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Obama plans high-speed rail in US
If you believe that Federal stimulus spending is a good tool to help kickstart our ailing economy, what better way than with a high-speed rail infrastructure project? High speed rail has been talked about for over a generation as a “Good Thing”, but the necessary political and financial conditions have never aligned as well as [...]
Is there a better way for you to price your product?
Pricing can be usable too: “Any time you can take something that’s normally complex for customers and make it a no-brainer, you’re closer to closing the deal.” (Via Signal vs. Noise.)
New Fundamental Law of Network Economics
New Fundamental Law of Network Economics: “intersys writes ‘A new fundamental law of economics has been formulated by Rod Beckstrom, former Director of the National Cyber Security Center. In Words: The value of a network equals the net value added to each user’s transactions (PDF) conducted through that network, valued from the perspective of each [...]
Crowdsourcing – a new entrant in the design ecosystem
Wired takes a look crowdsourcing: The demand for low-end design has ballooned in recent years alongside the profusion of start-ups and small businesses. Conveniently enough, so has the supply of what we might call “low-end designers” (amateurs, recent grads and the like). According to Forbes there are 80,000 freelance designers in the United States alone. [...]
you can’t make this stuff up
you can’t make this stuff up: “ Breaking news from The Huffington Post: Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority. Participants on the October 17 call — [...]
Ethnic Food In & Around Washington D.C.
Tyler Cowen is a man of many talents with a new book out. It is called Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist. Along with pithily-named books, Tyler is well know for his guide to ethnic dining around the D.C. area.
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