koppellhinex (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

CAPITALISM creates DRUG LORDS. LAWYERS. BANKERS. ELITE CRIMINALS. INEQUALITY. INSTABILITY. GREED. RUTHLESS COMMUNISM. NWO. NAZI. TERRORISM. LAZY PEOPLE. REBEL POLITICIAN. ANARCHY. worst is WAR etc.. ☠ ☢ ☠ ☢ ☠ ☢ CAPITALISM was designed only for CORRUPT OPPORTUNISTIC MANIPULATIVE LAZY POLITICIAN. BANKERS. NARCOPOLITICIAN. JUDGES. CRIMINALS. DICTATORS. RULERS. KING. SULTANATE. EMPEROR etc..HARD WORKING PEACE LOVING HAPPY HONEST SOCIETY were always the slave victim and poorly starve to death. :(

GSNPFL (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

they all knew what was happening - they condoned it - they planned it - they wallowed in the profits of it.Hank Paulson made $485M when leaving WallStreet and going to Bush White House as Secty of Treasury where his $485M he did NOT have to pay taxes due to Pres Bush Sr bill NO Taxes paid if you work with USG.Get DVD documentary "inside Job" - can get at your local library."INSIDE JOB" = good DVD - a MUST see.

GSNPFL (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

they all knew what was happening - they condoned it - they planned it - they wallowed in the profits of it.Hank Paulson made $485M when leaving WallStreet and going to Bush White House as Secty of Treasury where his $485M he did NOT have to pay taxes due to Pres Bush Sr bill NO Taxes paid if you work with USG.

GSNPFL (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

And STILL 11/30/2011 there is NO regulations on derivatives - Obama signed for NO regulations........ which is also NO surprise.Corruption still runs corrupt - with thousands of Lobbyists.And who do we get for 2012 GOP "favored" candidates ... Romney & Gingrich.Let's get an HONEST man in our White House...Vote Ron Paul 2012.

franknblunt (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

When anybody announces the economy was booming during the 90's -00's, that claim rings hollow because nothing substantial was produced as trade deficits grew, more production transferred, foreign interests provided money to acquire much more domeistic property, financiers & minions were lying about IPO's while speculating without any collateral to cover their scams. Empty promises. This discussion passed over the S & L disaster but does a decent job elsewhere, should encourage reading the book.

franknblunt (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Although Scam Diego is quite the mess, past as well as present, I believe Mr Madrick meant Anaheim of Orange County.

ytgv3fc7 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

in terms of raw searching & meta-searching abilities, Google is definitely at the top. If we can externalize this from the company based on the features we see, maybe one day we can vastly expand education, engineering & various kinds of research to reduce time + energy costs, reduce complexity & truly advance. Mind you where blueprints & programming are needed I'd be advocating open-source all the way

ytgv3fc7 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

certainly Google has done a lot. One down side is they are encouraging centralization to their system rather than duplication of their functionality or even expanding it in a way which is not centralized. For example, videos are removed, channels to, which are not guilty of the accused violations. In the end we'll need peer to peer video sharing with no centralized server or we'll have to do with no freedom. It's just at the near edge starting now

ytgv3fc7 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

yes, for some who do have a choice, that would be good. For those who have no choice and can't help but be poor I hope there are enough of the rest of us who might be able to help. We can not promise it for such a promise may entail deadly sacrifice rather than just a little hardship. But we should all at least be mindful. I've tried to help & so far it's been very risky, almost robbed me of everything. That doesn't mean I won't try to help again but it's my nature to try when I can

ytgv3fc7 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

ya? I think nature is so powerful the economy can't avoid responding to it, like scarcity of food, like competition between species, including within species, including our own, which covers greed. As for climate change, while our driver is not natural it is all of nature doing stuff to us & our economy is being driven by these changes. Can you really disagree with that? Did Australia's "boom" you mention go with someone else's boom & exports?