Juggling Dynamite

Inspiring vision and leadership in this story.

You never know who’s gonna be the one with the big idea. History has shown it’s not necessarily the person with the most impressive credentials.

A breakthrough can come from the least expected, perhaps like an 81-year-old eccentric from Massachusetts who toiled in isolation with no financial support for more than a decade.

His focus? A challenge that has stumped scientists for many years – how to transform inedible plant life into environmentally friendly transportation fuels in a clean and cost-effective way.  Here is a direct video link.

This 30 minute clip is a worthwhile overview of some of the key concepts in Tepper’s important new book The Myth of Capitalism.

Jonathan Tepper of Variant Perception was perplexed by the lack of U.S. wage growth and the breakdown of long standing relationships with other economic indicators. Digging deeper, he found that the odds were stacked against the employees, consumers and suppliers by the rise of industrial concentration.  Here is a direct video link.

Danielle was a guest with Jim Goddard on Talk Digital Network talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets.  You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.

For more on these issues see MacLeans:  This is how Canada’s housing correction begins.