Daily Insights
Updated to December 16, 2011
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The following is a directory of the topics discussed in Today’s Insights. The topic titles are given in alphabetical order as follows:
Regional Accents 2/28/11
The Primacy of Agriculture 7/06/11
The American Civil War 4/11/11
American Politics, Part One 9/06/11
American Politics, Part Two 9/19/11
Question Your Assumptions 4/15/11
The Great Awakening 2/25/11
The Value of Government Bailout 10/01/10
Balance of Conflicting Interests 6/18/10
Lingering Questions about bin Laden 5/02/11
Bottom-Up Economics, Part One 6/17/11
Bottom-Up Economics, Part Two 6/22/11
Bottom-Up Economics, Part Three 6/27/11
Brand Names 7/19/10
Your Brokerage Company: Limit Orders 9/17/10
Your Brokerage Company: Shorts and Options 9/21/10
California’s Woes 12/13/10
The Flaws of Capitalism and Communism 4/18/11
Charity 8/09/10
China and Russia: How much have they changed? 7/09/10
Is China a Bubble? 8/24/10
Chinese Currency, Renminbi 6/10/10
Is the Chinese Currency too Low? 9/29/10
Class Conflicts 10/25/10
Climate Change and Negative Attitude 1/10/11
White Colonialism 8/27/10
Conspiracy Theory 5/5/11
Consumer Protection 10/04/10
Convergence of Forces 3/4/11
The Corporation and the Individual 7/18/11
Corporations and Employment 7/21/11
Corporations and Our Quality of Life 8/18/11
Corporate Power 7/06/10
The Courts 8/05/10
The National Debt 5/25/11
The US Debt Ceiling 7/14/11
The US Debt Ceiling, Part Two 8/01/11
US Debt: Who is Responsible? 8/03/11
Natural and Human Deceptions 3/21/11
The US Federal Deficit 11/12/10
Reducing the US Deficit 4/20/11
The Foundations of Democracy 3/25/11
Democracy and Market System 3/29/11
The Institutions of Democracy 4/13/11
Discrimination 9/30/11
Distributed System 7/23/10
Diversity: Its Strength 7/27/10
Double Dip Recession 7/01/10
A Shrinking Economic Pie? 8/29/11
Education 4/06/11
Egypt and Beyond 2/14/11
How to Win an Election 12/06/10
US Primary Election Upsets 9/15/10
America’s Election Politics 10/13/10
The Victory Margin of an Election 11/05/10
Smart Grid for Electricity Distribution 6/20/10
New Dimensions of the Energy Crisis 10/15/10
The Impedance of the Establishment 4/25/11
The Power of Faith 11/26/10
Positive versus Negative Feedbacks 11/29/10
Financial WMD 4/28/11
Financial Reform US 6/23/10
Financial Reform 2010: What do you want to see? 10/6/10
Financial Reform: US Passage 6/25/10
Financial Reform: Making Sense out of it 7/21/10
Freedom and Democracy 7/02/10
Stock Funds Cash Outflows 8/23/10
Natural Gas 9/23/11
G-20 Summit, Toronto 6/28/10
G-20 Summit Bone of Contention 11/11/10
GM – Story of a Second Chance 11/18/10
Generation Gap and Politics 9/23/10
Global Warming 8/12/10
Globalization, Part One 9/01/11
Globalization, Part Two 9/12/11
What kind of Government do you want? 11/02/10
Government: Its Role 6/21/10
Government Deficits 8/03/10
Government Efficiency 8/16/10
Green Industry: Tesla IPO 6/30/10
Happiness in Life 8/15/11
America’s Health Care System 4/04/11
Health Care Reform: The Great Middle-Class Slumber 9/22/10
The Future of Health Insurance 11/21/11
Hedging 9/02/10
Will the Herd come back? 2/03/11
How Accurate Is History? 1/18/11
Human Capital 2/07/11
Understanding Human Rights 2/10/11
Human Rights Violations 2/18/11
Human Rights: Expose or Enforce? 3/01/11
Humility and Prudence 6/11/10
Illusions 8/20/10
America’s Image Abroad 9/27/10
Wrong Incentives 7/15/10
Income Inequality and Jobs 8/11/11
Inflation and Stock Prices 10/11/10
Innovation: Its Benefits 6/22/10
How to gain Insights 2/16/11
Self-Interests 6/17/10
Vested Interest 9/3/10
Personal Vested Interest 9/7/10
Internet Power 7/22/1
Iraq: US Pullout 8/31/10
Japan Aging 1/06/11
Impacts of Japan’s Earthquake 3/16/11
