Thursday, December 29, 2011

December 2011 Early Indications: Immigration and entrepreneurship

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In our time of economic stagnation, attention on the part of many political figures is turning to the question of immigration. Presidential ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

November 2011 Early Indications: The State of Online Music

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The past 20 years have been tumultuous, to say the least, for the recording industry. From a time when old formats (the LP and cassette) wer...
Monday, October 31, 2011

October 2011 Early Indications: Heroes

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Watching the public reaction to the death of Steve Jobs has been a fascinating exercise. The flowers, poems, tributes, and now biography sa...
Friday, September 30, 2011

September 2011 Early Indications: The Innovation Moment?

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What follows is a selection from the opening to a book I'm completing. Recent tech-related news -- Apple's dominance, Amazon's ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Early Indications August 2011: Paradoxical Productivity

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There are some structural issues with our economy, where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer w...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Early Indications July 2011: Place, Space, and Time

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For millennia, geography has defined human civilizations. As our communications capability increases, as measured by technical specificatio...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Early Indications June 2011: Identity and privacy

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With the soft launch of Google Plus, it's an opportune time to think about digital privacy, insofar as Google is explicitly targeting wi...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Early Indications May 2011: Firms, Ecosystems, and Collaboratives

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The Internet and mobility are changing how resources can be organized to do work. The limited liability joint stock corporation remains use...