Category Archives: Economics
Corporate Executive Screening: filtering IN the psychopaths
In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies ways in which Corporations may be actually searching out and employing mentally deranged individuals
Corporate Executive Screening: filtering IN the psychopaths
In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies ways in which Corporations may be actually searching out and employing mentally deranged individuals
depending on things you don’t understand
Being Dependent upon things we don’t understand is nothing new. It’s only what we are dependent upon that changes. We used to depend on gods to bring the meat and potatoes. Today we depend on virtual widgets collecting wireless data
depending on things you don’t understand
Being Dependent upon things we don’t understand is nothing new. It’s only what we are dependent upon that changes. We used to depend on gods to bring the meat and potatoes. Today we depend on virtual widgets collecting wireless data
decision fatigue, paralysis and the depletion of ego
Introductory anecdote: How people are driven (part 1) In Israel, parole boards usually grant parole 30% of the time on average, except after meals and breaks when they grant parole 60% of the time ___________________________ THE IRRATIONALITY OF DECISION MAKING
decision fatigue, paralysis and the depletion of ego
Introductory anecdote: How people are driven (part 1) In Israel, parole boards usually grant parole 30% of the time on average, except after meals and breaks when they grant parole 60% of the time ___________________________ THE IRRATIONALITY OF DECISION MAKING
Stringing together Autonomous Automation
“When a problem occurs, ask ‘why’ five times to try to find the source of the problem, then put into place something to prevent the problem from recurring” -Sakichi Toyoda (founder of Kabushiki-gaisha Toyota Jidō Shokki) Toyota began as a
Stringing together Autonomous Automation
“When a problem occurs, ask ‘why’ five times to try to find the source of the problem, then put into place something to prevent the problem from recurring” -Sakichi Toyoda (founder of Kabushiki-gaisha Toyota Jidō Shokki) Toyota began as a
In defense of underconsumption
PREFACE: DOGMA AND THE FALSE CAUSE The costliest misadventure we have made is accepting that the only kind of economy is this democratic free market economy. The safety nets at the bottom were too expensive so we put the nets
In defense of underconsumption
PREFACE: DOGMA AND THE FALSE CAUSE The costliest misadventure we have made is accepting that the only kind of economy is this democratic free market economy. The safety nets at the bottom were too expensive so we put the nets
Trisonic Ltd: Better Business Through Light and Good Fortune
A salute to Eastern America Trio Products of 12828 25th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11356-2709. This is a private company categorized under Electrical Supplies, Nec. (of which cultandpaste.com is a non-relative-step-parent company of) . Not only does this organization sell light
Trisonic Ltd: Better Business Through Light and Good Fortune
A salute to Eastern America Trio Products of 12828 25th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11356-2709. This is a private company categorized under Electrical Supplies, Nec. (of which cultandpaste.com is a non-relative-step-parent company of) . Not only does this organization sell light
So big you fail
There’s a great video segment below on how Countrywide Mortgage and Bank of America are really bad at doing anything but short term pickpocketing. 60 minutes does have its moments, especially when the programming is not conspicuously acting out a
So big you fail
There’s a great video segment below on how Countrywide Mortgage and Bank of America are really bad at doing anything but short term pickpocketing. 60 minutes does have its moments, especially when the programming is not conspicuously acting out a
Soylent Green is Car Parts
Here sits Henry Ford, believer in big ideas such as square dancing and narrow mustached fascism. Among his list of accomplishments: He was the first man to reach the speed of 91.3mph in an automobile, he conditioned the assembly line
Soylent Green is Car Parts
Here sits Henry Ford, believer in big ideas such as square dancing and narrow mustached fascism. Among his list of accomplishments: He was the first man to reach the speed of 91.3mph in an automobile, he conditioned the assembly line
The costs of being anti-social to everyone but soldiers and old people
