Posts by: Christopher Hancock
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05/16/07 The Second Skyscraper Boom
Posted in Bill Bonner, Commodities.
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12/19/01 Impacts Of Deflation
Posted in Markets.
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Of Fat Tails and Fashionable Gloom and Doom
“Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse,” says a report at CNNMoney, “lawmakers from 13 states… are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option.” “In the event of hyperinflation,” warns Glen Bradley, who has sponsored…Read more…
Big Opportunity From Tiny Machines
Back in 1959, Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman delivered a now-famous talk titled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” in which he envisioned the potential applications of tiny machines. Today, one of the most important innovations leading to the current generation of smartphones and tablets is known as MEMS… Shorthand for “micro-electromechanical machines,” MEMS are…Read more…
Coming Soon: Smart Television!
My colleague Ray Blanco and I recently attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The big story this year was the convergence in consumer electronics. Specifically, it was the arrival of extraordinary high-definition 3-D as well as “smart” TVs. In fact, Ray and I had backstage passes for the biggest 3-D events. We were…Read more…
