7 days ago by KevinCK

Recently, I watched an interesting youtube video of economist Thomas Sowell giving a talk about public schools. In response to a question about what to do over the idea that standardized testing may not be objective and may be biased, Sowell said this: Compared to what? … That’s the question economi ...

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12 days ago by kevin

With great care I draw your attention to an article by Lee Siegel called The Zero-Sacrifice Presidency. Obama tells us that we can have quality, universal health care without increasing the deficit. He tells us that he intends to have the 9/11 detainees given a fair trial in a civilian court but ass ...

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12 days ago by kevin

With great care I draw your attention to an article by Lee Siegel called The Zero-Sacrifice Presidency. Obama tells us that we can have quality, universal health care without increasing the deficit. He tells us that he intends to have the 9/11 detainees given a fair trial in a civilian court but ass ...

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16 days ago by Alora

In Deck the Halls with Pink Slips I discuss the November round of layoffs at several big companies. Of course, part of what brought these to my attention is that a dear friend of mine got caught in the pre-holidays cut-backs at Adobe. Even worse, however, was the fact that my friend loved working at ...

The Pragmatic Contextualist - alorachistiakoff.com · 2 references

27 days ago by Yi-An

John Stuart Mill first wrote about Utilitarianism in 1861, arguing that moral decisions should be made based on "the greatest good for the greatest number of people." Bjorn Lomborg implicitly applies this principle to compare efforts to fight malnutrition vs. climate change: Malnutrition should not ...

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30 days ago by Bluegrass Pundit

There is some surprising information hidden in a recent AP poll. Overall, the poll found 43 percent oppose the health care plans being discussed in Congress, while 41 percent are in support. However, when the consequences of these choices were put in the poll questions, the results dramatically chan ...

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36 days ago by cmusico

Today is my last day in Las Vegas — this afternoon I’ll be flying back to New Jersey and trying to get back into my normal routine. (No, I didn’t win any money at the slots.) For the past few weeks, my birthday, business, and personal travel have thrown me off-kilter. Don’t get me wrong, I love cele ...

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39 days ago by Rags Srinivasan

Marketing is about segmentation and targeting there is nothing more to it. Segmentation is recognizing that different people buy different products for different reasons and finding those reasons, occasions, usage scenarios and hence what the customer is willing to pay for. Targeting is delivering v ...

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39 days ago by Rags Srinivasan

In introducing the concept of Fidelity and Convenience Traps, I wrote that traps are where a firm is stuck in when its strategy and innovation are aligned with one factor while the market as a whole prefers another. These traps are a result of relatively stable preference (stable over a longer perio ...

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44 days ago by Chief

What you you picture when you hear the phrase “form follows function”? Do you envision an architectural structure? An artist’s painting? A toothbrush? Clearly, we mean that form is the after-thought and function is the primary objective. Or do we mean that the form of an object is driven by its func ...

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