Category Archives: Technology and innovation

TSB: Why Are So Few Customers Leaving a Bank that Trampled on Them?

Despite months of IT mayhem and all kinds of problems, customers cling to TSB Bank in the UK.

A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture

An insider’s take on surveillance.

Market Power, Low Productivity, and Lagging Wages: The Real Drivers

To understand labor productivity—and growing inequality—you have to look at the “dual economy”

The Digital Freedom Pass: Emancipation from Digital Slavery

A libertarian case against Silicon Valley’s digital slavemasters.

The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency

An examination of cryptocurrency practicalities.

Hubert Horan’s Quick Take on Uber’s Second Quarter Results

Uber’s latest financial report confirms Hubert Horan’s predictions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Economy of Intangibles

Has the rising role of intangibles, as in intangible assets. helped cause secular stagnation?

Why Is CalPERS’ Staff Serving Up Tech Charlatanism to Its Board?

CalPERS’ staff enlists McKinsey to pull yet another fast one on its board.