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Here is an interesting grid; the x-axis shows the foreign direct investment in percentage terms, and the y-axis shows basically how nasty the place is from a human rights perspective. For instance, the London dot over on the lower right shows good human rights and high foreign investment, whereas the Dubai dot shows pretty high foreign investment but poor human rights. Beijing – – basically the rights suck, and almost no foreign direct investment.
Teslas getting charged in a Wawa parking lot on Tuesday. Four are pictured, but there was a fifth off-camera to the right. The ubiquity of Tesla vehicles on the road should have given Tesla bears pause. Photo via author.
(more…)Here’s Virgin Galactic. From the moment Branson took his ego-space-journey, the stock is down 70%, which I guess makes sense for a company with no revenue and huge losses. But we live in a really stupid age. You know that.
They do not get any better.
