Economics/Geekonomics

Book Review: The Great Reset

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The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
by Richard Florida
ISBN-10: 0061937193
ISBN-13: 978-0061937194

PROS:
* Easy-to-read writing style that also communicates a lot of information.
* Presents historical information and research that helps give a sense of the big picture and justify the theses of the book.
* Covers a lot of ground and speaks to people's interests.
* Provides a lot of useful insights.
* Stays positive without pulling punches.

CONS:
* Covers so many broad topics depth is occasionally missing.
* The broadness of topics makes the usefulness of information unpredictable from person to person.

SUMMARY: A must-read book on the future of the global economy after the crash of the late 2000's.

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Frustration Friday: Bye-Bye Retirement Plan

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Man I miss my retirement plan.

Oh it's not I don't have one, or am not working on one, it's just I miss the one I had before the Great Recession.  The one that was soberly planned, carefully laid out, and based on what turned out to be a naive idea of some levels of market stability and predictability.  Sure I had ups and downs in mind, but not the entire re-alignment of the world financial system.

You know what I'm talking about.

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Frustration Friday: Blame and Responsibility in the Economic Ruins

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It's time to talk about whose responsible for the Great Recession.

Note I'm not talking about who to blame.  Who to blame is obvious – the economic hacks, ignorant pundits, corrupt politicians, and greedy sociopaths in finance.  They're to blame, and they deserve the scorn, the shame, and in some cases fines and prison time.

However, though they're to blame and indeed shoulder some of the responsibility, they are not the only ones responsible.  Whose responsible for this?

Us.  You and me.  Bloody well anyone over 35 in the US, Canada, EU, etc.  We're responsible.

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