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I have been trying to figure this out too. Did you find anything out about their usage fees? What about Yodlee?

Over the past few years, I have gradually been receiving more and more spam calls. Some are robo ads trying to sell me something ("I'm your local Google specialist...") and other t…

I highly recommend the Economist for China reporting. As much as I love the New York Times, their China articles are typically negative, alarmist and selective. For a recent exampl…

>> Also: When you read the word 'Ponzi' in the context of macro-economics, as opposed to criminal prosecution, you should stop reading right then an there because the author is spo…

> And I agree that it would be better for everyone if we collectively just ignored the 2015 incarnation of Niall Ferguson, but unfortunately being a tenured professor at Harvard (a…

I have tried to take his work seriously. At first glance it looks like it should be thorough and center-right -- not a bad way to read history when read along-side differing accoun…

My favorite line: > Some of my fellow historians have asked the obvious question why Ferguson fixates on the fifth century, when the seventh century in the East, which saw the rise…

I read that comment three times and have no idea what you are trying to say. ps. It's kind of fun to be called "right-wing"

That true. You could also make the argument that historically it hasn't been so easy to expose US government secrets to the world. So, maybe we're actually entering an era of great…

History may show that we are digesting something akin to McCarthyism right now.

> I hate to sound like a Pro-Russia troll, but the leaders weren't replaced in the West; Right. That was my point. When we get bad leaders that make bad decisions that lose them su…

I think you're smart to try to test the validity of the converse of my claims. However, it's also important to acknowledge that there is enormous variation in the freedom of the me…

> ...our system has become increasingly hostile to "real" investigative journalism... The burden of proof that there has been a degradation of information quality remains on your s…

> America and North Korea have both been doing it successfully for years. Much is lost in this comparison. The American media landscape is pluralistic. Take for example our most po…

Back to the USSR. East-West relations are reverting to the Cold War days. From saber-rattling, proxy wars to propaganda campaigns, few will dispute that there has been a back-slide…

What works: * Use open questions. * Employ the element of surprise. * Watch for small, verifiable details. * Observe changes in confidence. What people think works (but doesn't): *…

>> and dig deeper into foreign policy journals What journals do you read? I find it hard to believe you are reading mainstream foreign policy journals. Is there an issue of Foreign…

> Does China have an anomalous record on freedom of the press by comparison to other nations of similar development (BRIC, APEC, etc) Is that the right point of reference? Maybe a …