China Could Start A New Solar Price War
Why cheaper solar panels out of China might not be an unalloyed blessing.
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Tim Cook and Apple Bet the Farm on China, But Then Coronavirus Hit
WSJ examines the consequences of the decision by Apple to become so dependent on China – what looks to be a catastrophic mistake in the age of coronavirus.
Read more...US Successfully Planned for the ‘Endless Frontier’ of Science Research in 1945 – Now It’s Time to Plan the Next 75 Years
Influence of Vannevar Bush and the Endless Frontier in Postwar science planning – US science for the next 75 years.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Sack the Sachet, Campaign to Ban More Low-Hanging Fruit in UK and EU; NY Plastic Bag Ban Begins 1 March
A Plastic Planet seeks to include sachets in UK and EU single-use plastic bans; meanwhile, NY plastic shopping bag ban begins 1 March.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Two: Profits and Cash Flow Keep Deteriorating as Uber’s GAAP Losses Hit $8.5 Billion
Dissecting how Uber spun its 2019 financial reports. The actual results continue to be ugly, with no path to profit.
Read more...More (or Less) Economic Limits of the Blockchain
A discussion of blockchain “proof of stake” protocols.
Read more...Obama Helped Make Cars More Efficient, but Now They Spew Black Carbon
How regulations to tame cars’ emissions created a new problem.
Read more...Iowa, Democrats, and Elite Incompetence
Team Dem gets lots of egg on its face in Iowa.
Read more...Cybernetic Opioid Pushers: EHR Vendor Practice Fusion to Pay $145 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations
Practice Fusion solicited payments to manipulate MDs to prescribe opioids….illustrating how electronic health care records insert themselves in treatment.
Read more...Secular Stagnation: Demand Is Indeed the Culprit
Economists’ bad medicine is a significant factor in our present stagnation.
Read more...Is Secondhand Screen Time the New Secondhand Smoking?
Internet screen use starts early, and there’s ample evidence that it isnt healthy for young brains. But what if anything should be done?
Read more...Plastics Watch: China to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Rejects Waste Shipments
China announces a ban on single-use plastics, while Malaysia refuses to serve as the world’s waste bin, and returns foreign waste shipments.
Read more...Boeing Again Pushes Back Guesstimated 737 Max “Good to Go” Date to Mid 2020 as Company Bleeds Cash
Yet more bad news for the 737 Max.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Tesla, Hit by Sagging US Sales, Goes Full-China with Design Center, Loans & Factory
It makes strategic sense for Tesla, which is struggling mightily in the US, to try to find new markets. But the headwinds in China are even stronger.
Read more...Digital Money: Implications for Emerging Market and Developing Economies
A clinical look at digital money ideas for developing economies finds the benefits are narrower than boosters would have you believe.
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