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Ed Leamer Reviews Friedman
This is a massive review of Friedman’s The World Is Flat with a focus on “economic geography, trade theory, and recent economic history”. Written by UCLA’s Ed Leamer. Via Marginal Revolution -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Does Nation Building Work?
A very interesting paper – Does Nation Building Work? (PDF) …Payne defines nation building as “the use of ground troops to support a deliberative effort to create a democracy.” Using this definition, he identifies 52 instances of nation building, all … Continue reading
Housing Bubble Update
Michael Shedlock – Basing the model of the housing bubble off of Japan’s Michael plots the US on the graph – -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
PMC Adoption Curve
PRESENT Current PMCs are innovators focusing on an early adopter customer base on the adoption curve, because their target customer base is so small – namely states who can afford their prices and have a purpose to utilize their products. … Continue reading
Net Centric Warfare and Emergence
Sonny and Wiggins make the argument that emergence will take care of NCW, but the downside is that takes too long. NCW does not need “proponents”. It just comes naturally. As the first generation of digital natives begins to work … Continue reading