I’m Reading…We’re now days away from the potential passage of significant financial reform, and a particular issue in the bill caught my eye. This excerpt is from Businessweek: Currently, a person must have a net worth of $1 million or an annual income of $200,000 if single or $300,000 if married (and filing jointly) to be [...]
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In keeping with my theme this week of blogging observations, this one ties together a basic tenet that I learned from science fiction in my pre-teen years, and applies it to product management. The concept is borrowed from “The End of Eternity“, one of the classic science fiction novels from Isaac Asimov. The book imagines [...]
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Sometimes I am reminded that there are a lot of observations & stories that I tell in real life that I haven’t shared on this blog. This is one that I’ve mentioned in conversation three times this week, so I’m making an effort to actually write it out. When I attend business school at Harvard, [...]
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended ending the the long-standing drama surrounding the F-22 (nee, the F-22A) supersonic fighter, capping the program with a purchase of four more planes in 2009, bringing the total number to 183. A pair of F-22 Raptors during an Air Force training flight. (Thomas Meneguin — U.s. Air Force Via [...]
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I normally don’t comment on politics here, but wanted to share a couple thoughts I had about the recent churn and furor over the $165M in bonuses paid out to approximately 370 employees in the AIG financial products division. As everyone now knows, this is the same division that apparently ended up with such large [...]
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I have to say, I am completely uninterested in the inauguration “event” that is going on right now. Then again, I’m not really into the Academy Awards either. My guess it has something to do with the amazing amount of real work to be done, and the amazing amount of time, effort and money being [...]
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This is a quick follow on post to my 2004 Election Map by County from a week ago. Needless to say, it definitely shifted bluer this election. I thought I’d post it here so there would be an easy comparison. Actually, for the best data, see the New York Time 2008 Election site. Fantastic data, [...]
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On the eve before the 2008 elections, I thought I’d post a picture I saved from the last election in 2004. It’s hard to believe the likely difference between this almost completely red map and the map that is likely going to be drawn tomorrow. It’s a good reminder of the hubris of Republican partisans [...]
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Whimsical pondering on politics tonight. The Conscience of a Liberal has had more of an impact on me than I thought. Let’s assume for a second that Carter was an unmitigated disaster, leading to an opening for a conservative rebirth with a Reagan presidency. After all, before Carter, Reagan couldn’t even beat Ford for the [...]
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I normally stay away from politically tinged posts. Tonight, I’m posting two. Call it formal recognition that the McCain candidacy is a lost cause, and that Obama is going to take the White House. Futures on a McCain win are now down to 15.5% on the Iowa markets, even lower on the Intrade markets. That’s [...]
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“You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you.” – Juba, from the movie Gladiator I’ve almost finished reading Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal. I’ll post a formal book review here soon, but right now, I wanted to highlight one of the insights that I gained from the [...]
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I need some help here from those closer to the inner workings of the Barrack Obama campaign. I have it from fairly good sources that Obama has a strong economic team, and that he’s intelligent. So why would he advocate a position based on the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999? Just to rattle off a [...]
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The incredibly historic economic news keeps coming this week. Truly momentous. It’s as if every article, every book, every course I’ve ever taken in modern economic history and theory was to prepare to understand the events of the past 12-24 months. In some ways, I think I’m in shock. It’s like watching history in the [...]
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I generally don’t write about politics here on my blog, largely because I tend to be more issue-oriented than party-oriented, and that seems to bring out fire from both sides of the aisle. Right now, I’m hopelessly behind on keeping up with the conventions – I’ve downloaded all the speeches from the DNC, but haven’t [...]
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Just got a pointer to this old article from the New York Times, dated October 14, 2001: That sympathizers of Osama bin Laden sink three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and choke off the narrow, bow-shaped channel that funnels 14 million barrels a day from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the [...]
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