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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Good innovation model at Coke
In a September 22 HBR Ideacast (Harvard Business Review’s podcast), Coca-Cola CEO, Muhtar Kent, says this as a side note about innovation at Coke: …for us, innovation is not only inside the four walls of the company. We have incubation … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Experimentation, Failure, Feedback, Innovation, Leadership
Tagged Arnold Kling, Coca-Cola, Harvard Business Review, Muhtar Kent
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Redistribution
In this Econlog post, Bryan Caplan provides nine typical responses that might be given against a bill requiring us to give 20% of income to any sibling making below poverty. He then asks: If any of these are good arguments … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Private Solutions, Trade Offs
Tagged Bryan Caplan, EconLog, wealth redistribution
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“My wealth does not create your poverty.”
In Russ Roberts’ take on Occupy Wall Street he points us to P.J. O’Rourke characterization of wealth: But as the writer P.J. O’Rourke has said, wealth is not a pizza. If we’re sharing a pie, and you get a bigger piece, that … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Economy, Capitalism, Government, Liberty, Markets
Tagged Cafe Hayek, Occupy Wall Street, P. J. O'Rourke, Russ Roberts, Wealth
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City Hall, Hall, Hall, Hall
Here are paraphrased excerpts of a conversation between a local radio talk show host and a member of the local Occupy… movement. Radio host: I’ve seen the Occupy movement identify problems, but I haven’t seen solutions. What solutions do you … Continue reading
Be careful what you wish for
Google Speaks Truth to Power, and op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal is worth a read. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google and big government supporter suddenly doesn’t seemed so pleased with big government. Mr. Schmidt had just given his … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Government, Innovation
Tagged Eric Schmidt, Google, Wall Street Journal
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Once again, the President does not ‘run the country’
I enjoy watching the Ellen Show with my wife. Ellen recently had a politically-hot guest on her show and I appreciate when Ellen said, “I don’t know much about politics.” Here, Ellen sets a great example others–especially those in Hollywood–can … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics
Tagged Ellen, Hollywood, Joseph Stalin, Pet peeve, Politics
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The “tea party’s intellectual godfather”
I highly recommend reading Berkeley law professor, John Yoo’s weekend op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Twenty Years of Justice Thomas. This is one of the most powerful paragraphs on the Constitution and Supreme Court I’ve read in some time: … Continue reading
Evaluating Teachers
The Freakonomics blog post, Evaluating Teachers: What About Doing it the Old-Fashioned Way?, points to a new study on teacher performance. Rockoff and Speroni offer a potential glimmer of hope for the old-fashioned approach: the study finds that subjective teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking
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‘Hooked on Pain Killers’ is popular
Interesting. This post of mine from 2009 has become the most popular post on this blog within the last day. I wonder why.
Posted in Failure, Feedback, Systems thinking
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