December 2011
5 posts
Google's Travel Push Angers Web Rivals - WSJ.com →
We know there is an anti-trust thing brewing with Google (both through official pronouncements and PR that leads to stories like this). The more interesting question is whether we’ll look back on all this and think, similarly to Microsoft, that our concerns about overwhelming dominance leading to the necessity of antitrust were happening just as that very same dominance was eroding (mobile...
US Oil Independence →
We’re a net exporter now.
Gingrich Is Inspiring—and Disturbing - WSJ.com →
This might be fun.
November 2011
4 posts
“One of the most penetrating criticisms of Mr. Obama came again from Jobs, who...”
– A Caveman Won’t Beat a Salesman - Peggy Noonan - WSJ.com
Breakthrough Journal: Issue 2 : MODERNIZING... →
“The primary reason given for why firms are running way from healthcare like Road...”
– Hey, where are all the healthcare investors going? - The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blog Term Sheet
Read the whole thing.
Turning the Dialogue From Wealth to Values -... →
Excellent.
October 2011
8 posts
Jed Rakoff puts the SEC on notice →
Mr. Hoenig Goes to Washington →
“Their new firm reflected some aspects of Romney’s own personality: his mania for...”
– The Romney Economy - Mitt comes off like a good man and a better meritocrat. What remains is whether, If elected, he will be bold enough to be great?
Bill Clinton talks to Simon Schama - FT.com →
FT Alphaville » The decline of US labour market... →
Stanford unveils spectacular proposal for opening... →
20 Years Later: How Bill Clinton Saved Liberalism... →
Hopefully, with increasing distance, we can start to fully appreciate how Bill Clinton attempted (and mostly succeeded) in reshaping the Democratic party for generations.
Clinton deserves enormous credit for running for President not merely on the basis of biography (Presidential primaries now feel mostly like tests of strength between cults of personality) but also on a coherent vision of how...
September 2011
7 posts
Taxes and Energy Policy « Donald Marron →
Exclusive: Paul Ryan's new manifesto on healthcare... →
This is pretty darn good.
“The simple truth lies elsewhere. No rational employer will invest much in new...”
– Obama’s Jobs Bill: Read It and Weep | Hoover Institution
My sister’s former contracts prof goes after the AGA.
The Lost Decade? - David Brooks - NYTimes.com →
'People Are Close to Revolt': Views From Afar -... →
FT Alphaville » A few good central bankers →
Reporter: What is your answer to German people and economists who want the return of the DM? Trichet: You want answers? Reporter: I think the Germans are entitled. Trichet: You want answers? (SHOUTING) Reporter: Germans want the truth! (SHOUTING) Trichet: *You can’t handle the truth!* (SHOUTING) [pauses]…
Trichet: Son, we live in a world that has prices, and those prices have to be guarded by...
Carmen Reinhart on Financial Repression in... →
August 2011
4 posts
Felix: Years of liberal dogma have spawned a... →
felixsalmon:
Yes, that’s the headline of Max Hastings’s column in the Daily Mail. But you know how it is with headline writers. They always go a bit far. Get to Hastings’s actual copy, and it’s so much more sensible and toned-down.
If you live a normal life of absolute futility, which we can assume most…
Sharing My Kindle Highlights →
QotD: Credit Crunches are a Thing of the Past →
July 2011
4 posts
“I’ve heard it said that I can be arrogant. If that’s true, I surely...”
– Larry Summers (via Felix Salmon)
Spending Hidden in the Tax Code →
June 2011
4 posts
“Higher education is widely regarded as the route to a better life. It is...”
– Debating the Value of College in America : The New Yorker
HBO Picks Up Boxing Docuseries from Peter Berg →
May 2011
1 post
DHL.com sees 108% increase in conversions by... →
January 2011
1 post
Archived Links (or catching up on @pkedrosky...
Dave Barry being funny Rick bookstaber is smart and heart in right place RIM / iPhone - why capitalism can be beautiful Just amazing but sort of accounting geeky
Occasional binge drinking is good for you
December 2010
8 posts
Senate Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ -... →
About time. A very good day.
Seth Wickersham's profile of Bill Belichick and... →
Tea'd Off | Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair →
$11 Million Verdict Shows Dangers Of Medical Cost... →
“Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 - and House Democrats...”
– Charles Krauthammer - Swindle of the year
(HT: Jeremy Haber) - It’s good deal for Obama and the country (even if Krauthammer only acknowledges the former)
November 2010
11 posts
Startup VIsa Strikes Again →
“The coming movement may be a third party or it may support serious people in the...”
– National Greatness Agenda - NYTimes.com
David Brooks. Very good.
“It seems obvious that the still close historical and cultural ties between...”
– Barack Obama, tell us that we’re special | Simon Tisdall | Comment is free | The Guardian
Freakonomics Radio: Could a Lottery Be the Answer... →
Prize-Linked Savings Accounts - great idea, if only they weren’t (unfortunately) illegal.