Here is a little map I made up awhile ago of companies and their board of directors that might shed some light on the situation (courtesy of theyrule.net ). Here is a look at corporate competition. It may not mean much, but then again maybe it does have an effect on a competitive
Placing the word “economics” into the Google News search engine is quite a dreadful affair. From an Austrian School perspective, it is a surreal look at exactly how bizarre a conception of economics many in the world actually have. At first glance, you’ll find the Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry arguing over large-diameter pipe
Daniel Kahneman (the psychologist who won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2002) and Jonathan Renshon try to explain why those who are more willing to favor military action and coercive force succeed in tipping the scales in international affairs: As the hawks and doves thrust and parry, one hopes that
Why does it always have to be California? New York? Massachusetts? Why not New Hampshire ? New Hampshire: The Land of “Live Free or Die: Death is not the worst of evils.” The home of Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, Mary Baker Eddy, Franklin Pierce, Robert Frost, Maxfield Parrish, Alan B. Shepard Jr, J.D. Salinger, Ken Burns, and Dean Kamen. Home
He thinks Google is crazy and that it will be very interesting to see what happens next in the copyright world : “I still think Google lawyers will be a busy, busy bunch. I don’t think you can sue Google into oblivion, but as others have mentioned, if Google gets nailed one single time for copyright violation, there are going to be more
As if we didn’t need more evidence of big government growing bigger and bigger , here comes a story about not only the number of federal employees on the rise, but the increase in government-funded contractors, and organizations that receive government grants: “Roll all of those together — and mix in the numbers of postal workers and military
The AARP advises you not to vote. That is, until you know where the candidates stand on the issues. But, go to their website and you won’t find out where the candidates stand. Only links to campaign propaganda. So, I guess they really don’t want you to vote after
Chris Meisenzahl reminds us of these perspicacious statements from the founding fathers in the comments section of my recent post : “Democracy is the most vile form of government...democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in
Per usual, The Onion makes an unintentionally good point about the fallacies of military spending: how it is not productive, only destructive to an economy. See also: 1 2 3 Via The Stalwart
I noticed this reality last week and now Slate has done some of the leg work to tease out some of the facts : “Dow 12,000 quickly became a Republican talking point. On Oct. 19, Dick Cheney boasted that ‘we’ve got all-time record highs on the Dow Jones Industrials again today.’ Earlier this week, White House flack Tony Fratto noted that ‘we’re
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