The economy will expand if you believe it is expanding–because you’ll be “animal spirited” into buying a lot of stuff on credit that you can’t afford.
It all boils down to perception–that’s the insight at the heart of the Grand Game of Percept…
What do you do when flood waters threaten the dam? If you’re the Federal Reserve, you close the floodgates and let the water rise.
Metaphors have an uncanny ability to capture the essence of complex situations. Here is one dam metaphor that dist…
Constant State and Central Bank intervention and manipulation is not the foundation of a free, transparent market–it is perception management in service of Elite control and looting.
You can fool Mother Nature for awhile, but not over the long-te…
Does anyone take the Merkel-Sarkozy dog and pony show seriously any more? Perception management is not a solution.
For the past 18 months, every time reality threatens to intrude in Europe, Merkel and Sarkozy rush onto the global stage for a repeat…
