Our economic news summary includes chicken sandwiches, reefers and the supply chain, the internet and the information infrastructure and the federal budget.…
Weekly Roundup: From Affluent Mates to Successful Names
Our everyday economics includes tradeoffs, deposit insurance, supply chain, bias, human capital, income inequality, marriage markets and Federal Reserve.…
Weekly Roundup: From Buying Mail Trucks to Selling Beanie Babies
Our Posts Roundup Sunday 3.08.15 What we don’t know about Daylight Saving…more Monday 3.09.15 Why Apple is like the old AT&T…more Tuesday 3.10.15 What we can learn from a mail tr…
Surprising Messages From a Mail Truck
The U.S Postal Service is a productivity dilemma because it provides necessary services but, shown by its trucks, is not as efficient as the private sector.…
Weekly Roundup: From Old Age to Old Signatures
Our Posts Roundup Sunday 12.14.14 The mystery of the missing magazines…more Monday 12.15.14 Where Italian needs a connection…more Tuesday 12.16.14 Which movie stars…
Italy and the EU: An Internet Story
Looking at internet connectivity as a part of the EU’s information infrastructure, we can see how Italy is behind and reflects member nation contrasts.…
Information Infrastructure: An Indian Soap Opera Story
Cable TV might have more of an impact than government programs on Indian women in rural villages. Dominated by government programming, Indian TV has been around since 1959. But when cable and satellit…
Infrastructure: The Internet and Canals
An internet connection and a canal could be rather similar. Internet Connections in the Americas, 2012: Looking beyond the Americas, South Korea leads the world with the highest proportion of its popu…
A Ripple of Problems From Hurricane Sandy
Reading economist Arnold Kling’s explanation of why it will take a very long time to return to normal from Hurricane Sandy, I kept thinking of my own NJ disaster devastated neighborhood with dow…
Can the USPS Deliver?
You’ve got mail? Maybe not on Saturday. As explained in a Teaching Company lecture (#28), the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) faces competition from UPS and FedEx, from email, faxes, and texts. Their…