The Economist has been picking up lately on the true nature of the Chinese economy. The latest — Time to change the act — should again remind us that while the Chinese have a lot of people and economic power, their economic infrastructure, if you will, probably has a long way to go before it [...]
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Your daily reading about the Chinese economy
February 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Economics, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
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Open Letter, from NetBanker to SEC
December 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · Financial Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
From NetBanker comes this nifty piece of policy advice: Open Letter to SEC: Leave Peer-to-Peer Lending Alone An interesting bit: The biggest of the group, Prosper, even made all its data available to the world including the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly. They could very well be considered the first open source [...]
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Your Usable Democracy Application
December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Information Design, Information Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
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From Russia, with corruption
November 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Energy Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
The Economist has a nice report in this week’s issue about Russia. It’s filled with much that is known (that is, if you spend even a small amount of time following Russia, as I do), such as the level of corruption and state interference in most industries. But it also has some surprising observations, such [...]
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Out-predict the prediction markets at the NYTimes
November 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Prediction Markets
David Leonhardt has an interesting game about prediction markets. Should be fun to see the results. ~alex
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Oil’s impact on healthcare; CFTC and prediction markets; walk it off
July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun, Healthcare Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Prediction Markets
First, a great post from Health Populi on how the cost of oil affects health care. Next, John Delaney, of Intrade, on why prediction markets should be legal, and regulated by the CFTC. And why they’re so darn useful. This is a good read. Finally, how walkable is your neighborhood. Mine is a 94. Why [...]
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Usability Shocks
June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off · Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Usability
Today in usability news: In case there was some doubt (and who could blame you for being doubtful) Bill Gates is concerned about usability after all. In fact, he’s horrified by Microsoft’s poor usability I quote: “What an absolute mess.” And Robert Hoekman Jr., author and design expert, rants about the much loved user-centered design [...]
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Sunday Fun: Buckley and Mailer
April 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Fun, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
Great piece in the NYTimes about Norman Mailer, William F. Buckley Jr., and the passing of intellectual America. ~alex
Second Life Imitates Real Life, Triggers Real Estate Crash
April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Virtual World Markets
Here’s a fun story from Reuters: Linden to increase land supply, drop prices. (Okay, perhaps not a “crash,” but fun to say.) ~alex
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