Election day in the United States... "Politicians promise the earth to win over the electorate and then deliver much less." How Will the Election Affect Investment Strategies. Institutional Investor
Whoever wins the election will get to preside over a growing economy and look like a genius. The Next President Is Lucky. Slate
"The principal fact for consideration in the election is that the current regime has taken a cumulative national debt of $10 trillion run up over 232 years of American history and increased it in less than four years to $16 trillion, adding $17,000 of new debt for every man, woman, and child — even newborns — in the country. A large part of the new debt is not covered by the ordinary sale of bonds at arm’s length to public and international buyers, but by the Treasury’s 100 percent subsidiary, the Federal Reserve, and paid for by the cyber-creation of e-mailed Federal Reserve notes. The interest, minimal as it is, paid on these notes, is paid by the Treasury, through the banking system or directly, to the Federal Reserve, which dividends it back to the Treasury. This is an inflationary shell game disguised by tanked-out industries in the inflation calculation — like housing — and if it goes on for four more years the consequences will be disastrous." A Time For Choosing. National Review
David Cameron: Grant Assad safe passage to end conflict. Salon
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao put forward a four-point proposal for promoting steady growth of the global economy in an address delivered at the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting summit Monday. Wen urges Asia-Europe co-op to promote world economy. China Daily
China leaders consider internal democratic reform. Yahoo
"Those who decry mining are ignorant of history. If they knew anything about metals, they would know that all business, all industry and all human progress depends on mines." All Hail The Prospector (1938). Republic of Mining
Mining firm accused of lavishing gifts in Guinea. Reuters
Brother Adam Humphreys' latest film reviewed: The Zachary German Documentary, “Shitty Youth”. HTMLGiant
How I did it: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson. BIV
Learning from the legacy of Donald Judd and path of Leo Babuata as artists and executives alike. Minimalism in Art and Business. CEO
Chekhov's enlightenment. New Criterion