space under new, more realistic regulations, is particularly good news for rural areas since we have less TV channels and thus more spectrum available. This spectrum will be important to the economical delivery of data communication, particularly mobile data communication, in sparsely populated areas with difficult terrain.
QE3: Bernanke and the Potemkin Economy | MND
August 7, 2011One more article that might make good reading:
via QE3: Bernanke and the Potemkin Economy | MND.