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"It has been said that to one who is good, the whole world becomes good. This is true so far as the individual is concerned. But goodness becomes dynamic only when it is practised in the face of evil. If you return good for good only, it is a bargain and carries no merit, but if you return good for evil, it becomes a redeeming force. The evil ceases before it and it goes on gathering volume and momentum like a snow-ball till it becomes irresistible."

-- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

With today's technology, time and distance are meaningless. We can fly, Mary Poppins style, back and forward in time and across space. With auto translation programs, we can communicate in a variety of languages and read thousands of daily newspapers from around the globe, in auto summary. Digital video recorders give us the ability to capture vivid television images from anywhere that otherwise would disappear into ether...

... and I copy some of these for this Web site when it is important to make a point. For me, though, perspective comes from being a part-time resident of Switzerland . . . looking back at the United States as the Swiss and other Europeans see us. Being here -- and there -- helps me gain new ideas . . . sometimes early . . . and always thanks, in part, to patient friends who impart many of the insights I share with you.

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Wednesday - April 30

Obama At Risk: Get To Specifics

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Monday - April 21

The President As a Fighter

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Wednesday - April 16

US Legislators Practice the Nuclear Option: Obama Is Criticized for Caution

News clip from 4/16/08:

"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button. He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country." Geoff Davis, (R) KY congressman

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Recent Items of Interest

Thursday, May 1

Two radio interviews with me conducted by my good friend, John Budden, for CFRA in Ottawa. John's comprehensive website in Canada is www.beearly.com.

Wednesday, February 27

My venue for 27 February to 12 March will be Weesen, Switzerland.

Here are some scenes which will explain why I am going even for such a short trip.

Thursday, January 24

World Economic Forum

The 2008 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos, Switzerland from 1/23 through 1/27. The website has all the news, speeches, videos, archives, etc.

2007

Wednesday, March 21

Understanding the Middle East

It is not complicated to understand what is happening in the Middle East... as seen through the eyes of an Apple commercial. Pointed out to me by former colleague now in the Pacific NW, Tim Bueneman.

[Note: This video was removed from YouTube due to copyright issues]

Saturday, February 10

The Investment People of Batterymarch

The Investment People of Batterymarch During Its First 20 Years: from a slide show accompanying remarks by Dean LeBaron at the January 10, 2007 meeting of the Boston Security Analysts Society "A Glimmer of the Investment Future from a Reflection of Its Past"

Remarks

Tuesday, January 23

Davos: World Economic Forum

Davos: World Economic Forum, 24-28 January 07, starts at 0300 EST Wednesday

Again, even more extensive web coverage of talks, live and in archive. Official and unofficial blogs. About 20 daily postings on special sites maintained by news organizations.

Start with: www.weforum.org

I'll be online attending as I have almost every year, in person or electronically.

Monday - January 1

Canadian Radio Interview

My friend, John Budden of Canadian broadcasting and finance fame, has posted an interview he did with me on 28 December 06 (about 30 minutes). He has posted each of the three segments on his home page, www.beearly.com.

John is a gold bug and I hope there are some nuggets there for John and his listeners (most are evening Toronto commuters).

2006

Thursday - December 14

Video:

Boston Security Analyst Society

Comments on the 60th Birthday of BSAS

Thursday - December 7

Video:

Why we scare the world?

Wednesday - November 29

Habeas Corpus video commentary from MSNBC... very powerful.

Friday - September 15

The Big Lie Video Series

This is a series of 13 videos that ran here from 8/31 - 9/8, and I thought I would gather them together in one place. I'd been thinking about the way language is being used to reshape perceptions away from reality, even while it is difficult to do in this age of global news, blogs and new cynicism towards authority sources. Government became the most visible example especially the US administration that prides itself as "staying on message" to teach us to think their way, not necessarily the right way. But civil institutions are at least as guilty although perhaps not as skillful. Finally I thought of what we learned about propaganda from that master of the art, Goebbels.

Which led to a list of words and phases designed to pull us away from reality toward someone else's perceptions. The list grew out of control and could have continued. I stopped not because I was running out of examples, I'm sorry to say, but because I wanted to think about something else.

Hope you find the list as instructive as I did and have your mental guard up.

[ Webmaster's note: The videos have been replaced with written transcripts. ]

July 25

Awash in a Sea of Debt

Barron's article about Dean, Awash in a Sea of Debt.

May 17

Pension Investment Association of Canada

(PIAC) Spring Conference; May 11, 2006 15 min. panel presentation by Dean LeBaron (half way down the page... click on the "play" button for real player streaming). Moderator: John Budden placed the discussion on his excellent site.

April 12

Overlooked Important News

The United Nations reformed its human rights activities under a more inclusive Human Rights Council. Although the membership is enlarged, the United States could not garner enough votes for representation. This is the first time since Eleanor Roosevelt badgered the UN in 1946 to consider human rights along with its political mandate that the US is not involved. Our absence is concrete evidence of which side of the human rights issue the rest of the world places us.

March 20

Monologue by James Spader

Here's a link to a film clip from Boston Legal, with a monologue by James Spader that really should be preserved for posterity...

my books

Mao, Marx & and the Market
Capitalist Adventures in Russia and China,

Dean LeBaron's
Treasury of Investment Wisdom,

and

Dean LeBaron's
Book of
Investment Quotations

are now available in print form,

published by by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Pan/tilt webcam at Sunapee

This new cam was set up by Chris Gmuer in Switzerland and organized on the lake by Jim Bradley. The cam location is on the east shore of Lake Sunapee (New Hampshire... USA) looking west. You can pan/tilt/zoom and turn on the fish eye for a wide view of the lake. Enjoy!

Pan/tilt webcam at Weesen

Webcams have been updated at both locations to new Mobotix cameras. Each site includes links for area weather and information.

The Weesen scenes are from my terrace overlooking the village of Weesen, SG and toward the east along the road extending up to the Amden resort areas and across the Walensee to Walenstadt. The lake is fiord-like, the deepest in Switzerland, and ringed by mountains on all sides.

Here's a 360° view from the middle of Lake Sunapee

Complexity Digest 2008.18

1-May -2008

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Previous issue 2008.17

Content

Dean's Family Photo Album

Worthy Charities
On this page are the links to and perhaps a description of some interests I help support through the LeBaron Foundation.

Also online:
Ins and Outs of Institutional Investing
Dean's personal account of institutional management 25 years ago.

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