And, in another good TCS article today, Marlo Lewis analyzes the effects of several CO2 reduction initiatives. Marlo focuses on the February 2002 Bush administration policy announcement of transferable credits for voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. You report it, you get to trade it. Interesting idea, sounds sensible and market-based, but … Marlo eloquently …
And this article by Arnold Kling is the first of a two-part series looking at the economics and architecture of what I think of as electronic infrastructure. His comments on the economics of Packets are interesting, and I think he’s right that we’ll see packet delivery priced at different levels for different volumes. Yahoo! is …
Tech Central Station has a lot of good content today, including this article by Ben Powell on Ireland’s economic growth. Punch line: Ireland’s successful formula for development for the past 15 years has been a reliance on market forces, lowered taxes, reduced trade barriers and reduced regulatory burdens. This simple, market-driven focus has created opportunities …
Andrew Sullivan’s comments on an interview with Madonna and Guy Ritchie are simply fabulous. The interview itself is a fascinating window into a modern relationship, but Andrew’s analysis is incredibly insightful.
Many, many thanks to Juan Non-Volokh for posting a link to the lyrics to my favorite Oingo Boingo song. Imagine a slightly edgy, but also synth 80s, beat. I continue to believe that Danny Elfman is a genius.
Crude oil prices have gone above $30 again, according to a Bloomberg Energy News story. Still working with this prevailing uncertainty … it will be interesting to see what happens to prices Monday, after Bush and Blair meet this weekend.
My colleague Bob Poole also wrote a Reason study released yesterday in which he recommends expanding the number of airports allowed to opt out of the fully federalized security model that is already failing. Several members of Congress have supported the study, most notably John Mica of Florida, who is chairman of the House Transportation …
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Through my colleague Bob Poole I learned about Baggage Direct, which will pick up your baggage 12-24 hours before your flight, and deliver it to your destination. As with most things, this is good news and bad news — entrepreneurship and human ingeneuity are thriving, but it will cost us, and that cost is the …
In Great Questions of Economics, Arnold Kling always asks important questions that plumb the nuance and power of economics. In this post he raises the issue of intellectual property, specifically with reference to media. I think he’s right about our current ugly transition from a mass media era to a distributed media era, and how …
Has it been a week? Boy, have I had my head in my work! Except for last weekend, when I had my head in my knitting, trying to finish a sweater to take on vacation next week. I am working on a book chapter on retail electric pricing for an edited volume on electricity restructuring. …
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