I just finished reading Tim Harford’s book, “The Undercover Economist” and can heartily recommend it to anyone who has even the slightest interest in how all sorts of markets work from coffee shops, supermarkets, to sulfur and carbon emissions markets all the way through national economic policy surrounding globalization and free-trade. The [...]
Last week’s post on the Globalization of Leadership ended with a clarion-call for change. Given that the entire US economy is built upon a foundation of energy and energy policy, it makes sense to start looking there to see where the biggest economic levers lie. Here, I offer a somewhat more analytical approach than can [...]
The older I get, the more I am a believer in the power of free markets. The natural balancing and moderating influences of free trade have been fundamental to our nation’s economic power and health. I’m also a big believer in exposing people to what this means in their daily lives as early as [...]
Did anyone else happen to notice the new buildings going up in Dubai? I mean besides the giant artificial islands they have been creating in the gulf over the last several years. The nearly completed Burj Dubai is now the world’s tallest building, a true marvel of architecture, Art, design, engineering, and initiative. And oh [...]
I just stumbled upon a fascinating article on Science in the Islamic World, by a Pakistani scholar named Pervez Amirala Hoodbhoy at PhysicsToday.org. The article is mostly an exploration of the rise and fall of scientific inquiry in the Islamic states and the attendant root causes. There are clearly lessons here even for [...]
Okay, I admit it. I’m a nerd. But this one killed me.
