So you are saying that this doomsday prediction is not only possible, but likely? If that is true, where are you keeping your money invested to protect against this? What are you doing to prepare for this new barter driven world you predict?

Any statistics to show what the job creation rate is doing to mean wage?

This will also affect defined contribution plans. People already underestimate how long they will live and end up saving much less than they should for retirement. This problem will only grow as people start to live longer.

Agreed, student loans are getting out of hand. It's even worse for students wishing to continue their education to pursue Masters and PhD's. A machine fueled by greed if you ask me.

Fuld made over $400 million from 2000 until the collapse of Lehman. In 2007 alone, the year before Lehman declared bankruptcy, he made over $20 million. Would you justify that salary?

Regarding the latter, how is LinkedIn information used to manipulate bank accounts? Curious to hear about that. As for Facebook there are ways around that, such as using an onion router or similar. But I would believe it's not the data mining on users the government is interested, but moreso the conversations. Facebook already sells the informational data I believe.

Great read Rogier. Interesting tidbit, Icahn's investment fund lost 5.3% in the third quarter. Icahn is Herbalife's biggest shareholder. Interested to see the share price if/when Icahn starts to pull out.

Well if by preventing a crime you mean catching those that are plotting a crime, those individuals are already guilty of conspiracy; and therefore, have already committed a crime.

I prefer the Fed meeting as the top.

Oh, Sprint is still around? That's all you need to know about a potential Sprint turnaround