GRAPHICALLY NOT INCLUDED HEALTH CARE SPENDING (per person in U.S. dollars) Norway: $4,763 Netherlands: 3,837 Belgium: 3,595 Germany: 3,588 Ireland: 3,424 Iceland: 3,319 ————-(OECD average: $2,986) Greece: 2,727 Italy: 2,686 Turkey: 618 LIFE EXPECTANCY Italy: 81.2 Iceland: 81.2 Norway: 80.6
The costs of being anti-social to everyone but soldiers and old people
GRAPHICALLY NOT INCLUDED HEALTH CARE SPENDING (per person in U.S. dollars) Norway: $4,763 Netherlands: 3,837 Belgium: 3,595 Germany: 3,588 Ireland: 3,424 Iceland: 3,319 ————-(OECD average: $2,986) Greece: 2,727 Italy: 2,686 Turkey: 618 LIFE EXPECTANCY Italy: 81.2 Iceland: 81.2 Norway: 80.6
Released Tapes from 1969 Moon landing: The Russians almost crash the Party
If you still believe that the Lunar landings were filmed in AREA 51, your yarn has just become a little more discombobulated… as in the way a ravenous T-Rex discombobulates the Garden of Eden. On July 3, 2009, The Jodrell
Released Tapes from 1969 Moon landing: The Russians almost crash the Party
If you still believe that the Lunar landings were filmed in AREA 51, your yarn has just become a little more discombobulated… as in the way a ravenous T-Rex discombobulates the Garden of Eden. On July 3, 2009, The Jodrell
Oscar Mayer: butcher, inventor, health-nut, King of Packed Meat dies
When i heard the news that Oscar Mayer was dead, I shouted “Baloney,” but now it’s sinking in that the King of Packed Meat (KOPM) is gone forever. Wife Geraldine Fitzpatrick, says it was old age?! Is that still killing
Oscar Mayer: butcher, inventor, health-nut, King of Packed Meat dies
When i heard the news that Oscar Mayer was dead, I shouted “Baloney,” but now it’s sinking in that the King of Packed Meat (KOPM) is gone forever. Wife Geraldine Fitzpatrick, says it was old age?! Is that still killing
Katharine Weymouth the desperate Power Ranger
The Washington Post is losing money. Lots. Last year it blew $19.5 million just to keep rolling. It happens. Back in the 1880′s, when things were tight, the editors revamped themselves and commissioned John Philip Sousa to write a march.
Katharine Weymouth the desperate Power Ranger
The Washington Post is losing money. Lots. Last year it blew $19.5 million just to keep rolling. It happens. Back in the 1880′s, when things were tight, the editors revamped themselves and commissioned John Philip Sousa to write a march.
People of the Zubaz: fashion meets anabolic steroids
The Zubaz pantaloon company has a long complex history. At it’s height in the early 90′s Zubaz clothed every American football team. Today, its reach extends to the four corners of the earth. Through a network of Third world mission
People of the Zubaz: fashion meets anabolic steroids
The Zubaz pantaloon company has a long complex history. At it’s height in the early 90′s Zubaz clothed every American football team. Today, its reach extends to the four corners of the earth. Through a network of Third world mission
No More Bongo
Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon has died. His friends called him Omar Bongo. One Norwegian foreign Minister mistakenly identified him as Bongo from the Congo. Whatever… No more Bongo. He went down in Barcelona. It was his heart. The
No More Bongo
Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon has died. His friends called him Omar Bongo. One Norwegian foreign Minister mistakenly identified him as Bongo from the Congo. Whatever… No more Bongo. He went down in Barcelona. It was his heart. The
War Pigs, Homemade Swine Flu and the Second Coming
PART I Non-edible pig application #432-Digging up undetonated WWII bombs that lie in wait near golf courses. Despite their lack of sweat glands, pigs in the Angleland are finding their special purpose by unearthing explosives of the English past. PART
War Pigs, Homemade Swine Flu and the Second Coming
PART I Non-edible pig application #432-Digging up undetonated WWII bombs that lie in wait near golf courses. Despite their lack of sweat glands, pigs in the Angleland are finding their special purpose by unearthing explosives of the English past. PART
the candyland doctrine, china and short-term memories
Governing China is like holding a mad wolf by the ears. A foaming, mad wolf with rabies. if you try to let go, you get munched. the only hope is to hold tight. This is the mainstay of post-mao modernization
the candyland doctrine, china and short-term memories
Governing China is like holding a mad wolf by the ears. A foaming, mad wolf with rabies. if you try to let go, you get munched. the only hope is to hold tight. This is the mainstay of post-mao modernization
