Comments on: “The Upside of Down” | some thoughts on Banking http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/ Tracking the evolution of financial institutions Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Time for a re-read | The Upside of Down « The Bankwatch http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-25415 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:55:43 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-25415 [...] think time for me to re-read this book from 2007. Just too much makes sense, and strategy must consider the impacts of global change, to be [...]

]]> By: rshevlin http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18415 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:09:11 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18415 I’m with Dan. “Self-referential, self- validating beliefs” is generally a description of any movement, even religion. I read that quote and immediately thought of all the Net Promoter Score advocates out there. Self-referential, self-validating beliefs? Oh yeah.

p.s. Colin: Spend a little time here in the US — especially with conservative-minded people — and you might not be so likely to refer to Soros as the “ultimate capitalist”.

]]> By: Dan Dickinson http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18386 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:06:33 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18386 Well…I think the only people who still regard capital markets as highly efficient are from the Chicago School of Business. :)

As I said over our last beer, what you’re saying isn’t that different than the financial aspects of Naomi Klein’s new book.

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18372 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:27:16 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18372 @Dan … in fairness to the book its hard to get the quote in context. In any event, his theory is predicated on the dominant systems that exist in the world today, and those happen to be capitalist. What I found interesting was the persuasive argument [that I will leave to the book] that capital markets are not efficient, as people generally assume they are.

]]> By: Duarte Da Silva http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18346 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:06:17 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18346 God please let this be true of all Idol shows!

]]> By: Dan Dickinson http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18309 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:08:20 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-upside-of-down-some-thoughts-on-banking/#comment-18309 I haven’t read Mr. Dixon’s book, so my comment is based only the snippet of text you included, but…wouldn’t that statement be true of pretty much any organized movement? Capitalism, communism, socialism, established industries, political parties, American Idol contestants…

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