A Man named Jesus 12/22/10
Judgment Day Has Passed 5/23/11
Jobs: How to create more? 8/06/10
Jobless Recovery? 7/28/10
The Debate About Job Creation 8/08/11
Knowledge is Power 6/14/10
Knowledge: Abuse 6/16/10
Knowledge: Misuse 6/15/10
Low Labor Cost 6/9/10
Leadership: Out to Change the World 10/27/11
Leadership: Courage and Conscience 11/10/11
Presidential Leadership and Congressional Gridlock 12/28/10
What to do about Libya? 3/31/11
Magic Number 60 7/26/10
Going Mainstream 8/17/10
Does the Capitalist Market Work? (11/15/10)
Enemies of the Free Market 11/19/10
How to Safeguard the Free Market 11/22/10
Split Market after Recovery 9/01/10
Middle Class 7/30/10
The Big Middle Class Squeeze, Part One 9/26/11
The Big Middle Class Squeeze, Part Two 10/03/11
The Big Middle Class Squeeze, Part Three 10/14/11
Military Establishment 6/24/10
Memorial Day and the Military Draft 5/31/11
The Impotence of US Military Power 7/1/11
Moral Hazard 12/08/10
The Multiplier Effect 10/27/10
The Four Forces of Nature 6/2/11
Nobel Peace Prize 12/15/10
Economic Outlook for 2011 12/31/10
Wrong Outlook 7/14/10
US Relationship with Pakistan 5/16/11
End of the PC Era? 8/22/11
The Peace Dividend 7/11/11
A Plan To Make $500 A Day 1/21/11
A Plan To Make $500 A Day, Part Two 1/25/11
A Plan To Make $500 A Day, Part Three 1/27/11
A Plan To Make $500 A Day, Part Four 1/28/11
Stock Players’ Behaviors 7/25/11
Politics and Life 10/21/10
Political Football 1/04/11
Political Spin 12/01/10
Poor Society: Why? 6/29/10
The Meaning of Power 3/7/11
Hard and Soft Powers 3/10/11
People Power 2/1/10
The Eternal Power Game (One): Inequality and Fortress Mentality 11/28/11
The Eternal Power Game (Two): Corruption Kills Opportunities 12/05/11
The Eternal Power Game (Three): Rise of the Middle Class 12/12/11
The Powers of Nature 4/08/11
Territorial Power in Stock Trading 8/25/10
Two Presidents 9/13/10
Public Confusion 7/13/10
Seduction of the Public 10/19/10
The Press 7/08/10
What is the Public Interest? 11/09/10
Quotes to Savor 10/07/11
Are we in a Rally? 9/24/10
How far can this September rally go? 10/08/10
How Real is Reality? 6/9/11
The Age of Reason 8/25/11
The Process of Economic Recovery 9/20/10
Some simple Rules to go by 2/23/11
Play by the Rules 8/30/10
My Rules for Playing in the Stock Market 9/14/10
Russia and China: How much have they changed? 7/09/10
Religion, Faith and Science 12/16/11
How Exact Is Science 1/13/11
End of the Silicon Era? 6/6/11
Spinning Wheel 2/22/11
US Stimulus Package 9/8/10
Are Stock Movements planned? 7/16/10
Stock Potential 8/13/10
Stock Rebound and Implications 3/18/11
The Undercurrents of the Stock Market 10/24/11
Small Players’ Strategy, Part One 5/17/11
Small Players’ Strategy, Part Two 5/20/11
Small Players’ Strategy, Part Three 5/27/11
The Requirements for Success 9/16/11
Race for the Sun (One): Solar Cell Production 10/10/11
Race for the Sun (Two): The Next Big Thing? 11/14/11
Sustainability (One): World Resources 10/31/11
Sustainability (Two): The Great Awakening 11/03/11
Sustainability (Three): A New Way of Life 11/07/11
Tax Cut for the Rich 7/29/10
Tax cut to Create Jobs? 9/9/10
The Four Deadly Traps of Tax Cut 9/10/10
Taxes on Vice 8/04/10
How to deal with Short and Long Terms 10/29/10
The Nature of Terrorism 5/9/11
To Fight International Terrorism 5/12/11
What should we be Thankful for? 11/24/10
Popular but Wrong Thinking 6/07/10
Transparency 3/23/11
Wall Street’s Lack of Transparency 5/3/11
Trickle-Down versus Bottom-Up 6/13/11
Unemployment 8/10/10
Unfairness: Its Sources 8/19/10
How Effective is the United Nations? 7/28/11
Light Volumes of Stock Trade 9/16/10
“Occupy Wall Street” 10/21/11
Water 3/14/11
The Power of Words 10/17/11
Words to Entertain 11/18/11
The World Cup: Will they change? 7/12/10
