Ken Maize’s Energy Blog
Michael Giberson KP readers who come here for our bits of energy policy commentary may also like Ken Maize’s Energy Blog. To get you started, try “Texas sings restructuring blues” or “Across the pond: Lights out in Europe.”
November 2006
One Small Political Observation
Lynne Kiesling Notwithstanding the potentially pivotal role that the libertarian candidate in a Montana race played in creating a Democrat-controlled Senate (thanks to Todd Zywicki), I’m still not convinced that what the Economist observed yesterday is true: In two of the seats where control looks likely to switch, Missouri and Montana, the Libertarian party pulled …
Jetblue Comes To O’hare, But Ua and Aa Don’t Roll Out the Welcome Wagon
Lynne Kiesling For anyone interested in competitive dynamics and the evolution of markets over time, the airline industry is an absolute candy store. Take, for example, JetBlue’s upcoming entry into the Chicago market. According to this Chicago Tribune article, JetBlue will start its O’Hare operations on January 4 with five flights in total, to JFK …
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Solar Power Without Silicon
Lynne Kiesling Did you know that there is excess demand for silicon? No, I bet you didn’t. Actually, there probably isn’t excess demand, because prices have been rising to signal the scarcity and people are looking for substitutes. All sorts of technologies use silicon, and supplies are scarce and prices high. One technology that uses …
A Toast to Red Wine – Uh, How Many?
Michael Giberson In a story widely reported in news and on the web – we humans like our confirmatory data – a study finds that a compound in red wine may help fight the ill effects of obesity and aging. On the front page of the Washington Post today: A substance found in red wine …
Regulating Hedge Funds
Michael Giberson At Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cower links to a year-old paper asking and trying to answer the question: Should hedge funds be regulated? [PDF] Generally the authors dismiss consumer protection reasons for hedge fund regulation, but do express some concern over systemic risk. (Systematic risk explained via Wikipedia; here is an NBER paper saying …