Michael Giberson Kevin Sullivan, writing in the Washington Post, delivers a fantastic story about how the spread of cellphones among traditional fishermen in India has reshaped the industry: Rajan said that before he got his first cellphone a few years ago, he used to arrive at port with a load of fish and hope for …
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Michael Giberson In what is identified as the “first article of a series,” the New York Times reports that the results of power industry restructuring have disappointed many people. A decade after competition was introduced in their industries, long-distance phone rates had fallen by half, air fares by more than a fourth and trucking rates …
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Michael Giberson I’m not much of a baseball fan, but I am fascinated by the Moneyball story. On a simple level, it is the story of competition and the discovery and use of knowledge in baseball management. But rather than diving into a rhapsodic soliloquy about economics and the use of knowledge in society, let …
Michael Giberson I’m not much of a baseball fan, but I am fascinated by the Moneyball story. On a simple level, it is the story of competition and the discovery and use of knowledge in baseball management. But rather than diving into a rhapsodic soliloquy about economics and the use of knowledge in society, let …
Michael Giberson The Washington Post headlined a story in today’s edition, “In Ontario, Making ‘Clean Energy’ Pay.” From what I gather reading the article, they have in fact discovered how to make renewable energy pay in Ontario, at least if by “clean energy” you mean “other people’s wallets.” The story kicks off with a solar …
Michael Giberson Stephen Dubner at the Freakonomics blog thinks the big thoughts: “If only God had had corporate sponsorship in the book of Genesis, when the world is created. Can you imagine the loot He could have landed for the naming rights of every animal, mineral, and vegetable?” This message brought to you by the …
Michael Giberson A visit to the website of the Renewable Energy Policy Project turned up a link to this article by REPP’s executive director, George Sterzinger, urging that federal tax credits for certain renewable energy technologies be made permanent. Sterzinger complains that it is hard for the renewable energy industry to plan for the long …
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Michael Giberson Music has also been on our minds here in the other KP household, approximately 600 miles to the east south east of Chicago, where I have been contemplating the iPod music selections of the other KP spouse. The arrival of the iPod was itself a source of interest and amusement on my part. …
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Michael Giberson I’m having trouble following the logic of the utility regulatory staff in Colorado on the issue of wind power, at least as described in the Denver Post article. Xcel Energy has a popular program through which they sell windpower at a premium to some of their customers — “more than 34,000 Colorado participants …
Michael Giberson Steven Pearlstein’s column in the business pages of today’s Washington Post takes note of Ticketmaster’s growing efforts to become the officially-sanctioned secondary market for an increasing number of teams, venues, and performers. As we have mentioned here before, active secondary markets for tickets can be a good thing for consumers as well as …
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