Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.Carl Jung

April 2017

  • Institutionalized Investing

    I had read about the rise of institutional investors, mutual funds, pension funds and the like, but a NYT op-ed by Eric Posner, Fiona Scott Morton and Glen Weyl places that rise in terms that require thought, if not concern.  In 1950 institutional investors made up 7% of the market, today it is 70%. Among the largest investors are Blackrock with a total of 5 billion in assets and Vanguard with a total of 3.5 billion. These firms, which obviously buy substantial amount of stock, work for the benefit of their customers, not necessarily (more…)

  • Human Trafficking–Some Stats

    Here are some statistics about human trafficking, statistics that require no commentary.

    <>79% of trafficked people are women and children

    <>Victims of trafficking are found in 106 of 193 countries

    <>  from 2012-14 the UN  Office on Drug and Crime estimated 0ver 500 flows of trafficking from 137 different nationalities

    <>Victims  are compelled to act as beggars, enter into sham marriages, forced into organ removal, participate in pornography production among others (more…)

  • Libyan Slave Market

    Once in a while in all I read to prepare for these pieces, I find myself in disbelief, encountering how evil humans can be. This week it was a story in The Guardian newspaper about what they called Libyan slave markets. Migrants, usually from West Africa, with little or cash and often with no papers, manage to pay people smugglers to get across the desert to the coast. The rescued migrant interviewed for this story tells of a bus ride organized by the (more…)

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