Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 1/15 - Watching

According to a Wall Street Journal article by Terry Miller, for the first time the U.S. has dropped out of the top ten of the Index of Economic Freedom, which has been kept for 20 years. It is America's seventh straight year of decline. The good news is that the global economy has expanded 70% in that time, lifting millions out of poverty. Most of the gains have come from eastern Europe, former communist countries that have embraced free market principles. The top twelve are: Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Chile, Mauritius, Ireland, Denmark, Estonia, U.S.. The bottom four are not surprising: Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Cuba, North Korea. Mauritius is a small island nation off the coast of Africa, considered part of the continent. I didn't know that, either.
 
Here's another of those outrageous mall stunts, this one pulled to attract people to a Dutch museum. It drew its inspiration from the painting below, Night Watch by Rembrandt:

Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/a6W2ZMpsxhg?feature=player_embedded

My thanks to the kind folks who bought, donated and exchanged books today.

Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx