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China’s Legal Software
Via Smart Mobs – CHINA introduced measures for the first time yesterday to force all personal computer makers to install legally licensed operating system software in their products. There goes another factor that helped provide China’s cheap labor. And add … Continue reading
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.
Fed & Market State
NYT – The President and Chief Economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas stumble across the fact we are increasingly transitioning into a market state when it… …set out to document the connection between globalization and public policy. We … Continue reading
South Korean E-Courts
(H/T Smart Mobs) Korean courts are now experimenting whether they could operate court trials and hearings just through Internet postings, saving everybody the trouble of actually entering the courtroom… …Although the court has not yet decided on a detailed framework, … Continue reading