Category Archives: economics
On States Suing over a National Healthcare Plan
I had a guest here this weekend who told me of one theory of why states might sue the federal government over portions of the Obama Healthcare Plan that requires individuals to buy insurance. The theory goes that the federal … Continue reading
Net Neutrality Deal near betwen FCC and Telcos?
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that mega-telcos Verizon and AT&T are in discussions with senior staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a compromise for enabling legislation for the FCC to regulate access to the Internet. This is no … Continue reading
Wrap-up of this year’s WEIS
This year’s Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS2010) enlightened us about Identity, privacy, and the insecurity of the financial payment system, just to name a few presentaitons. Continue reading
Several blogs worth mentioning
Today I bring to your attention two excellent pieces of work. The first is by friend and colleague John Levine, whose books you may have read. He is in fact today writing about the eBooks industry. I have something of … Continue reading
iPhone: Good or Bad for the Industry?
Take the OfCourseImRight Poll Before Apple released the iPhone it irked me that the pace of technology for cell phones lagged at an incredibly slow pace, the user interfaces were crap, and the deal between cell phone providers and service … Continue reading
