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Romanian Witches Aren’t The Only Ones Failing to Predict the Future

Recently, my aunt was discussing this article from the online website Salon about how there are far more men than women getting their books published (in the traditional way). I don’t know why but I read Salon every morning, even though the writing there (including the linked piece) tends to often be of substandard quality. If you’re looking to improve your English writing skills, avoid … Continue reading Romanian Witches Aren’t The Only Ones Failing to Predict the Future

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Money, probability and predicting the future

Friday Filosophizing

It looks like the final polishing of the book will be done this weekend, thus freeing up some time for me today. Therefore it’s time for another long Friday piece. When I’m not writing or thinking about Romania, I have a number of other “hobbies”. One of them is an almost obsessive-compulsive fascination with Sumerian literature. Another is an equally engrossing fascination with probability theories. … Continue reading Friday Filosophizing

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Money, probability and predicting the future

A Very Short History of Capitalism

Since Romania is currently tens of billions of dollars in debt to western bankers, I thought a short history of capitalism was in order. Interestingly enough, whether Romanian or American or Asian or African, it seems everybody is a lot more familiar with Communism. I’d wager the names “Marx” and “Lenin” slip off the tongues of people faster than similarly important capitalist thinkers. Capitalism is … Continue reading A Very Short History of Capitalism

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Money, probability and predicting the future

Going Hungry So A Banker May Eat Caviar

Since some of you cannot read more than 3 paragraphs, here is the summary of the rest of this article: Romanians starved and suffered (esp in the 1980’s) not because of bad luck or Communism but because the government decided to sell almost every scrap of food in order to pay off international bankers. And now the same thing is going on today. For those … Continue reading Going Hungry So A Banker May Eat Caviar

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