it turned out, steve was right

"And whoever has the smartest customers wins…"

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wow, i'll have to read this post a few times to get all the meat out of it

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this talk is outstanding

this is a great series. i highly recommend it :)

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this should get ugly

infographics: "Who is Getting Rich Off the iPhone?"

he's making a good point... but since everyone invests in the stock market to generate their retirement money, how are we going to improve this

via intotheplanet

so, either nationalize or let the market work? hmm...
note: this highlights the industry's use of anticompetitive strategies; so much for theories of "pure" capitalism

unwanted imported cars pile up in port

coupled with s3, this looks like a great way of serving popular content. you can probably tell i'm an AWS fan :)

easy-to-digest guide to the meltdown, in chart form. great :D system dynamics for the layperson!

great brief presentation from mr. lolcats on the development, success and expansion of the I Can Has Cheezburger network of websites

peter schiff correctly reads our national balance sheet, back in 2006

maybe it helps to have more well-rounded perception and social skills

inflation: if you just keep printing money, this is what you get :(

an early warning about derivatives, published back in 1994. did we listen? heck no. snagged from stocktrader

Greenspan Concedes He 'Found a Flaw' in His Free-Market Ideology.

Yeah, he "overlooked" this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal-agent_problem
:(

WOW that's creepy -- an old Meth PSA

very, very interesting insider's view. thanks to xtine66 for forwarding :)

i'd object to their result, but it's a genuine study :O

you already knew this... you're on SU

Pickens... an impressive finagler

a dire prediction

thank you for the reminder

scary, this is starting to look like a global version of the great depression. thanks to xtine66 for the find

that was pretty good, whatever it was

i love that guy's candor. businesses' ability to donate large sums of money to politicians gives corporations a big advantage over ordinary citizens

that was so strange i had to blog it

plus, RIAA: "all your cows are belong to us" thanks to ar0cketman

good explanation of why venture capitalists look for a potential 20x return from each new prospect

this is a VERY interesting idea... concentrating consumer power to help businesses pay for "green" capital improvements

From the page: "Mr. Hayashi argued that instead of divorcing Japanese Buddhism further from its spiritual roots, his business attracted more people with its lower prices. The highest-ranking posthumous name went for about $1,500, a rock-bottom price.

I know that, originally, that's not what Buddhism was about, Mr. Hayashi said of the top name. But it's a brand that our customers choose. Some really want it, so that means there's a strong desire there, and we have to respond to it."

"...an economic theory known as "Dutch Disease" holds that natural resource wealth can inhibit the development of other sectors by skewing wages. In contrast, resource-poor countries must give their citizens a certain amount of economic freedom in order to create a living for themselves, developing human capital in order to create value."

good idea

this is so odd... the fall in the value of the dollar and speculation on oil... almost as if it were a plan to wean us off oil, bring jobs back into the country, and improve the trade deficit. but who would believe that??

car companies will manufacture whatever the public feels compelled to buy... compelled because we feel insecure or are given a financial incentive like with SUVs. they've been telling us for years "we won't make these eco-vehicles because you won't buy them". well now we *will* buy them :)

i wonder what the u.s. economy would be like if we kept fiat currency but took away corporations' standings as "persons". hmm...

actually, tip #4 helps stabilize the air temperature by providing thermal mass -- to store coolness at night and release it during the day. the metal container is an efficient conductor of heat between the liquid and surrounding air ;)

"Field studies find lower productivity with GM seeds" //

it sounds like monsanto engineered some soya to be resistant to weed killer, so they could sell soya and weed killer... not so farmers could grow lots more soya.

thought-provoking essay on the humble banana, over which much political and ecological strife has been created... the humble banana that disease is quickly pushing toward extinction

teamwork may make an organization smarter, but interruptions make its individuals dumber :(

this cartoon has provoked a lot of discussion in the SU reviews :)

From the page: "The Internet helps people eliminate irrelevant alternatives"

entrepreneurs are redefining the concept of "waste": instead of waste-as-rubbish, it's waste-as-valuable-commodity

maybe we should do this with government

40% savings? that would be very impressive

sounds like "green" product marketing has begun to succeed

arrgh... well at least they caught the error quickly

this is a very interesting issue

based on this news, it looks like consumers lobbying wal-mart may be an effective means of advancing industry reforms

i'd like to see recycling services gain more exposure

Energy: proved oil reserves (in 1000 million barrels).

why do i get the feeling the top part of this list is driving U.S. foreign policy

uh oh

skip this item if you're squeamish. it's edible bread sculptures shaped like human parts... interesting; definitely art

there's not much transparency in business, yet

hot damn, it's western union all over again! :D :D

economics can be counterintuitive... here's a good description of the effects of a "weak" dollar

:D now *there's* a good idea

fascinating example of groupthink

there used to be a job called "secretary"... directing various communications

a stand-up desk... that's an interesting idea ("sometimes my guests will pretend to order a drink";)

FTA: The Pareto Principle is broadly applicable concept that states: 80 percent of the "effects" comes from 20 percent of the "causes."