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Speculative versus Real Growth: How to Reform the Stock Market

June 25, 2018 Homo Stupidus

There are different kinds of speculative investments, such as real estate, fine artworks, precious metals, stock shares, bonds, derivatives, and other financial investments. Although there

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The Financial Equivalent of Snake Oil

January 30, 2018 Homo Stupidus

In the history of the United States, there were travelling salesmen who sold a variety of different tonics, potions, powders, syrups, pills, and other remedies

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Speculation Fever: The Alchemy of Making Money from Money

January 11, 2018 Homo Stupidus

In a word, the great speculating fever which breaks out every now and then in the country, had raged to an alarming degree, and everybody

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Greed is Bad

September 25, 2016 Homo Stupidus

In the movie Wall Street, the director sought to present to viewers a modern-day parable illustrating the harmful effects of greed. By portraying the protagonist,

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  • Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
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