Bo Lindbergh

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• Ọya-Iyansan commented on Happy Halloween!
  Since ENRON is an ongoing and long Abyss into "how to get yourself ganked", we'll give you this: https://twitter.com/MikeTokes/status/1062908981281120256 Ignore the DEW stuff and his framing. Explain the 2nd image of the car (with perfect vinyards / burn of 1 metre) behind it with 0% x dimensional damage. Insurance job? This is the old Merc / Hastings gig, now open to all....
• SFreader commented on Happy Halloween!
  Haven't read all the posts, so apologies if this was already mentioned. Anyways, there's an interesting new economics book out that folks here might want to look into: 'The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy' by Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), and Director of UCL's Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Blurb: 'Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to ensure a capitalism that works for us all.'* Based on a recent interview I saw, think this might...
• Greg Tingey commented on Happy Halloween!
  Florida "governor" (or not) Rick Scott ... just from his Wiki entry, he really is a complete shit, isn't he? I noted the following with interest: in total he spent $78 million of his own money on the campaign TOTALLY illegal here & IIRC in any civilised country. Oligarchy, for the corrupt benefit of themselves - it's unbelievably blatant, isn't it? Which ties into SFR's post @ 437, quite nicely...
• Nick Barnes commented on Happy Halloween!
  A few likely errors to report (page numbers are UK hardback edition): pp. 73-74: Perceval leaves the room, but then is jarringly present again. p. 98: "It's a lot like the interrogation suite back at the camp". Really? Complete with bisecting window partition, nozzles, paired cameras etc? p. 118: Slide 13 has a duplicated bullet point (Enabling Act). Probably some more as I work my way through it....
• SFreader commented on Happy Halloween!
  Re: Econ book Just watched the video below with the author. Comment at the end suggests that some of the content/perspectives will likely be used in the UK. Interesting, especially her comments about Adam Smith, rentiers and what financial media has been touting as 'wealth' creation as of the '70s. Good fodder for discussion. 'Mariana Mazzucato: The Value of Everything - making and taking in the global economy' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUQgvhxMQOQ...