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Liveblogging Boyd 08
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend this years Boyd Conference. (Hard deadline on completing an energy report at the request of the incoming administration.) However, Chet Richards is there with his laptop, along with John Robb, Rob Paterson, and a … Continue reading
China’s Growth Accelerating?
Newsweek – Bizarre claim: For some countries, the current economic crisis could actually accelerate the process. For the past two decades, for example, China has grown at approximately 9 percent a year and the United States at 3 percent. For … Continue reading
Hijacking Amazon
This Firefox extention co-opts Amazon’s legitimite information base (reviews, descriptions) and uses it to connect to torrent sites to gain access to the content for free. Literally blurring black and white globalization. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Best and Brightest 2008
Not sure why Seth Jones was chosen, as the the security pick for Esquires Best and Brightest this year. His work doesn’t do much but codify already prevalent thinking. John Arquilla would have been a much better choice. Actually changes … Continue reading
Iceland Explanation
Nice graphic and outline of what happened to Iceland. Subprime didn’t play a role, leverage and financial innovation did. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.