Monthly Archives: November 2007

Review: The Mystery of Capital

Posted on Nov 18, 2007 by sim

I was pleasantly surprised that I found another book on my wishlist from the local library; The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto asks the very important question in … Continue reading →

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Oil production going down..

Posted on Nov 15, 2007 by sim

.. but is it just natural variance or the first signs of peak oil? Now, everyone knows (or should know) that Peak Oil is coming, but we just don’t know when – and what’s more, we won’t know that we … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts of the day #14

Posted on Nov 13, 2007 by sim

Experience the inconvenience? Or the empty stores? Like I suspected earlier, people have not found the upper floors of the Kamppi center – it’s now littered with empty sale room. I’m not surprised – it takes some resolve to navigate … Continue reading →

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Bonuses revisited

Posted on Nov 9, 2007 by sim

Based on the comments left on my earlier post about bonus comparisons, something like 50% of my active reader base does in fact use Ykkösbonus. I must say I’m a bit surprised, but let’s not get into that. Anyway, based … Continue reading →

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Not the kind of news you want on the front page

Posted on Nov 8, 2007 by sim

Briefly, Finland was all over the world media with the news of the school massacre being the lead item of CNN, The Times and hundreds of other sources. Lots has been written about this and lots will continue to be … Continue reading →

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