Sunday, July 07, 2002

Just wanted to point out a quite striking reply by K. Rogoff of the IMF to economics Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz's most recent book. The context you will gather from reading the reply: I just thought such well-crafted "correspondance" almost seems pre-20th century, which goes to show progress should not necessarily be taken for granted... http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2002/070202.HTM 10:02:30 PM

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

Let me simply list topics of interest to me these days (March 2002): 1. Productivity: what are the drivers of Canadian productivity? What would be the key levers to increase productivity nationwide (currency? taxation? management practices? deregulation?)? 2. Tipping...: as in The Tipping Point, this wonderful book that attempts to describe in a sociological fashion the well-known S-curve of technological adoption (without mentioning it). The disappointment is that the application of the theory to the public policy management of smoking seems overly un-ambitious. What would be more powerful applications of the theory? 3. Boundaries: as in G. Spencer-Brown's deep Laws of Form. Isn't there a deep connection of purpose between the way a cell's membrane and a property right act? Aren't they both a triggering device that signals something is happening in the world when the boundary is crossed? That's it for now, let's see Radio UserLand in action... Cheers to my first weblog! 7:41:00 PM