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Four for Thursday: Articles I've Read and You Should Too

Capitolism wrote 1 week ago: The week saw the President in China; questions about increasing trade tension between the U.S. and C … more →

Tags: Economics, ethics, Four for Thursday, Globalization, Dow Theory, Dow Theory Letters, main street, Richard Russell, Robert Reich

Examples of continuous, collaborative and collective Learning

ppalme wrote 2 weeks ago: 1) Weight Watchers: Peer learning & support to a sustainable change of eating behaviour. Probabl … more →

Tags: 2000_Learning, Collaborative learning, collective learning, Continuous learning, jean nidetch, Keith Feruzzi, Ken Iverson, nucor, Weight Watchers

Too Cliched To Keep Saying

aroundthesphere wrote 1 month ago: James Surowiecki at The New Yorker: In the midst of the crisis, the country’s four biggest banks—Cit … more →

Tags: Economics, The Crisis, Salón, financial crisis, Free Exchange, the ECONOMIST, New Yorker, Robert Reich, The Atlantic

Stimulating What, Exactly?

Adrian MacNair wrote 1 month ago: Although unemployment continues to lag in the United States, the economy seems to be rebounding slow … more →

Tags: Canada, united states, Economy, stimulus spending, Financial Post, George Bragues

To Wilson and Beyond1 comment

docko wrote 1 month ago: It’s been almost a week since I created Wilson and I’ve been having quite a bit of fun.  … more →

Tags: Wilson, YouTube, Slate, science times, John Cacioppe, The New York Times, social nature, loneliness, University of Chicago

What Will Happen When Frugal Isn't Chic?1 comment

miachatmon wrote 1 month ago: Lately, it seems that everywhere I turn, financial institutions and other organizations are boasting … more →

Tags: Economy, Life, saving strategies, Trends, Cambridge Credit Counseling, Consumer Federation of America, Frugal, Great Depression, intelligent thrift

Will the Recession Effect Last? 1 comment

Brad Tuttle wrote 1 month ago: For now at least, cheap is cool. Frugality is viewed as acceptable, sensible. The assumption is that … more →

Tags: Budget, Debt, Jobs - Employers, qa, recession porn, recovery, Smart Shopping, Great Recession, In Cheap We Trust

James Surowiecki talks to Joseph Stiglitz

petermsalmon wrote 1 month ago: more about “James Surowiecki talks to Joesph Stig…“, posted with vodpod Another in … more →

Tags: Commentary, Miscellany, Learning, Economics, LinkedIn, Joseph Stiglitz, capitalism, New Yorker

One day at a time6 comments

YogaSpy wrote 2 months ago: For perhaps a year now, I’ve noticed an overweight fellow working out with a personal trainer … more →

Tags: Home Practice, Inspiring People, daily life, Weight loss, kaizen, Robert Maurer, achievement, Success!, happiness

"Everybody" Knows More than "Anybody" -- Netflix Awards a Prize in the Era of Wikinomics

Randy Mayeux wrote 2 months ago: News Item – Netflix awards $1 Million Prize for innovation from outside the company The contest was … more →

Tags: Randy's blog entries, best selling business books, Netflix, Innovation, Wikinomics, The Wisdom of Crowds, Collaboration, don tapscott, A. G. Laffey

In A Bad Mood About Moody's

aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: Huffington Post: San Francisco – At a news conference Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 10:30 a. … more →

Tags: Economics, The Crisis, John Cole, Ezra Klein, Scott Lemieux, financial crisis, kevin drum, huffington post, New Yorker

Goodbye Lehman Brothers, Though I Never Knew You At All

aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: A year ago, Lehman went down, the spark that caused the collapse. Joe Nocera in NYT: As we approach … more →

Tags: Economics, The Crisis, History, New York Times, reihan salam, bloggingheads, Matthew Yglesias, financial crisis, Wall Street Journal

James Surowiecki talks to Barney Frank1 comment

petermsalmon wrote 2 months ago: more about “James Surowiecki talks to Barney Frank“, posted with vodpod James Surowiecki … more →

Tags: Commentary, governance, Miscellany, People, LinkedIn, Social commentary, Financial Supervision, Healthcare, New Yorker

Ah, But Does Inflation Suck Worse Than Disco? See, There Were Worse Things In The 70s

aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: James Surowiecki in the New Yorker: The economy is still limping, job losses are still rising, and c … more →

Tags: Economics, The Crisis, Matthew Yglesias, financial crisis, Reason, New Yorker, felix salmon, Tim Cavanaugh, Joe Weisenthal

Prediction Markets and Educational Gaming7 comments

tickerr wrote 2 months ago: Image via CrunchBase A prediction market is a speculative market “created for the purpose of m … more →

Tags: educational technology, Higher Education, iPhone, Mobile Phone, nitle, predictive market, smartphone, united states, Wisdom of Crowds

Process Stories

aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: James Surowiecki in The New Yorker (link not directly to the post): While I think it’s true that the … more →

Tags: Health Care, Go Meta, Legislation Pending, Matthew Yglesias, legislation, New Yorker, Doug J., ryan sager

Three articles

18percent wrote 2 months ago: Three articles you might want to check out: If you haven’t already seen it, I recommend Michael Dumi … more →

Tags: Industry, Michael Dumiak, Back in the Saddle, US Banker, American Banker, Jim Davis, Business Intelligence, financial crisis, Econometric theory

Did I just see a Unicorn?: An Interview with Barney Frank

Jake wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been real critical of Barney Frank before. Also here.  From all of his TV appearances, th … more →

Tags: Wall Street, Interview, Barney Frank, Wall

We Really Don't Want to Change, says James Surowiecki1 comment

Randy Mayeux wrote 3 months ago: The Wisdom of Surowiecki The subject matter is the health care debate.  But the underlying premise i … more →

Tags: Randy's blog entries, change, Wikinomics, The Wisdom of Crowds, Health Care Debate, don tapscott, Anthony D. Williams, status quo


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