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October 5, 2010 London, England In its ongoing contest to outdo other countries in the global crackdown against productive citizens, British tax authorities recently unveiled their latest series of measures designed to prove one thing without a doubt: Big brother is coming. I should pause for a moment to clarify some important definitions:
October 4, 2010 Vilnius, Lithuania The instability over the last few days was pretty intense… and no, I’m not talking about Ecuador. Over the weekend, somewhere between 1-3 million protestors in France demonstrated against President Nicholas Sarkozy’s plans to reform the broken French pension system– most notably by raising the retirement age from
October 1, 2010 Vilnius, Lithuania Yesterday was an eventful day. I had stayed up most of the prior evening in Kiev with a rather interesting group (including the Ukrainian national Monopoly champion and some folks from the foreign ministry), and in the morning my wonderful friends Sasha and Dasha took me to Boryspol
September 29, 2010 Kiev, Ukraine In our regular conversations, we talk a lot about planting multiple flags to diversify sovereign risk. I’m convinced that governments are the greatest enemy to prosperity, and the way to protect ourselves is to diversify our assets and interests across multiple geographies so that no single government has
September 28, 2010 Kiev, Ukraine I gave a speech last night in Kiev to a large audience of bright, young minds who are about to start their professional lives and wanted to find out more about global opportunities. The topic of my remarks was how to survive and thrive in the Age of
September 27, 2010 Kiev, Ukraine The last time I was here in Ukraine, I left after just one day, in disgust. This doesn’t happen too often for me– I’m hardened and patient enough with any country’s problems to stick it out for a while. But my last encounter a few years ago went
September 23, 2010 Munich, Germany Despite being governed and regulated by federal policies, local economies within a single nation or monetary union typical vary wildly. In the United States, for example, Texas is having an easier time than, say, Florida. Oklahoma City isn’t suffering as much as Detroit. Etc. The same holds true
September 22, 2010 Frankfurt, Germany From the moment he walked out on stage, the crowd was in a frenzy. Roger Waters may be 67 years old, but as one of the chief creative forces behind the band Pink Floyd, his seminal work “The Wall” resonates even more today than it did 30+ years
September 20, 2010 Chicago, IL, USA If you’ve ever been on a safari or studied animals in the wild, you’ve probably noticed that they have razor sharp instincts. For animals, sometimes their lives depend on their sense of awareness and instinct. Whether it’s a deer in the forest or herd of wildebeest in
September 17, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA My time here in the United States is winding down, and I’ll be heading back overseas shortly. This trip has been great, affording me ample time to spend with my family, and especially my father who is now feeling much better. Unfortunately, due to these personal commitments,
September 16, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA I was reading an article online a few days ago that one of our members was kind enough to send along. The article described how public transit commuters in Philadelphia are now being randomly subjected to forced pat downs and baggage searches with explosives-sniffing dogs. Another subscriber
September 15, 2010 Dallas, Texas USA Think about all the various things most people depend on as they go about their days… they get up in the morning, flip the switch, and the lights come on. One turn of the faucet and the water starts running. They open the refrigerator to a cornucopia
September 14, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA It’s true that no one is an island. The concept of a community is one of the basic building blocks of the human experience, and we have been building communities since we first walked the earth. Traditionally, human beings formed families, and families became tribes. These were
September 10, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA I’ve really enjoyed reading so many of your insightful comments over the last few days as we’ve engaged in a serious discussion about the Age of Turmoil. Like you, I hate to dwell on the negative, but I think it’s critical to frame the solutions we’ve only
September 9, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA How would you feel if a gang of criminals broke into your home, stole your most valuable possessions, and then went on national TV to claim it was for your own good? My guess is that you would be pretty angry. Yet this is essentially what our