Movie review: The Big Short (2015)

I have been meaning to watch this movie ever since it came out. It did not disappoint. I was so good I watched it twice over the weekend. It is an amazing movie, Well acted and well directed, Making a movie a bout massive financial fraud, with a ton of numbers is really hard, and they did it well. My real impression from the movie is to increase my doubt about everything we are being told today. I am not a Steve Carell fan, but his performance in this movie is nothing short of amazing. Big props to the writers who made this numbers story understandable. My biggest take away from the movie is a massive doubt about everything we think we currently know about what is going on in 2021. Watch this movie.

Read Glenn Reynolds

As I have said previously, you should read everything Professor Glenn Reynolds writes.

German Commerce Raiders

I have always been fascinated by this subject.  This is a great video. (P.S. Check out this persons other videos.)

You’d have to have a heart of stone….

Not to laugh at this.  It is richly deserved, thought you feel bad for the common citizen.

The coming apocalypse

Tax apocalypse, that is.  In New York City it will be an existential crisis, but it will happen to a greater or lesser degree everywhere.  The consequences will be political as well as economic.  We are living in interesting times.

A good idea

This is a very good idea, and is in the interests of all the countries involved, as well as the United States.

Flooding in China

The Three Gorges Dam was built in China to reduce the flooding along the Yangtze river.  Even with that massive dam, they are having record floods this year.  Story here, and here.

Another flashpoint

While this blog tends to pay attention to the flashpoint that is the South China Sea as the most likely place things can go wrong in a big way, there are others.  Here is one that you don’t hear about often, Egypt-Ethiopia.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk may turn out to be the greatest American of his generation. (yes, he is South African by birth). He may end up contributing more to humanity than anyone since Norman Borlaug.

Naval construction

An interesting perspective.  If the economy bounces back to pre-pandemic levels quickly, then a wave of retirements really will result in a shortage of skilled workers.  Given the pay and employment security, these should be highly sought after jobs.