current rate of inflation, US
"The annual inflation rate in the US accelerated to 8.5% in March of 2022, the highest since December of 1981" -- tradingeconomics.com
Business
Cash Forex Group: Trading Academy
Training in foreign currency trading. "The CFX Academy ensures the best possible chance of success for experienced traders and those brand new to forex." Calibrated by request.
Klaus Schwab
German engineer and economist best known as the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum --wikipedia
Trading Beyond the Matrix, by Van K. Tharp
You'll change your level of consciousness so that you can avoiding trading out of fear and greed and move toward higher levels such as acceptance or joy. --amazon.com
fracking, hydraulic fracturing
Costs vs. benefits
cost/benefit of electricity generation methods
Considers all factors, including pollution, environmental impact on animal habitats, human safety. production costs, uptime, maintenance, availability of fuels, etc. The calibrated results can change over time with technological innovation or depletion of nonrenewable resources, for example.
The Last Word on Power, by Tracy Goss
Executive Re-Invention for Leaders Who Must Make the Impossible Happen
renting vs. buying housing
Request: There seems advantages and disadvantages to both. Which one calibrates the highest?
Satoshi Nakamoto (Bitcoin)
person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and... devised the first blockchain database --wikipedia
General Data Protection Regulation (EU)
Academic experts who participated in the formulation of the GDPR wrote that the law "is the most consequential regulatory development in information policy in a generation. The GDPR brings personal data into a complex and protective regulatory regime.""
Jeff Zucker
Former president of CNN Worldwide, former president and CEO of NBC Universal. Calibrated for social impact.
Jordan Belfort
The real-life Wolf of Wall Street, social impact. For his crimes, he was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison, one month in rehab, $110 million in restitution --wikipedia
Elizabeth Holmes
By 2015, Forbes had named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in America on the basis of a $9-billion valuation of her company. --wikipedia. Convicted of fraud today, she faces up to 80 years in prison.
CNY is replacing USD as the global reserve currency
Many economists and historians are suggesting that the Chinese Yuan is already in the process of replacing the U.S. dollar as global reserve currency. --currencyfundgroup.com. By request.
The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
by Ray Dalio. "examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes." --goodreads.com