MIT Teaches Robots to Live Among Humans
Perhaps the biggest challenge in robotics is the unpredictability of humanity. With an ever changing world, robot interactions cannot be preplanned if they are...
Is this a Huge Red Flag for the Bull Market?
You know something isn’t quite right in financial markets when you start reading articles in mainstream newspapers about newly minted millionaires who made their...
How to Earn 7% Yields in the Bond Market
The Economist reports on more yield reaching in the bond market. We’ve written about the 100-year Argentina bond that was issued without a hitch,...
What Can We Learn from Denmark?
Under the heading of "even a blind squirrel finds a nut," Denmark targets deep tax cuts. What are we waiting for?
Peter Levring writes at...
Can Macron Start Unwinding France’s Arcane Labor Laws?
Today France's president, Emmanuel Macron, proposed new labor laws for his country.
The French have traditionally protected labor with strict laws about hiring, firing, hours...
Automakers are Gaining on Tech Titans in the Race for Robot Cars
Self driving cars are usually considered the realm of tech titans like Google, Uber and more secretly, Apple. But traditional automakers have not been...
Pet Care is a Business You Want to Be invested In
Pet care is a lucrative business. Historically much of the spending on pets has come from developed world economies like the U.S. and U.K.,...
Are the Euro’s Days Numbered?
In less than a year, Italy could have a government that is committed to either dropping out of the euro altogether, or to some...
America Can Fix This Lousy Deal for Workers
Writing at International Liberty, Dan Mitchell a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says that Social Security isn't only basically bankrupt, it's also a...
Wal-Mart Closes in on Amazon Behind the Scenes
Back in April I wrote about Amazon's efforts to secure forklift technology that would require less downtime than battery powered machines. To that end,...