Michael Giberson Just like some people enjoy comic books with the same formulaic story line issue after issue, I never get tired of stories in which lawyers play the supervillain. Virginia Postrel blogs about her latest Atlantic article — about superhero glamour — and includes a kicker about how IP lawyers for DC/Marvel blew a …
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Michael Giberson Speaking of Wikipedia, I just want to say it out loud: “Wikipedia is a great thing!??? A lot of ink, virtual and real, has been spilled in condemnation of Wikipedia. Most of the bashing seems to me to be based upon a misunderstanding of what Wikipediais and how to use it. The appropriate …
Michael Giberson On September 12, the AEI-Brookings Joint Center will be hosting a presentation of Cass Sunstein on his new book, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge. Their announcement indicates that Professor Sunstein “will present an optimistic account of the human potential to aggregate information without resorting to prejudice and preconceptions.??? Just judging by the …
Michael Giberson In addition to the wind energy developments that Lynne noted a few days ago, in Texas the Public Utility Commission is working to implement changes to that state’s renewable energy law. The Houston Chronicle reports that a battle has broken out over how to count mandatory and voluntary purchases of renewable energy for …
Michael Giberson I was going to post about the Washington Post‘s Sports section article on secondary markets for sporting event tickets, but the fine folks at The Sports Economist have beat me to it. In addition to the price discrimination angle that the Sports Economist notes, increased liquidity in the secondary market reduces risks to …
Michael Giberson Tell your teacher the World Bank said chewing gum helps you learn. (Via Truck and Barter, a World Bank Report Efficient Learning for the Poor: Insights from the Frontier of Cognitive Neuroscience, citing research in Psychopharmacology and Archives of Oral Biology.)
Michael Giberson Adidas has generated a lot of talk and press over its new Teamgeist soccer ball design, which has been on display at this year’s World Cup. A FIFA story on the public introduction of the ball in December 2005 said it would be “loved by goalscorers, feared by goalkeepers??? and “offers a guarantee …
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Michael Giberson Electric rate regulation in Maryland has become so, uh, I can’t think of a nice way to say it. Here’s the short version of the story: Years ago when Maryland passed a law restructuring its state electric industry, it placed Baltimore Gas & Electric electric rates under a long-term rate cap. That rate …
Michael Giberson In Slate, Austin Kelly dissects the dive in soccer. Diving – a player intentionally taking a fall in an effort to cause the referree to call a foul on an opposing player – is often scorned by soccer purists, most often when the diver plays for the other team. Count me as among …
Michael Giberson As Lynne noted, we have written a comment on the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force Draft Report to Congress. [ Report PDF. ] About 45 comments have been posted online at FERC, and naturally I am curious as to what other people said. [ Link to comments. ] I thought that I …
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