Post Tagged with: "Technology"
AT&T raising charges by 33%
This is not an opinion on AT&T stock since AT&T benefits from a monopoly status in fixed line and oligopoly status in mobile telecom. But I did want to briefly flag something regarding the telecom industry and M&
Fear Factory: Jon Stewart on Foxconn
This is grim. Bill Black has the analysis; he thinks this is a criminogenic environment of control frauds
Anti-employee Control Fraud
Apple has released a report on working conditions in its suppliers’ factories. It highlights a form of control fraud that criminology has identified but rarely discussed. I write overwhelmingly about accounting control fraud because it drives our recurrent, intensifying financial crises. The primary intended victims of accounting control frauds are the shareholders and the creditors. Other private sector control frauds target customers (e.g., George Akerlof’s 1970 article on “lemons”), and the public (e.g., the unlawful disposal of toxic waste, illegal logging, and tax fraud)
Stop Censorship, Stop SOPA
Enemies of freedom will always tell you that there is some trade-off between freedom and civil liberties to get you to give up your freedom. This is a false dichotomy and always will be
The Bifurcated Society
There is less mobility in the work force because the computers are not simply displacing jobs, they are taking out the middle. Because they take out the middle, it is a lot harder to pursue the American dream by working your way up the ladder
Nonlinear Thinking: Smartphone Ultrasound Imaging
Stunning! Guess it’s time for our annual physical with Dr. iPhone
John Mauldin: The Matterhorn Interview
Investment advisor John Mauldin explains his attitude towards austerity measures; a return of the gold standard; the euro crisis; and the willingness to bailout everyone that makes capitalism and monetary systems stop working
Nonlinear Thinking: The Robot Soldier
Great piece from our friends at Al Jazeera. Looks like the military is no longer going to be the “employer of last resort.” Future veterans are going to highly trained in the cutting edge technology that will shape the next hundred years. Gives new meaning to “boots bots on the ground.”
Nonlinear Thinking: The Robot Farmer
In the ongoing series of posts on technology’s threat to existing labor roles, Global Macro Monitor highlights this video on robot farmers
News Links: The ECB’s back-door bail-out for Italy, Spain, Belgium, and… France?
News links for 22 December 2011 including stories on the tech world, Europe, and the
News Links: The ugly side of ultra-cheap money
News links for 21 December 2011 including notes on technology, the sovereign debt crisis, elections, and Europe
Welcome to Amazon Town
The Wall Street Journal’s Stu Woo reports on how Amazon ramps up for the Christmas selling season in a much-read write-up for the paper with a focus on the thoughts of holiday season workers like 75-year old Ray Williams and his wife Sarann. Is this what retirement looks like in the