Trump Names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to Advisory Team – TheHill

Post by edblarney » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 7:29 PM UTC

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Basically nobody believes in 'Flat Earth' it's ridiculous that you'd put that in there. And it's surprising how many CEO's in tech don't have a grasp of economics. Elon doesn't know what the Fed's QE program does or what it means. Watch investors speak about what they think of the future, and of business, then watch Elon, Zuck etc. speak. There's a marked difference. The investors are economically literate, and usual…

You're describing the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Pretty much every successful entrepreneur I know has a very solid grasp of microeconomics, oftentimes much more solid than most economists or financiers. They don't always have a detailed understanding of macroeconomics, and many of them don't need one to run their businesses. When you can steal market share from existing incumbents, oftentim…

Post by sharemywin » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 7:50 PM UTC

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not sure why I'm being down voted. corruption - dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. CEOs and other decision makers of companies certainly have power. Several of them have hid the side effects of their products to continue making money. I would call that being corrupt.

You're being downvoted because capitalism has nothing to do with the topic at hand. But, because I feel like tilting at windmills, I'll say this: there's nothing inherently corrupting about capitalism. Corruption is inherent to human nature and exists in socialism, communism and every other form of government ever invented. The reason for this is humans naturally sort themselves into hierarchies and people will alway…

Post by zpallin » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 8:14 PM UTC

matwood wrote: post #8

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Honest question, what does this mean for all the talk of Silicon Valley doom and gloom under Trump's presidency? Was all that just fear mongering? How do we understand this move?

The doom and gloom was of course a lot of fear mongering (the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly). Trump talked so little of policy during the campaign we really have no idea what he is going to do. That in of itself is also scary because it is an unknown. While he was not my pick for POTUS, I'm holding a wait and see attitude. Historically Trump's public views were liberal, and he leaned democrat so we'll see…

Post by mistermann » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 8:36 PM UTC

edblarney wrote: post #82

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It's a smarter strategy than keeping quiet and assuming she is ok with it.

"It's a smarter strategy than keeping quiet and assuming she is ok with it." He should have made it clear before they were married. Not brought something so important up a) after the fact and b) during their first dance at the wedding (!!). Chump move.

Post by matwood » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 10:37 PM UTC

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The doom and gloom was of course a lot of fear mongering (the Hitler comparisons grow old very quickly). Trump talked so little of policy during the campaign we really have no idea what he is going to do. That in of itself is also scary because it is an unknown. While he was not my pick for POTUS, I'm holding a wait and see attitude. Historically Trump's public views were liberal, and he leaned democrat so we'll see…

I have a problem with this comment. Not only did Trump talk plenty about his policy ideas and followers notably chose him based on these policies, Trump's views have never been expressly "liberal". Furthermore, plenty of people have predicted exactly how Trump would turn out. During the race, the left media continually argued that Trump would be appointing "1%ers" to his cabinet, and that is exactly what has happened…