복잡계 혁명이 몰려온다

저쪽은 무섭고 이쪽은 만만하기 때문

오늘날 한국인들이 전방위적으로 펼치는 對일본 행동들(공관 및
  제3국 위안부像, 일본 비난 광고 등)은, 전쟁(開戰)을 실제 염두에
  두고 않고는 실행에 옮길 수 없는 사실상의 선전포고에 준하는
  위태위태한 행위들이다. 다만, 상대방이 '만만한' 日本이라서 여태
  별 탈 없이 그냥 넘어온 것뿐이다. 日本 입장에서는, 한국이 같은
  진영(자유민주) 국가이기도 하고, 韓美日 공조가 절실한 사정 또한
  존재하기에 그냥 인내하고 마는 측면이 있다.

  그런데, 日本에게 하듯, 한국이 만약 오늘날의 中國에 대해서도,
  한반도 침략(6·25) 사죄를 요구하고, 과거 조선 여성들에 대한
  만행(환향녀)에 대해서도 사죄와 보상을 거세게 요구하며, 中國
  대사관 앞이나 미국 등에 환향녀 동상을 세우고, 뉴욕 한복판에
  서 中國을 비난하는 광고를 펼친다면 어떻게 될까?

  그러면 中國은 십중팔구, '중국에 대한 선전포고나 마찬가지'라며
  당장 난리가 났을 것이다. 아마도 지금쯤 한국은 심술 깨나 부리는
  中國에 의해 국교단절은 물론, 여타 전방위 보복으로 꽤 시달리고
  있을 것이다. (펀드빌더, 발췌)

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최저 임금 주장자들의 자가당착

Seattle's Minimum Wage Supporters Ignore the Facts

•Andrew Syrios

In what has become a running joke amongst those skeptical of the claim that minimum wage increases have no effect on unemployment, a recent report by the Employment Policies Institute showed that 174 of the 184 co-sponsors of a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour hired unpaid interns.

My personal favorite example of this type of this is when the Freedom Socialist Party, which was pushing for an even more ridiculous $20 minimum wage, posted ads for new employees offering $13 an hour.

The party’s national secretary doused himself in irony to defend his organization by saying “We’re practicing what we’re preaching in terms of continuing to fight for the minimum wage... But we can’t pay a lot more than $13.” 발췌

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미국의 연방준비위원회가 어떤 선택을 하던, 그들은 계속해서 금리를 왜곡할 것이고 가격 체계를 파괴할 것이다.

그들은 또 미국 달러의 구매력을 낮춰서, 사람들이 평생 저축을 훼손할 것이고, 강제적으로 소득과 부를 재분배하며, 경기의 호황과 불황을 불러와 사람들에게 손해를 끼칠 것이다.

The Fed Remains on Course – to Trouble

•Thorsten Polleit

It should be understood, however, that there will be side-effects, even unintended consequences, if and when the Fed hikes interest rates further. Most importantly, the Fed doesn’t know where the “neutral interest rate” is. If it does too much, the economy will collapse. If it does not do enough, it will only prolong the artificial boom, causing ongoing malinvestment and, ultimately, another crisis.

Admittedly, this is nothing new: The Fed has always been a cause of boom and bust. It sets into motion an artificial boom by issuing new fiat money through bank credit expansion. Such a boom, however, must sooner rather than later collapse and turn into a bust. It is, therefore, strongly advised to expect nothing good coming out of Fed interventions.......

Whatever option it chooses, however, the Fed will, one way or another, keep distorting interest rates. By issuing new quantities of fiat money through credit expansion, the Fed inevitably wreaks havoc on the economy's price system. It manipulates the perception of risk and flatters the value of future cash flows.

This, in turn, causes many economic and social problems. Most importantly, the Fed’s actions debase the purchasing power of the US dollar, thereby destroying much of peoples' life savings. What is more, the Fed’s policy coercively redistributes income and wealth, and it also brings about costly boom and busts.

Just to be on the safe side: The Fed is not the solution to all these problems. It is the actual cause. Whatever the US central bank will do: Be assured it will remain on course to trouble. And trouble there will be – and unfortunately so, whatever the Fed will be doing in terms of setting interest rates and dealing with the bonds it has purchased against issuing new fiat dollars.

While this is certainly a gloomy message, it might help investors to make wise decisions. Because if the Fed causes another round of trouble, it will most likely resort to even lower interest rates and issuing even more fiat money. So whatever happens short-term, there is good reason to expect that the fiat dollar — and this holds true for all fiat currencies — will lose value. 발췌

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Day 1 of the latest two-day opposition strike against Maduro