Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Lost City: Myopia
2 Dec 2009 by Brooks of Sheffield  
This sort of unthinking, solipsistic myopia is, I believe, exactly the reason why beautiful, historic Carroll Gardens has has such a two-block-sliver of a Landmark District for so many years, while Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill have much ...
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View Post: NEI Nuclear Notes: Stormy Weather and Energy Myopia
4 Dec 2009 by Mark Flanagan  
myopia After receiving flowers and surviving a hail of flash bulbs, new IAEA chief Yukiya Amano officially began his four year term and made a short statement (there's a video there, too, and Amano speaks in English): ...
View Blog: NEI Nuclear Notes - http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Readers Forum - Arms Control Today: Iran and the Problem of ...
4 Dec 2009 by Arms Control Association  
Iran and the Problem of Tactical Myopia. Jim Walsh, Thomas Pickering, and William Luers It seems that every conversation about Iran is a conversation about sanctions. Even in the midst of negotiations, the talk is as likely to be about ...
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View Post: Reckless Myopia
1 Dec 2009 by John Mauldin  
I should have assumed that Wall Street's tendency toward reckless myopia – ingrained over the past decade – would return at the first sign of even temporary stability. The eagerness of investors to chase prevailing trends, ...
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View Post: PSB Custard: Myopia
2 Dec 2009 by Custard  
Myopia. I've been in Swine Town for a few days and made a glib comment on another forum about how the natives here are so carrot-crunchingly yokelish that they still point at aeroplanes. On reflection, however, I remembered that Wootton ...
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View Post: Purse Pundit: John Mauldin, John Hussman and Reckless Myopia
1 Dec 2009 by Jacki Zehner  
John Mauldin, John Hussman and Reckless Myopia. I am a big fan of John Mauldin and his newsletter. Below please find an excerpt from another must read piece. Click here for the whole article. "Long time Outside of the Box readers are ...
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View Post: FuturePundit: Too Much Time Indoors Causes Myopia?
8 Nov 2009 by Randall Parker  
On average the children in Sydney spent nearly 14 hours per week outside, and only 3 per cent developed myopia. In contrast, the children in Singapore spent just 3 hours outside, and 30 per cent developed myopia. ...
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View Post: Suffering from “marketing myopia?” Coke was!
2 Dec 2009 by John Ellett  
And no one is immune to marketing myopia. Not even the best. AdAge reported that Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent made the following comments during a recent analyst meeting: “There was a period when our company did lose its way,” he said. ...
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View Post: John Hussman On "Reckless Myopia"
2 Dec 2009 by David  
The title of the piece is "Reckless Myopia", and refers to the myopia of Wall Street, which is ignoring the longer term trends in the economy in favor of short term assett bubble blowing. It is well worth the time. ...
View Blog: Samurai Trader - http://samuraitrader.blogspot.com/

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