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2012년판 대중의 미망과 광기 들여 |
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| 찰스 맥케이(Charles Mackay, 1814∼1889)가 고전서 『대중의 미망과 광기(Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds)』를 출간한 지도 171년이 지났다. 최근의 주택 거품을 보면 그가 말한 인간의 본성은 아직도 큰 변화가 없음이 분명하다. 페이스북(Facebook) 주식 상장에서 비롯된 큰 실망은 ‘소셜 미디어’ 팬들이 튤립 구근과 닷컴 주식을 쫓아 벼랑 끝까지 갔던 사람들만큼 ‘군중 심리’에 취약하다는 점을 보여준다. 2012년 대중의 망상을 살펴보자. |
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신경제 시대, 대학 졸업장은 어떤 의 |
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| 국가 경쟁력에서 인적 자본은 절대적으로 중요하다. 하지만 신경제 시대에 기존 교육 시스템이 과연 적합한 것일까? 사실대로 말하자면, 대학 교육 모델은 인구 중 상위 5~10%에게만 효과적이다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 기존 대학 모델을 모두가 받아들이도록 강요한 결과 21세기에 필요한 스킬을 갖춘 인재가 부족한 상황이 발생하고 있다. 신경제 시대, 교육은 어떠해야 할까? |
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Inflation Remains a |
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| Many Americans assume that inflation is rising. They fear that the recent increase in commodity prices will lead to higher finished goods producer prices and then higher consumer prices. This fear is intensified because people tend to notice when prices go up for products they buy most often.
As economist A. Gary Shilling points out in a recent commentary, such “widespread fears of inflation are understandable. Historically, inflation is a wartime phenomenon when government spending is huge, while deflation reigns in peacetime. Still, the nation suffered a uniquely long 60 years of war, which started with rearmament in the late 1930s, was followed by World War II, which promptly gave way to the Cold War that was augmented by the War on Poverty. So, most Americans have never experienced anything but inflation, which they believe is the way God made the world.” |
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The Media Transforma |
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| To understand where we’re going, it helps to understand where we’ve been. If you bought a new car 10 years ago, it came standard with a cassette deck, but a CD player was a somewhat expensive option. If you buy a new car today, it comes standard with a high-end CD player, but a cassette tape deck is an expensive and almost useless option. The cassette tape, which revolutionized the way we listen to and share music with others, is dead. |
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Stocks Are Headed Hi |
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| With Social Security reform in the air and the election behind us, all eyes are on the stock market: Will it rise or fall as 2005 unfolds? For one perspective, we can look at what most of the big-name gurus are saying: |
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