April 2009
25 posts
“Top investment bankers and government officials like to lay the blame for the...”
– The Atlantic Online | May 2009 | The Quiet Coup | Simon Johnson
March 2009
23 posts
“the publishing behemoths might dwindle while a much lighter weight model of...”
– How the Kindle will change the world. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
Watch27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis | FlowingData
1 of 27 “fun” visualizations…
“College was my big chance to doff the roles in my family and community that I...”
– The Way We Live Now - Growing Up on Facebook - NYTimes.com
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable « Clay... →
“We need to remind ourselves that there’s a lot of value” in this...”
– News has a bright future, author says | Digital Media - CNET News
This article makes an important point that lost in talk over the demise of newspapers is any notice of the eveolutionary leap forward news itself is taking.
Tired of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own -... →
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched...”
– Reid Hoffman (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via hiten) (via rafer) (via kortina) (via brit)
“Almost everytime we hear the phrase “Systemic Risk,” we get our pockets picked....”
– Couldn’t have said it better…
AIG: Is the Risk Systemic? | The Big Picture
“When there are complicated government bailout schemes, multiple exchange rates,...”
– Confusion, Tunneling, And Looting « The Baseline Scenario
Hacking Education →
Shoe reportedly thrown at Iranian president... →
A.I.G.: Rage Against the Machine - The Opinionator... →
A great overview of a bigger fraud than Madoff…
“We had no choice but to try to stabilize the system because of the implications...”
– Ben Bernake defending the AIG bailout
I beg you, Dr. Bernake, what are those “implications” for the “broad economic system.” S.P.E.L.L. I.T. O.U.T. for me. I haven’t seen anyone attempt the thought experiment; only heard people (usually these guys) telling us why we...
A Japanese Take On The US Economy
Does “Economy” = “Platform”? If so, is the U.S. Facebook? Windows? Apple App Store? Twitter? …who should it want to be?
fred-wilson:
A term you may or may not already know but seems to fit your perspective on why and how the US may survive this crisis is Sokojikara. It is a term of Japanese origin that defines American resiliency as having three pillars: massive...
