A long but interesting article at The Economist. There are some lessons here for space settlements.
Category Archives: Economics
Andy Stern, Liberal Fascist, Part II
Well, Jonah has risen to the challenge.
The Science Is Getting More Unsettled By The Day
The latest on the global warming scam, from Walter Russell Mead.
Andy Stern, Liberal Fascist
Jonah Goldberg, call your office.
[Update a while later]
Thoughts (and reality check for Stern) from JPet.
It Was Just A Matter Of Time
They’ve cloned a Stradivarius with a 3-D printer. I don’t think we’re that far from Star Trek replicators.
The economic and market effects of this technology will be far reaching. For instance, as Eric Drexler pointed out in the eighties, what happens when there is no way, other than a chain of custody, to tell the difference between the original Mona Lisa and an exact copy?
Why Did American Declare Bankruptcy?
Megan McArdle explains.
Black And Blue
The blue model batters black America. Black unemployment is now above 15%. So that’s what the change has been for Eric Holder’s people.
Did The Fed Just Save The Eurozone?
Maybe, but it’s just buying time.
China Lowers Bank Reserve Ratios
…to spur more loans. What could possibly go wrong?
“Uniting In Criticism Of ITAR”
Is the US space industry really doing that? Nope. With a bonus citation of one of my tweets.