Monthly Archives: May 2016

The rise of finance and the fall of business

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Danielle Park

Further to my recommendation here of the Times article, Our economic illness has a name: Financialization, I am now finishing the author Rana Foroohar’s new book: Makers and Takers, the rise of finance and the fall of American business and … Continue reading →

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‘Keep it in the ground’ movement spreading

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Danielle Park

Phase or self-preserving evolution? Here is a direct video link. Earth’s Relentless Warming Just Hit a Terrible New Threshold https://t.co/Tsmxe1LYTS via @business — Reed Landberg (@rvlandberg) May 18, 2016 Also see: Almost everything you know about climate change solutions is … Continue reading →

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Lessons of the fall

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Danielle Park

Every levered boom ends in bust–every one.  Whether it be Japan in the late 1980’s, the tech driven stock frenzy of the late 1990’s, America’s housing bubble of the mid 2000’s or China’s boom and the commodities bubble that followed.  … Continue reading →

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