Monthly Archives: November 2008

More on the the US Auto Industry

The US auto industry has 1.9 feet in the grave. This is so obvious that people don’t even waste much ink on it any more. Here are 3 succinct perspectives: – One of my favorite humor blogs, Long or Short … Continue reading

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"Liar's Poker" Begets "The End"

From Michael Lewis, the guy you brought us Liar’s Poker…a great story about somebody on Wall Street who is actually making money these days…The End is a great 10-minute read.

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Intensedebate Sweetness!

IntenseDebate has relaunched! In an amazingly short time, IntenseDebate has: – finished and polished the WordPress plug-in – Migrated to the WordPress infrastructure – and Integrated tightly with WordPress Check out all the great new features…oh, and my plug-in just … Continue reading

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Here it comes…be very afraid!

Most economists, with the exception of the ancient-school Paul Krugman, think that broad-scale government bail-outs in these times of troubles are big mistakes. The problem is, most Americans are not economists. Furthermore, they don’t know any economists, and don’t read … Continue reading

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Our Village Idiot Really Is Missing

From Mark Perry, some quantitative data explaining the reasoning capacity of the Boulder City Council:

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The Poor aren't Poor Because the Rich are Rich

All this talk of wealth re-distribution is scaring the crap out of me. Unlike the old days, when people used to admire successful businesspeople, nowadays there are resentments and feelings of injustice toward “too much success”. Paul Samuelson, a Nobel-prize … Continue reading

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Harnessing the Value of the Social Graph

Charlene Li gave a nice presentation this morning at Defrag…good thought provoking reading if you want to know what a smart person thinks about the future of the social graph. Defrag Keynote Nov. 4, 2008 View SlideShare presentation or Upload … Continue reading

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