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If the Pentagon takes UFOs seriously, so should markets
Stars and Stripes ^ | TYLER COWEN

Posted on 05/10/2021 6:55:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Now that the Pentagon takes UFOs seriously, it’s perhaps appropriate to consider some more mundane aspects of the phenomenon — namely, what it means for markets. UFO data will probably remain murky and unresolved, but if UFOs of alien origin become somewhat more likely (starting, to be clear, from a low base rate), which prices will change?

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If aliens really are among us, they do not seem determined to influence the course of worldly events. They have neither destroyed us nor saved us, with say a cure for cancer or world peace or a proof of Goldbach’s conjecture. Their vehicles, if indeed it is vehicles we are observing, dart away when approached by Navy pilots. Even if you took the extreme view that one million of them are living under the ocean — would that affect Wall Street expectations for the number of iPhones sold next year? Maybe it would increase demand for a fly-by camera option.

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Most of us would get used to the idea of alien presence without quite believing in it. As The New Yorker makes clear, many Americans believed in alien-origin UFOs after World War II, as did many American policymakers. It might have spurred greater interest in the space program and science fiction, but it didn’t affect most aspects of American life, nor did it seem to drive markets.

Never underestimate the capacity of markets, like humans, to adapt. Just as many of the strangest parts of our lives can come to seem normal, so Wall Street can find a way to do business with just about anybody — aliens included.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; UFO's
KEYWORDS: enoughufostories; notaliens; tictac; ufo
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1 posted on 05/10/2021 6:55:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Some speculators would talk about expanding markets and changing demographics.


2 posted on 05/10/2021 6:57:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: RoosterRedux

Meanwhile I wish the Pentagon would take threats of Communism seriously.


3 posted on 05/10/2021 6:58:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: RoosterRedux

First of all, The Pentagon would need to be taken seriously.

That’s not the case. Neither are UFO’s.


4 posted on 05/10/2021 7:00:28 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Why is the Pentagon pushing this stuff now, after playing the role of debunker for decades?

UFOs haven’t even wasted their time buzzing the Capitol and WH for decades!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident


5 posted on 05/10/2021 7:00:48 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RoosterRedux
If aliens really are among us, they do not seem determined to influence the course of worldly events.

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6 posted on 05/10/2021 7:01:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: RoosterRedux

7 posted on 05/10/2021 7:05:14 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: cgbg
Why is the Pentagon pushing this stuff now, after playing the role of debunker for decades?

Lue Elizondo said in an interview last week that the Pentagon knows a heck of lot more than it is admitting to the public.

8 posted on 05/10/2021 7:06:04 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
1-UFO means "Unidentified" not Alien.

2-"Take it Seriously" suggests their is some action to be taken...there isn't.

9 posted on 05/10/2021 7:08:12 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m thinking it’s all a hoax. Classic magician’s trick of misdirection. The real question is, misdirect from what?


10 posted on 05/10/2021 7:09:07 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: RoosterRedux

This guy knows and so does the Pentagon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McVqKmUaaok&t=1s


11 posted on 05/10/2021 7:10:46 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RoosterRedux

Yeah, Elizondo, Captain Obvious.

He is counting on the fact that people don’t know their history:

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology/dp/1571743170

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology/dp/1571743170

Elizondo may soon discover that cars work better than horses and buggies—breaking news!


12 posted on 05/10/2021 7:10:51 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RoosterRedux

It’s hard to take anybody in govt seriously anymore.


13 posted on 05/10/2021 7:14:09 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: butlerweave

He’s correct.


14 posted on 05/10/2021 7:47:36 AM PDT by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: RoosterRedux

What if they are not aliens, but a previous civilization(s) that left Earth 10s of thousands or Eons ago?


15 posted on 05/10/2021 8:12:44 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: cgbg

Book is almost 20 years out of date; pub 2002


16 posted on 05/10/2021 8:16:12 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: RoosterRedux

What a goose chase 🤨


17 posted on 05/10/2021 8:17:51 AM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: PIF

Exactly—old news.

The Pentagon has been playing footsies with UFOs for decades.

Just not buying into the current hype...

My favorite oldie but goodie:

https://www.cufon.org/cufon/malmstrom/malm1.htm

UFOs played video games with US nuclear weapons decades ago—and _now_ we are supposed to worried about it?


18 posted on 05/10/2021 8:24:34 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Exactly....while I have no idea if UFOs meaning alien vessels exist I wonder why an entity would travel billions of miles ....land...and not make contact....just saying!!!


19 posted on 05/10/2021 8:36:47 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

I don’t even believe that the recently woke CIA opposes Marxism.


20 posted on 05/10/2021 8:39:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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