UAW-GM Battle: Showdown About the Past
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »In the grand scheme of things, the latest installment of the UAW-GM battle has the makings of this fall's Army-Navy football game—a match between two ancient powers whose rivalry once dominated the headlines but who now play a largely ...
Some Inconvenient Questions: How Much Should We Sacrifice Today for Future Billionaires?
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »From economist Steven E. Landsburg's recent Slate.com column ("Save the Earth in Six Hard Questions: What Al Gore doesn't understand about climate change"): There is nothing particularly peaceable about Gore's rhetorical approach to climate policy. At his most pugnacious, Gore has ...
Falling Prices:The Real Solution to Housing Collapse
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Economist Steven Landsburg made the "case for foreclosure" in Slate.com, and was featured in this CD post on Tuesday. Writing in today's IBD, columnist Robert Samuelson makes a convincing case for falling home prices as the only real solution ...
Conspicuous Consumption and Race: $500 Sneakers
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Do blacks actually spend more on consumerist indulgences than whites? And if so, what, exactly, makes black Americans more vulnerable to the allure of these luxury goods? Three economists from the University of Chicago and Wharton have taken up this ...
Google Street View or Google Spy?
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Google's "Street View Van." Google Street View of 7th Ave. and West 43 St., NYC. From today's Slate, "Google Spy: Zooming in on neighbors, nose-pickers, and sunbathers with Google Street View,"As Google grows older, it's becoming that kid who brings ...
Why “Free” Municipal Wireless Has Flopped
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Slate.com: It's hard to dislike the idea of free municipal wireless Internet access. Imagine your town as an oversized Internet cafe, with invisible packets floating everywhere as free as the air we breathe. That fanciful vision inspired many cities to ...
The Best Use of Child Labor Since the 19th Century
Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Child labor is alive and well in America, read about it here in Slate.
The Ethanol Bubble: Is It Starting to Burst?
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Judging by recent financial results, the big villains in the ethanol story—the American companies that are responding to government mandates by buying about 20% of the U.S. corn harvest and processing it into fuel—aren't exactly thriving. In fact, their bottom ...
Unconscionable Movie Popcorn Price Gouging?
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Slate.com has an interesting article on the history of movie theater concession stands, which are the lifeblood of the theater business - they account for 40% of theaters' net revenue! But it wasn't always that way. Far from embracing food ...
U.S. Gasoline is Still Dirt-Cheap
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »American gasoline is also dirt-cheap compared with gas in other countries. British motorists are currently paying about $8.38 per gallon for gasoline. In Norway, a major oil exporter, drivers are paying $8.73. In 2007, out of the 32 industrialized countries ...
