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    A Hung Parliament Might Not Be So Bad

    15 january 2013 The U.K. is heading for a hung parliament. This will mean no party can push through laws to sort out the post-credit crunch confusion without bringing other…

    US Incomes Are Rising But It’s All Going on Health Care

    15 january 2013 A very nice observation here from Tim Taylor. We’re all aware of the figures that show that US incomes aren’t rising, that median income has been static…

    Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Robin Hood Tax’ A Tough Sell At G20

    15 january 2013 The 99 percenters at Occupy Wall Street are hoping their European counterparts can pressure G20 leaders this weekend into adopting what they call a Robin Hood tax…

    Sony Shuts Down Team Liverpool – An End To WipEout And Psygnosis

    15 january 2013 The announcement today that World Wide Sony Entertainment Liverpool, the Sony-owned British studio responsible for the popular WipEout franchise, brings down the curtain on one of Britain’s…

    Here’s a Really Terrible Investment Offering a 400% One Year Return

    15 january 2013   Yes, it really is offering a 400% return over one year. Hey, it’s even got a government guarantee on it. And as a sensible investment it…

    How to Double Dip

    15 january 2013 Here’s something that didn’t happen this year—a US double dip. (Nor was there a global one.) However, some warn we’re not out of the woods: We could…

    Scaling A Non-Profit: The Case Study Of Ashesi

    15 january 2013 Last week, I was in Ghana for a board meeting of the Ashesi University Foundation. I also visited startups and a startup incubator that I will talk…

    Global Financial Market Chaos: Nowhere to Hide

    15 january 2013   It was a horrendous day in the stock markets.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a whopping 512 pts to 11,383.  You have to go back…

    Ron Paul Picks Up Andrew Sullivan’s Endorsement

    15 january 2013 Not that the endorsement of a famous political blogger from the UK will make much difference in Iowa, but the long-time Tory-in-America blogger Andrew Sullivan has come…

    GAVI Alliance CEO: Leadership Is About Vision and Responsibility, Not Power

    15 january 2013 Recently, I interviewed Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI Alliance, a public-private global health partnership committed to saving children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing access…