Publications
February 9, 2014
Weekly Report 14-06
ABOUT MIDDLE-AGE MEMORY: The good news – A University of California-Irvine study of 160 non-coffee drinkers found that one daily cup of coffee with 200-milligrams of caffeine “sharpened memory recognition of pattern separation” in pictures viewed five minutes later. Interestingly, ½ cup had no effect while 1½ cups “caused headaches and jitteriness.” The bad news... Continue
February 2, 2014
Weekly Report 14-05
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMIC ‘RECOVERY.’ “Companies around the world held almost $7 trillion of cash and equivalents at the end of 2013, more than double the level of ten years ago… and assumption has been that as the economic fog lifts, this idle near zero-yielding cash will surely be put back to work, creating a potentially virtuous... Continue
January 26, 2014
Weekly Report 14-04
BEWARE: MEDICAL MISINFORMATION PROLIFERATES. A fake study about cancer treatment with obvious mistakes (made up by a reporter) found 157 scientific journals willing to publish it. And three of every four members of “panels that define diseases and determine how they should be diagnosed have connections to drug companies.” [MENS HEALTH – Jan/Feb 14] AMAZINGLY,... Continue
January 19, 2014
Weekly Report 14-03
AMERICA’S ECONOMY IS “NOT SUFFERING PNEUMONIA, but is still being worn down by a persistent flu… as credit suppression and growth-crushing levels of taxation and regulation keep us from enjoying vigorous, sustainable growth.” With the cost of money so convoluted by our central bank to near zero – a “fraction of its real price –... Continue
January 18, 2014