The Authors Erik Brynjolfsson Andrew McAfee Backgrounds (From the back cover of the paperback edition): Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and one…
Month: September 2017

The Real Threats to the Equity Bull Market
To continue, high valuations and low volatility require stable economic growth and predictable earnings. I read a lot of commentary that essentially says “US equity market volatility has to…

Stocks Need Tax Reform Now More Than Ever
Evidence suggests that corporate earnings are closer to a cyclical peak than a trough. Do you think U.S. corporate tax reform is coming before mid-term elections? No? You aren’t…

Book Trek: A Review of “Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin – From Money That We Understand To Money That Understands Us”
The Author David Birch Background: Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion, a consultancy the author helped to found. He is a widely quoted expert on digital identity and digital currency,…

Book Trek: A Review of “400 Things Cops Know – Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman”
The Author Adam Plantinga Background: A career police officer with a B.A. in English and a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa…

Book Trek: A Review of “Everybody Lies – Big Data, New Data and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are”
The Author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Background: A New York Times op-ed contributor and former Google data scientist. B.A. from Stanford in Philosophy, Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard. Length and Readability 284…