Hundredth Anniversary of the Federal Reserve: We "get by" IN SPITE

 On December 23, 1913, one hundred years ago yesterday, Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Federal Reserve Act, which had been passed in the House on September 18th the same year by a vote of 287 - 85 and which had been passed in the Senate on December 18th by a vote of 54 - 34.  The creation of a central bank in the US meant...
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Back from the New Telecosm Summit, 2013

We recently attended the New Telecosm Summit, which was the latest in a series of Telecosm Conferences inspired by the vision set forth by author and thinker George Gilder.  This year's event took place on December 3rd and 4th in New York City. The concept of the "telecosm" refers broadly to the world unleashed by abundant information-processing...
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