Category Archives: Technology and innovation

FAA Hoist on Its Own Boeing 737 Max Petard: Multiagency Panel to Issue Report Criticizing Agency Approval Process, Call for Certification Changes

Another FAA self-inflicted wound.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-One: Mike Isaac’s Book Ignores Economics and Financial Results and Gets the Uber Story Almost Entirely Wrong

Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped!, a new book on Uber, draws fundamentally false conclusions about the company.

48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?

The messy politics of the 48 state Google anti-trust investigation.

A European Perspective on Boeing’s 737 MAX Debacle: An “Existential Crisis” for a National Champion

Four existential threats to Boeing: Adverse court judgments, losing insurance retroactively, new competitors, and the end of today’s regulatory regime.

Robocalls: Your Number, Please

The players change, but the game remains the same: telephone companies agree to empty agreement intended to combat robocalls.

Is the So-Called “Manufacturing Renaissance” a Mirage?

38 manufacturing industries continue to decline and nine of 10 of these industries are the critical industries that are fundamental to the manufacturing process

Rotten Apple: Right to Repair Roundup

Apple continues to crapify its products, in ways intended to thwart the ability of their owners to use third party services to repair their devices.

What Plunging Global Semiconductor Sales Says About Autos, IT & How the Economy Reacts to Uncertainties

Should you worry about the biggest fall in semiconductor sales since the Financial Crisis?

Mr. Market Swoons as Trump Administration Escalates Trade War with China With “Currency Manipulator” Charge

Markets are in a tizzy over the US-China trade row. But what might come next?

Why Consumers Aren’t Buying Electric Cars

Press and affluenza enthusiasm for electric vehicles is ahead of mass consumer appetite.

Financial Times Goes Wobbly on Brexit No Deal Impact

Is a flabby Financial Times story just a case of a piece not coming together, or is the pink paper pulling its punches on Brexit?

Softening Real Estate Markets in Prime West Coast Cities: Does China Trump IPOs?

Looking at undercurrents in West Coast economies and what they might portend for the US.

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg’s Fake Accounts Ponzi Scheme

Why Facebook may be a bigger fraud than Enron.

Why Are Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos So Interested in Space?

There are good reasons to be leery of billionaires colonizing a public sector activity like space exploration.