John Wilson’s item just republished below inspired me to read the Drucker article. It seems that our current troubles started with the methodology adopted by the nations and identified by Schumpeter in 1918 to fight world war one…. financialize and borrow.
A 1983 article by Peter Drucker
shows us that the reasons for the […]
From John Wilson in the UK who has been making excellent contributions to my economics of IP networks discussion group. John’s blog item is here.
[ The following notes explore themes that emerge from recent published issues of The Cook Report on Internet, and related arch-econ private mail-list discussions:]
In consideration of teasing out the themes […]
BT acquired Ribbit two summers ago. Early reports seemed to think it was a Grand Central “killer” and competition to Google Voice. In June of 2010, neither seems much to be the case.
BT has been hard at work reinventing the local phone company for the past 3 years. The incumbent is there […]
from converge Digest vol 17 no. 102
Looking ahead, McAdam said he expects that most consumers will
ultimately have a number of devices that need connectivity —
four, five, six or perhaps as many as 20 devices. Consumers will
want to buy “a bucket of megabytes” to be used any way they want
by any of the devices. Voice becomes […]
We are developing group intelligence, and doing so while drowning in a sea of what seems like too much info,
In such a situation prospering will mean the ability to sort through the patterns.
But how to sort without being hopelessly fragmented?
Does one work serial or parallel? My tendency is serial. Given other on […]
How Dutch Pragmatism Nurtures a 21st Century Economy
The Book is out! 184 pages
Available here.
Note that a limited of books, paperback but in full 8.5 by 11 inch full color weight 670 grams each will be available at Cookreport.com after March 15.
Cost will be $40 each plus $10 shipping and handling… or a total […]
Eva Waskell and the Election Integrity Movement
A Profile in Courage in the form of an extended conversation between
Eva Waskell and Gordon Cook
The entire book of 160 pages may be downloaded here
Foreword: An Abdication of Trust
As the USA basked in post World War II prosperity, it invested in infrastructure primarily in response to the perceived […]
On December 1 at after10 pm on the first day of supernova,my long time friend Eva Waskell who more than 25 years ago started a journey that morphed into the Election Integrity movement - much more about that real soon now - opened her cell phone and called her longtime friend Ed Healy also known […]
Today I wrote on my list: I am increasingly more skeptical that like NTIA the FCC will do ANYTHING that could be interpreted to be in the national interest as opposed to the corporate interest.
Count me with Erik Cecil in the hope that events may render the FCC irrelevant. Sheesh what will […]
on my list:
Chris S. The information available on the Internet is a vast ocean. Google and the other search engines tell us, in effect, “here are the general coordinates of where there might be buried treasure.” What I’m talking about is hiring mercenary treasure hunters to really get down there and find […]