Alan Sugar fails to understand education
Alan Sugar has called for “enterprise lessons” in schools. While a capitalist economy may benefit from there being some people like Alan Sugar, I see absolutely no evidence that we need more of them. (more…)
Incompetence from The Economist
at 9:28 am on Wednesday, 6 February 2008
The Economist’s coverage of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo has apparently been written by someone who thinks that Yahoo is primarily a search engine. It has been written in complete ignorance of both the competition concerns and the major difficulties of integrating the businesses. (more…)
How to buy cameras and PCs
at 9:09 am on Monday, 28 January 2008
Having previously complained about how consumers are too confused to choose complex technology, I am doing my bit to improve the situation with a little explanation, and some useful links. (more…)
Blog split
I have effectively split this blog into two. I will stop posting on investment and finance related topics here, and instead post on my new blog on my Moneyterms site. (more…)
America vs the world
Listening to a funny and relentless condemnation of the American Imperium and its current government from Gore Vidal, I felt rather sorry for the American ambassador who was in the audience. It was clear the feelings of the audience were very much with Gore Vidal, and very much against everything it is the ambassador’s job to push. (more…)
Ban football, not video games
at 3:14 pm on Thursday, 17 January 2008
Lots of people (especially American politicians like Hillary Clinton) are worried about the effects of violent video games, despite the complete lack of evidence that there is any effect. Perhaps the regular calls for restrictions on children’s exposure to corrupting material should instead focus on team games, now that there is evidence that watching American Football makes people violent. (more…)
Psst! Want to buy an illegal book?
at 2:57 pm on Thursday, 17 January 2008
Would you like to buy a book that breaks British Law? Whose authors could go to jail? The printed version has sold out, but you can still buy a PDF copy of Glorifying Terrorism, a collection of science fiction short stories. There are reviews at David Langford’s Ansible Link and The Guardian.
Beyond capitalism?
at 12:55 pm on Tuesday, 15 January 2008
This blog post by an academic economist raises a question that I am convinced we can already see part of the answer to. Industries that have a negligible marginal cost of production (media, software, etc.) demand a different economc system. (more…)
The gospel according to neo-conservatives
Here is my attempt to bring the in line with modern values. I am particularly trying to help neo-conservatives and neo-liberals who have an exceptionally hard time in reconciling what they know to be right with Jesus’s old fashioned ideas.
Good ratio, bad ratio
at 2:47 pm on Thursday, 13 December 2007
I recently added a page on the naked PE to Money Terms. A post in response to this by Richard Beddard (thanks to whom I came across the ratio in the first place) lead me to a clearer description of why it is good — and why the PEG is bad. (more…)
