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Amid a rapidly aging global population, issues of mortality are increasingly top of mind. And as evidenced when a unanimous Supreme Court (all themselves, over age 50) struck down the criminal prohibition against assisted suicide last week in Canada, social mores of mortality and self-determination are once more in flux.

Death is something we will all one day face. So why is it so hard for doctors to talk about dying with their patients? And how can the medical profession better help people navigate the final chapters of their lives with confidence, direction and purpose?

Tonight on FRONTLINE: Being Mortal, based on the #1 New York Times bestselling book by surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande.

The film is an intimate look at how, in Gawande’s words, “medicine fails the people it’s supposed to help” — and how doctors and patients can better deal with the end of life.

Here is a direct video link.

There is no free lunch or magic fix, there is only temporary deferral, resulting in greater financial and social carnage the longer the irrational policies go on.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International Economics Research Head Brendan Brown and Skybridge Capital Senior Portfolio Manager Troy Gayeski discusses central banks monetary policies.
Here is a direct video link.

After a couple of decades of buying financial advice from debt sellers, the world is drowning in it. No surprise there. But definitely time to face facts: admit, repent, reform and finally, recover.

The world is in debt, not just Greece. Here is a direct video link to a Reuters report on the subject.

The new Greek government is offering everyone a wake up call by admitting the truth and demanding a new plan. We should applaud their honesty and courage to confront the status quo. We need more of that all over the world.

“The euro zone faces a risk of fragmentation and de-construction unless it faces up to the fact that Greece, and not only Greece, is unable to pay back its debt under the current terms”.

–Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Feb 8, 2015