Tag Archives: economics

O’Reilly Radar – The end of social

The more we share the less value each piece of infor­ma­tion has to the peo­ple (but not the sys­tems) that we share to.

December 11, 2011 – 2:13 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Culture, Economics, Quick Posts, Social Media, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

This American Life – When Patents Attack!

Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.

August 2, 2011 – 2:09 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity

Yet another in a long line of arti­cles decry­ing the patent system.

August 1, 2011 – 11:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Grist – The American suburbs are a giant Ponzi scheme

I can’t say I agree with this, but it fits my per­cep­tion of America’s infrastructure.

June 28, 2011 – 2:19 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Overthinking It – Overthinking Star Wars: The Economics of Death Star Planet Destruction

Not only is this arti­cle fun, but it’s interesting.

April 28, 2011 – 11:42 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – “Serious”

Seri­ous is mak­ing stuff up apparently.

April 9, 2011 – 5:52 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Ludicrous and Cruel

I love that term voodoo eco­nom­ics, but in this case it seems to fit so well when you try to under­stand some of the ridicu­lous assump­tions made.

April 7, 2011 – 10:27 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off