Sunday, January 8, 2012

Intellectual property and business life-cycles

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A while back, we had a post arguing that long extensions for copyrights don't seem to produce increased value in properties created aft...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Behavioral Economics for Firms

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On Friday I read this piece by Karl Smith on Apple and this piece by Matt Yglesias on Barnes and Noble .  I was struck by how both of these...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Astronauts and aquanauts

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I don't want to push this analogy too far (there are important differences) , but this NPR story got me to thinking about the explorati...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Stock Markets and Beta

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Regular readers will know that I have a pet interest in personal finance.  One thing that I have thought a lot about is the contrast between...
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Doing something for non-traditional students

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A few years ago I did a stint as an instructor at a large state school (fun work, terrible pay). Most semesters I taught at least one night ...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

Cash for Citations

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Mark sent me this piece entitled Cash for Citations? . The title was a bit misleading when you click though and read the actual offer: A...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

The sum of all fears = 183

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Seeing the world from other perspectives is a good way to start the new year. With that in mind you should pony up the dollar for a download...

Yes, another talking baby video, now with informed commentary

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This is actually the first half of the conversation. They both come from a blog called Twin Mama Rama and they've generated quite a bit ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

A quote from Coase

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A nice quote from Ronald Coase : If you torture the data long enough, it will confess. While this comment can be taken too far and explo...

The scandal isn't that the New York Times is one of our worst papers; the scandal is that it's one of our best papers

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In yesterday's NYT , Rachel Donadio had a report on Italy that included this sentence: Germany has adamantly opposed what it sees as re...

Adam Smith

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At one point I used to be a huge advocate for re-examining Adam Smith's theories in the wealth of nations.  I was perplexed at how the w...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

You have to wonder what they're thinking

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Those of you with a low tolerance for cute might want to give this one a pass, but if you've got any interest in developmental linguisti...

If you're following Burn Notice online

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Hulu slipped the last couple of episodes in under cover of darkness for unusually brief runs. You can still catch them if you hurry.
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I think we also need to page Mark Palko

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Today's new patent  is from Apple, US patent #8,082,523.  It is best described as: In other words, anything you’d recognize as a smart...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Does strong government help?

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The comment thread on this piece is well worth reading.  In the piece, itself, Noah Smith is pointing out a possible reason for people to a...