Michael Perino wrote a biography of the great financial reformers after the Crash of 1929, Ferdinand Pecora. We looked at the impact of that reform—both positive and negative—as we evaluated how the current efforts at reform pale in significance.
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Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTOMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, October 15, 2010. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.
Doug Halter, civic leader in the city of Ventura, tells us what it takes to grow the Ventura Botanical Gardens from an embryonic idea into an public asset benefiting the community.
Carmine Gallo enlightens us on the growth and innovation strategies of one of America’s most successful innovators, Steve Jobs.
There isn’t a person today that isn’t impacted by one of Steve Job’s products: the Apple II and Macintosh computers, the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone and, now, the iPad. These are insanely great products that have changed the way many of us interact with technology.
These products broke the rules of computing, music, mobile phones and personal productivity. They didn’t happen by themselves, however. They are the result of relentless innovation and a pursuit of perfection.
Peter Schiff subscribes to Herbert Hoover’s observation, “the business of America is business.”
In case you haven’t noticed, however, business is getting a bad wrap lately after the crash of 2008-2009. The truth is that boom and bust is business as usual in the US. Just look at the first decade of the 21st Century, for example.
The Y2K scare, the dot-com boom and subsequent crash, Enron/Wordcom/Global Crossing, the Dow Jones reaching 14,000 and dropping back down to 9,750, the banking industries collapse and two of the Big 3 auto manufacturers bailed out by the government.
Peter Schiff explain how the economy grows and helps us to understand the crashes.
Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTOMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Thursday, October 14, 2010. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.