The Zero-Sum Economy
Is the problem with the economy the amount of stultifying work, or that too much work is really about more and more aggressive competition for income?
Read more...Category Archives: Technology and innovation
The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency
An examination of cryptocurrency practicalities.
Read more...Hubert Horan’s Quick Take on Uber’s Second Quarter Results
Uber’s latest financial report confirms Hubert Horan’s predictions.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Sixteen: Is Morningstar’s Horrendously Bad Uber Analysis a Preview of Uber’s IPO Propsectus?
Why a Morningstar report on Uber’s IPO prospects does not begin to add up.
Read more...Inequality and Ordinary Living Standards in Rich Countries
How the evolution of the rise in inequality in the US has dominated and distorted economists’ and pundits’ commentary; data show that some pet generalizations don’t hold up.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Tesla Discloses Worst Quarterly Loss Ever, But Where Are the 17,000 Model 3 Cars it “Produced” But Didn’t “Deliver”?
So far, the SEC and investors are ignoring Tesla’s sus-looking production figures.
Read more...New York Evicts Internet Provider For High-Speed Failure
A rare case of a US regulator getting tough with an Internet miscreant, in this case, Spectrum.
Read more...Google Android: European ‘Techlash’ or Milestone in Antitrust Enforcement?
A discussion of the legal and economic issues at play in the EU Competition Commission’s antitrust ruling against Google for abuse of its dominant position with Android phones.
Read more...Economy of Intangibles
Has the rising role of intangibles, as in intangible assets. helped cause secular stagnation?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Facebook Launches TV News Feed; Fox News Prominently Featured
Facebook wants to control even more of your mind.
Read more...Why Is CalPERS’ Staff Serving Up Tech Charlatanism to Its Board?
CalPERS’ staff enlists McKinsey to pull yet another fast one on its board.
Read more...Naked Capitalism Readers Issue Scam Alert For Amazon’s “Become Our Freight Shipper” Scheme
Amazon isn’t satisfied with creating modern day sweatshops via its warehouses. It wants to suck the capital and labor of the not-so-savvy entrepreneur wannabes into its maw.
Read more...Tesla And GM Close To Capping Out On Electric Vehicle Tax Incentives
Tesla and GM are nearing the end of a subsidy road.
Read more...Why Did Trump Win? Robots Are to Blame
Why robots, and not “bots,” may have been responsible for Trump’s win.
Read more...Some Notes on Trump’s Trade War Threat
Some observations about the Trump-China spat.
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