Monday, September 21, 2009

Consumer Electronics, Energy and the Jevons Paradox

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The explosion of consumer electronics globally has been putting pressure on energy consumption. This from the New York Times, ``Electricity...

The Myths Of Government’s Managing The Economy

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`The paradox of "planning" is that it cannot plan, because of the absence of economic calculation. What is called a planned econom...

A Deeply Embedded Inflation Psyche

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``What deflationists always overlook is that, even in the unlikely event that banks could not stimulate further loans, they can always use t...

Debating The Fate Of The US Dollar, A Gold Linked Currency And China’s Yuan

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In view of the falling US dollar, many articles have emerged to defend the US dollar as being either irreplaceable or will become substituta...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Wonders of Market Innovation: Text-to-Speech Technology Reaches an Inflection Point

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This is just one of the numerous examples of the miracles borne out of the marketplace mainly through technological innovation. This from A...

The Changing Role Of Stock Markets: From Market Signal To Policy Instrument

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3 charts to explain what has been happening today. First is that stock markets have been vigorously rallying across the globe. This means th...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Daniel Mitchell: The Case Against Big Government

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From Daniel Mitchell of Cato.org
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Graphic on Patents

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Here is an interesting interactive graphics on patents from JSOnline. (Hat Tip Paul Kedrosky ) From Murray Rothbard in Man, Economy, and Sta...