Dice have no memory : big bets and bad economics from Paris to the Pampas

XIII, 330 S.

Includes index

Machine generated contents note: Introduction. -- Chapter 1: The Incompetence of Economists. -- Fight The Fed? -- May 17, 2001. -- The 17 Year Itch. -- August 30, 2001. -- From Funeral to Funeral. -- November 21, 2003. -- The Whacky World of Modern Economists. -- October 08, 2004. -- Disappearing on the Pampas. -- October 31, 2008. -- Inevitable and Disgraceful, But Still Unpredictable. -- November 28, 2008. -- Gonoism! -- December 05, 2008. -- 100 Years of Mismanagement. -- January 8, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Three Out of Four Economists are Wrong. -- July 30, 2010 - Paris, France. -- The Patsy Revolt of 2010. -- March 12, 2010 - Mumbai, India. -- Junk Science. -- November 15, 2010. -- Chapter 2: The Maestro's Last Helipad - The Conspiracy of Greenspan and Bernanke. -- Greenspan's Put Is Shot. -- December 8, 2000. -- God, Man, and Alan Greenspan. -- June 8, 2001 - Paris, France -- Houses without Moats. -- September 20, 2002. -- Can Do Money. -- April 25, 2003. -- The World He Lives In. -- May 2, 2003. -- Poor House II - The miracle of No-Sweat Equity... -- October 10, 2003 - Paris, France. -- Take It Away, Maestro. -- January 26, 2006 - London, England. -- Incredible Threat. -- August 6, 2010 - Ouzilly, France. -- Plumbers Crack. -- November 05, 2010 - Delray Beach, Florida. -- Chapter 3: No Clairvoyants Need Apply. -- More Perfect Unions. -- April 4, 2001. -- Bad Bets. -- January 3, 2003. -- Misleading Knowledge, Part I. -- November 24, 2006. -- Little Big Bubbles. -- December 01, 2006. -- The Best Kind of Wealth. -- June 11, 2007. -- Our NEW Trade of the Decade! -- January 04, 2010 - Bethesda, Maryland. -- The Great Correction...Still Pending. -- April 6, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Chapter 4: War and Waste. -- All Quiet on the Western Front. -- November 11, 1999. -- In Praise Of Group Thinking. -- September 25, 2000. -- The Dark Years. -- September 12, 2001. -- Tsar Of Arabie. -- October 29, 2001. -- Pearl Harbor. -- December 07, 2001. -- Too Big to Succeed. -- March 21, 2002 -- Paris, France. -- Imperial Over-Stretch Marks. -- March 05, 2004. -- The Stain of Democracy. -- February 04, 2005 -- Paris, France. -- The Good War. -- January 30, 2009 - London, England. -- Chapter 5: Borrowing Against the American Dream. -- Honor Insolvency. -- October 1, 2001. -- Playing the Game. -- December 27, 2001. -- Even More Unexplanatory. -- June 07, 2002 -- Paris, France. -- Land of the Free. -- July 04, 2003. -- Fantasies. -- December 19, 2003 -- Paris, France. -- Lost in Space. -- January 23, 2004. -- Hoorah for Capitalism! -- February 27, 2009 San Jose de los Perros, Nicaragua. -- Ready for the Shovels. -- February 20, 2009 - San Jose de los Perros, Nicaragua. -- "Aughts" Ruined by Wall Street. -- January 4, 2010 - Bethesda, Maryland. -- US Economy in a Self-Made Vise. -- June 16, 2010 - Delray Beach, Florida. -- Why Debt Does Matter. -- July 06, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Chapter 6: The Zombie State: When Goverment Fails. -- Wealth, Poverty, and Blithering Idiots. -- September 9, 2005. -- In Gono We Trust: U.S. Inflation on its Zimbabwe Up. -- February 3, 2009 London, England. -- Welcome to Zombieland. -- October 5, 2009 - London, England. -- When Zombies Attack. -- July 03, 2009 - London, England. -- Central Planning and the Parasites It Creates. -- February 24, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Government Growth Does Not Equal Economic Growth. -- February 24, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- The Zombie Economy. -- March 1, 2010 - New York, New York. -- Zombieland. -- March 5, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Economic Zombies Shuffle Toward Bankruptcy. -- March 23, 10 - Paris, France. -- Tony Hayward Before Congress: No Sympathy for the Oil Man. -- June 21, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Chapter 7: Back it with Bullion. -- The Dow in Gold Terms...where to from here... -- August 6, 1999. -- Under The Big Top, Part Deux. -- July 19, 2000 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- The Revenge of Gold. -- April 19, 2002 - London, England. -- A Goldbug's Life. -- December 2004. -- Faith in Faith. -- June 16, 2006 - London, England. -- Gold Says 'I Told You So'. -- January 17, 2008. -- A Look Forward at the Final Stage of the Gold Bull Market. -- November 9, 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland. -- Chapter 8: The Gaucho's Guide to Investing In Argentina. -- Earth's Bright Side. -- September 27, 2002. -- The Gauchos Union. -- April 26, 2006. -- Hot Water. -- April 21, 2007 - Gaulfin, Argentina. -- Sowing the Wind, We Reap the Whirlwind. -- April 11, 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina. -- The Happiest Day in a Man's Life. -- April 23, 2010 - Hualfin, Argentina. -- Chapter 9: The Expatriate's Experiment Abroad. -- The Accidental Investor. -- February 19, 2001 - Ouzilly, France. -- Planting Trees. -- August 27, 2001. -- The Episcopalian's Guide to Airport Security. -- June 03, 2002 -- Paris, France. -- Reformation. -- May 13, 2002 - Paris, France. -- All Saints' Day. -- October 31, 2003 -- France. -- The Money Pit. -- January 14, 2005 -- Paris, France. -- Exiles Eternal. -- July 7, 2006. -- Chapter 10: The One Appointment We Must All Keep. -- Momento Mori. -- January 26, 2000 - Paris, France. -- Thom Hickling, R.I.P.. -- December 28, 2005 - Rancho San Jose de los Perros, Nicaragua. -- Requiem for an Economist. -- September 12, 2007. -- Frank Laarman, R.I.P. -- December 1, 2009. -- Remembrance of Fanny. -- September 8, 2010. -- Life Goes On. -- April 23, 2010 - Gualfin, Argentina. -- Acknowledgments. -- About the Author. -- Index.

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