Tim Sullivan interviewed Michael Mauboussin for a Harvard Business Review article titled Embracing Complexity (September 2011).
Continue reading “Michael Mauboussin: Embracing Complexity”A Grumpy Economist on Inflation’s Causes
Mickey Butts interviewed economist John H. Cochrane for Stanford Business: A “Grumpy Economist” Weighs in on Inflation’s Causes — And Its Cures (20 August 2024).
« Cochrane is an economist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution … the author of The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, and writes a newsletter titled The Grumpy Economist. »
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Rory Sutherland wrote an article for Behavioral Scientist titled Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? (17 September 2024).
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Matt Levine wrote an article for Bloomberg titled 23andMe is Just Me Now: Also EF Hutton, Avon CDS, and pig butchering. (19 September 2024) .
Continue reading “Hijacking the brand equity of EF Hutton”How creative destruction can save higher education
Richard Vedder wrote an article for the Washington Examiner titled Let Colleges Fail: How creative destruction can save higher education (17 September 2024).
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Megan Graham wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal titled $5 for a Good Online Review? No Way, Says New FTC Rule (29 August 2024).
Continue reading “New FTC Rule bans buying followers and sham reviews”Pineal gland helps regulate circadian rhythm
According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Your pineal gland is a tiny endocrine gland in the middle of your brain that helps regulate your body’s circadian rhythm by secreting the hormone melatonin… Circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. These natural processes respond primarily to light and dark.”
Continue reading “Pineal gland helps regulate circadian rhythm”Visible light is only 0.0035 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum
An article on the U.S. Department of Energy website by the National Nuclear Security Administration titled Visible Light: Eye-opening research at NNSA (17 October 2018) states:
“The entire rainbow of radiation observable to the human eye only makes up a tiny portion of the electromagnetic spectrum – about 0.0035 percent. This range of wavelengths is known as visible light.”
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Massimo Giunco posted an article on LinkedIn titled Nike: An Epic Saga of Value Destruction (28 July 2024).
Continue reading “Value Destruction at Nike”Postage is going up again. USPS in a death spiral
Chris Isidore wrote an article for CNN titled Postage is going up again. You should care, even if you don’t send mail.
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