RECOMMENDED READING
Wow – seems like I just did this….
Swedish Meatballs Confidential – “Financial Warfare 101“
Generally, governments do more economic damage to themselves through bad fiscal, regulatory and monetary policies than they could ever suffer through international sanctions or sabotage, but mucking around with market instruments might be a sharp blow to the solar plexus. Beware feedback loops, however.
Complexity and Social Networking Blog -“Campaign contributions and the network of hedgers“
Mapping the California “Big Donors” who are hedging between Obama and Clinton. Tailor made for the political geek.
Haft of the Spear – “everything old is new again“
A depressing political signal, I agree. Hopefully, we’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Thomas P.M. Barnett – “What our ‘lost year’ in Iraq ends up costing America“
Counting the costs of disconnecting from the strategic and grand strategic levels of war in Iraq.
Below A Rare Photograph Of A Barnett Ancestor Engaging in Grand Strategy:
