by Tom | Sep 7, 2011 | Business, Government, Reading
Very useful historical perspective and analysis of the current recession in the West. Summary: with the “rich” taking a wildly disproportionate cut of many countries’ income, the “middle class” (non-rich, non-poor) have run out of avenues...
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Business
The Great Bank Robbery. Taleb and Spitznagel absolutely nail a key issue: why do investors (especially institutional ones) own shares in banks?
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Business, Science
Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist. Monbiot makes a valid point: all publicly-funded research should be available at a low cost or for free. The Harvard route of a major institution binding its researchers to publish to a free source sounds...
by Tom | Sep 1, 2011 | Business, Reading
The Local-global Flip, Or, “the Lanier Effect” is a long, wide-ranging muse on some potentially negative effects of the rise of the internet, “free” services and information concentrators. Some thoughts: I like the idea that what Google is...
by Tom | Aug 31, 2011 | Business, Reading
The Post-it wars – in pictures. Thanks to wiffy for this. All offices should have one. Especially in HK where so many offices face so many others.
by Tom | Aug 25, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China, Reading
Magnetic pots create urban wall garden. Great idea. Could work well in HK too.
