6 Scary Book Selections to Read from Library for September 2015

1. Robert Spencer’s The Complete Infidel’s Guide to ISIS

2. The Demographic Cliff: How To Survive And Prosper During The Great Deflation Of 2014-2019

Chapter 1	The Demographic Cliff Around the World
Chapter 2	Following Japan into a Coma Economy
Chapter 3	Why Real Estate Will Never Be the Same
Chapter 4	A Look at Public and Private Debt
Chapter 5	A Brief History of Financial Bubbles
Chapter 6	Commodity Prices: The Achilles’ Heel of Emerging Countries
Chapter 7	Investment Strategies for the Financial Crisis Ahead
Chapter 8	Business Strategies for the Winter Season
Chapter 9	Government Strategies for Facilitating Free Markets
Epilogue:	A Major Revolution Brews Every 250 Years

3. Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin

• The Cleveland Clinic, which emphasizes empathy training of doctors and all employees to improve patient outcomes and lower medical costs.
• The U.S. Army, which has revolutionized its training to focus on human interaction, leading to stronger teams and greater success in real-world missions.
• Stanford Business School, which has overhauled its curriculum to teach interpersonal skills through human-to-human experiences.

4. The State We’re In: Maine Stories by Ann Beattie

• NY Times
• SF Gate
• Boston Globe
• Vogue

5. A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design by Frank Wilczek: History of mathematics

• Guardian
• FT
• PBS Nova Next “How Physics Will Change—and Change the World—in 100 Years”
• Slate

6. Let’s Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties by Patricia Marx

 

Anna Hazare Six Point Plan for Quick, Decisive and Measurable Improvements in India Politics

1. Voting for “clean” candidates – நல்ல வேட்பாளருக்கு வாக்களித்தல்
2. Press for right to reject – வேட்பாளர்களை நிராகரிக்கும் முறையில் வாக்களித்தல்
3. Seek more powers for gram sabha – கிராமசபாவுக்கு அதிக அதிகாரம் கோருதல்
4. Citizens charter – குடிமக்கள் பட்டயம் தயார் செய்தல்
5. Removing delays in official work – அலுவலகப் பணிகளில் தாமதத்தை தவிர்த்தல்
6. Bringing police under “the control” of Lokpal and Lokayukta – போலீசையும் லோக்பால் அல்லது லோக்-ஆயுக்தா சட்டத்தின்கீழ் கொண்டு வருதல்

Top 10 India Scams; Not Adjusted for Inflation

1. Bofors – 89 Crores
2. Hawala – 100 Crores
3. IPL – 470 Crores
4. Fodder – 900 Cr.
5. Harshad Mehta – 4,000 Cr.
6. Satyam – 14,000 Cr.
7. Telgi – 20,000 Cr.
8. CWG – 35,000 Cr.
9. 2G – 176,000 Cr.
10. Coal – 186,000 Cr.