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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Rethinking Investing: Common-Sense Rules for Uncommon Times
The first lesson is: you don’t know what you think you know.

See: Let go of what you think you know
 
Starbucks: harbinger of financial doom?
GOOD Sheet: It’s the Economy, Stupid!
One Way To Make Money In Today’s Market
Buy a nice collectible Chevy Camaro or a Dodge Challenger. With a new Camaro [...]

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Early computer used to predict economy

Friday, May 9, 2008

The computer model that once explained the British economy

A sensation when it was unveiled at the London School of Economics in 1949, the Phillips machine used hydraulics to model the workings of the British economy but now looks, at first glance, like the brainchild of a nutty professor.

Speaking of early computers I just happened [...]

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