Monday, April 6, 2009

It’s Just Time … in as many ways as you can imagine

This is the most significant piece of information I have come across since the beginning of the financial crisis … it’s worth reading even if you don’t understand 90% of it, because you will still have 25 new ideas and/or perspectives.  The best introduction to the piece is this blog article from Seeking Alpha.  The comments contain the links you will need to check out the background on Martin Armstrong who writes the paper I am recommending on an old typewriter from his jail cell, where he is, from his point of view, a political prisoner. 

It’s Just Time is a relatively short (71 Page) manifesto describing the interaction of various cycles to produce forecasts which, in the past, were very accurate.  The second half of the article describe his situation, why he is in jail and what he thinks should be done to rescue the current economic situation.  You can get a lot from the article without understanding the numbers or the math/physics and the 2nd half is a great adventure story and, perhaps, cautionary tale.

Wikipedia article on Martin  …  Martin’s 1999 article “The Business Cycle and the Future”

Even if you think this man is a crook, the ideas in the article(s) may still be of great value to you and the times.

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