The SEC is going (back in 2011) to track Facebook,Twitter,Linkedin postings. Consider this imaginary scenario, more plausible as the Facebook generation grows up.
[ Note: This post from March 9, 2011 was updated for formatting issues on May 31, 2021]
Category Archives: Public Policy
Strategic Oil Reserve and the “desultory” Libyan Conflict- Energizing Libyan Entrepreneurs
There was a BBC correspondent who came up with the word “desultory” to describe the Libyan conflict. Today there were visuals from both the rebel and Gaddafi camps that sort of supported this brilliant one word “desultory” description. Should US put out the 60 days Strategic Oil Reserve for something that might last a fewContinue reading “Strategic Oil Reserve and the “desultory” Libyan Conflict- Energizing Libyan Entrepreneurs”
Unemployment now under 9% -the Science and Math Education Value Chain
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35B$ Boeng mega contract to create jobs in low-cost US locations: what about high cost States?
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How does innovation create jobs? – The Music Industry example
But there comes a point when unless you change the technology platform you can only do so much. My favorite example is the vinyl records->music cassette -> disc-> MP3 music platforms. Just the number of songs you could fit in into a device has jumped exponentially, industries like cassette tape makers are extinct but their place is taken by an entire cell phone industry that offers MP3 music- famously led by the iPod and iPhone.
Americans put security first: ignore “opt-out” protest to celebrate Thanksgiving
From the water cooler to late night comedy there was great hoopla around the privacy invading enhanced pat-downs at US airports. A civil disobedience movement “opt-out day” was launched which would involve mass “opt-out” from the invasive security checks today the day before Thanksgiving, the busiest travel day in the US. Initial reports suggest thatContinue reading “Americans put security first: ignore “opt-out” protest to celebrate Thanksgiving”
Ireland: from boom to bust and bailout
Some years ago I had been researching the great outsourcing work being done out of Ireland. Being culturally closer to the US, it was easier though costlier to work with Irish providers. Ireland had beaten unemployment from 16% down to 3.9% and Government incentives including low taxes had major companies like Pfizer, Dell, Microsoft, Google doing a lot of work from Ireland. In fact, with no tigers in Ireland it came to be known as “Celtic Tiger” given its huge growth and success like the South East Asian “Tiger” countries in early nineties.
[Note: This post is originally published Nov 22, 2010 updated for formatting only May 18, 2021]
Poverty report – the mobility of skills and IBM’s Project Match
Public policy should actively encourage moves to wherever work is, by covering moving and relocation costs and setting off the public expense of trying to support the skilled person at a location where the skill may take time to deploy. Depending on economic recovery, or may never get a chance to flourish again.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it ” does not apply to Infrastructure renewal policy for gas pipes, bridges
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Rethinking the postal service business model -capitalizing on the local distribution presence of the US Post
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