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Congratulations on your launch! Well done. A great idea that needed to happen. Looking forward to kicking the tires on it.

You may be interested to read the other guy's take on that bet. One of the more interesting reads on the business of running a hedge fund I've seen. http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/i…

It really depends how you use it. "Technical analysis" refers to techniques that are as disparate as "cooking". There is evidence of some technical stuff being quite valid--the rel…

You might dig this article on the economics of star trek. It's kind of an inquiry into what currency might look like in an era of abundance. https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-econom…

I just updated with a couple more grabs. I don't want to pull the full article, but I added in the FT's long time series chart of income inequality and conclusion though.

Posted links to piketty's response and more detailed explication of the issues on my blog: http://wcgortel.com/pikettys-problem

FYI, with charts like this it's kind of important to do some quantitative work, not just take a look. Check out this taxonomy of charts: http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2013…