Tag Archives: economy

A Biological-Like Economy?

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

From a recent essay by NN Taleb: Then we will see an economic life closer to our biological environment: smaller companies, richer ecology, no leverage. A world in which entrepreneurs, not bankers, take the risks and companies are born and … Continue reading →

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Google and Eric Schmidt on the Economy and Google Future

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

This is a pretty useful data dump from Google’s CEO Economic situation pretty dire. Combination of what we’ve seen does not appear to have a bottom. People are using the Internet more. Obviously will affect online ad market because our … Continue reading →

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Passing on Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll

Posted on October 9, 2008 by

So, the question comes up more than once… “What’s different about the changes that occurred in the 60’s and 70’s from the changes we are experiencing during our current crisis?” There are not many parallels between the two times because … Continue reading →

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But wait Dan Ariely, there’s more…

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

We know that behavior is not simple but there are simple behavioral components that keep getting ignored. Relative to what we all experience in life like conflicts in the Dan Ariely remarks below and in a previous blog on this … Continue reading →

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Bear Stearns Fallout

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Someone asked me tonight to write about Bear Stearns and the ripples – the behaviors, the consequences.  This was the 4th person asking for perspective on Bear Stearns. Hmmm…. Bear Stearns situation is probably an intervening variable, not primarily an … Continue reading →

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Economic Help?

Posted on January 19, 2008 by

I can’t say I’m surprised by media and governments narrow-minded approach to re-energizing the economy. Normally, I wouldn’t post on this subject, except that I think media plays a big part in reinforcing attitudes the public carries about our economic … Continue reading →

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