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Seen that? - Dealing with climate change
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 19, 2009
...nly as long as people take into account that it is actually happening [...] Read More Capitalism and Sustainable Development at Audeamus - How dare we... ...
Seen that? - Sustainable Development for the Future
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 31, 2009
...Development." *Jeffrery Sachs headlined a conference in Delhi on [...] Read More Capitalism and Sustainable Development at Audeamus - How dare we... ...
Too big to fail is too dumb
in Sox First, on October 29, 2009
...es succeed and bad ones do not. There is a sense in which the bankruptcy of Lehman was a triumph of capitalism, not a failure. It was badly run, it employed greedy and overpaid individuals, and the se...
A system to let institutions fail
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
...rom its failure. They also made the mistake of assuming that the way to avoid moral hazard and make capitalism work is to produce real and painful consequences for recklessness and misjudgments. Regul...
Sarkozy wants joie de vivre index
in Sox First, on September 15, 2009
...United States. Presumably, the GNH does not take their views into account. When you think about it capitalism can make you rich, and it can even make you free. It's hard to see how anyone can exp...
Nothing learned from Lehman collapse
in Sox First, on September 14, 2009
...rom its failure. They also made the mistake of assuming that the way to avoid moral hazard and make capitalism work is to produce real and painful consequences for recklessness and misjudgments. "...
Michael Moore's attack on capitalism
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...lm director Michael Moore is now cashing in on the world's financial collapse with his latest film Capitalism: A Love Story. In the film, you can see him asking a congressional regulator a very si...
The new normal
in Sox First, on September 4, 2009
...elevering, deglobalization, and reregulation. That will mean several things. First, American-style capitalism where they make paper instead of things is no more. Secondly, global leadership has chang...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...ound a way to be that drain - an extremely unfortunate loophole in the system of Western democratic capitalism, which never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free electi...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... short-term bonus. It's true that you can't purely blame business schools for this model of capitalism, but they are clearly implicated and were a key part of it. This kind of culture - get in...
Credit card losses to hit banks
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
... were over-optimistic It's a point taken up by guest blogger Edward Harrison on the Naked Capitalism site . He warns that the banks balance sheets are likely to get worse because of their ex...
Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
A bull market is a random market movement that causes an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. It's a joke that illustrates the irrational animal forces that drive markets. In this book , the University of California's Akerlof and Shiller, best-selling author and professo...
A piece based on the social activites by Infosys
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 30, 2009
... ask: Why do they do it? After all these are the people coming from for-profit world; Is philanthro-capitalism another way of leveraging stock?
No, according to an article from Times of India , whi...
Assessing the Future of Venture Capitalism
in TJ's Weblog, on April 20, 2009
Scott Dig took a stab recently at explaining the plight of venture capital companies in terms of broad historic trends and I thought his take on the issue was interesting - especially when contrasted with opinions like this one over at Red Herring. The venture capital model remains broken af...
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...erly restructuring". Greenspan, the former disciple of Ayn Rand, has switched from free market capitalism to creeping corporate socialism - anything to clean up the mess he helped create. Still,...
Is the US becoming like Russia?
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...e is a need to drop the belief that there are institutions are too big to fail. "That is not capitalism, but socialism,'' Wolf writes. "That is one of the points on which the right a...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 18, 2009
...ballistic and wound up totaling some $36 trillion. "My summation is that American financial capitalism, at a pivotal period in the nation's history, cavalierly ventured a multiple gamble: ...
Are we all Keynesians now?
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
... of John Maynard Keynes who, according to some, can lay claim to playing a crucial role in saving capitalism and, perhaps, civilization during the Great Depression. Keynes argued that governments a...
Rioting By The Children Of Europe Intensifies In Greece
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 20, 2008
...tests revolve around a growing sentiment that the youth of Europe are being "sacrificed to Capitalism".
The rioters are primarily quite young, but the usual protest groups comprised of ...
Obama: it will take years to recover
in Sox First, on December 20, 2008
...ugh, they turn Keynesian, rushing to stimulate the economy with rate cuts. 'As a rule we favour capitalism in an expansion and socialism in a contraction,' Cooper observes. What's needed ...
Terrorism's Shadow on VC in India
in TJ's Weblog, on December 9, 2008
...cked The Taj Mahal Palace and the Oberoi-Trident in Mumbai, they struck at the heart of venture capitalism in India. As Ken Schachter pointed out over at Red Herring late last month, some of the...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
... could happen again in 2009. In our opinion, this would not be in the best interests of free-market capitalism and the growth of the U.S. economy, but it may happen unless boards take their responsibi...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
...Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan and Italy-were run by leaders hostile to the very notion of market capitalism. Today, U.S.-style market capitalism is under assault from self-inflicted wounds, and Ger...
Competing for bailouts
in Sox First, on October 27, 2008
...imes .
This is just disgusting because it flies in the face of the risk and reward principles of capitalism and markets. And while the investment banks are holding their hand out for money, they ar...
The end of capitalism as we know it?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2008
...going under and policy makers risking moral hazard and bailing out the guilty is changing US market capitalism as we know it. The great economist Joseph Schumpeter talked about "creative destr...
The fall of the investment banks
in Sox First, on September 22, 2008
...al Deposit Insurance Corp Walter Isaac told Bloomberg . But will it help? Hardly, says the Naked Capitalism blog . "The latest 'Let's do something, anything' move to rescue the fi...
Bootstrapper's hall of fame: Bra strap bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on August 24, 2008
...re willing to spend their money on something they believed in.
• Social conscience capitalism. Styles has not been the first entrepreneur to marry conscience with capitalism in an effort to creat...
Cows & how the world works
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 24, 2008
... cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away...
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy gr...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 31
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 1, 2008
...e an enduring "moat" that protects excellent returns on invested capital. The dynamics of capitalism guarantee that competitors will repeatedly assault any business "castle" that i...
Criminalizing capitalism: Sarbanes-Oxley and the latest crisis
in Sox First, on February 15, 2008
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Thought provoking piece Criminalizing Capitalism from Nicole Gelinas on the limitations of Sarbanes-Oxley. Gelinas makes the point that Sarbanes-Oxley not only failed to stop the subprime meltdo...
CSR, creative capitalism and the recession
in Sox First, on January 29, 2008
...ill Gates called for a new form of corporate social responsibility, what he called "creative capitalism" where companies would spend money on projects that are socially desirable. "I ...
The privacy of private equity
in Sox First, on January 16, 2008
...bout economic performance is at the heart of the pact between business and society in a shareholder-capitalism market economy. It is also an essential Lubricant of competition ... The concerns ...
Can bootstrapping combat recession?
in BootStrapMe, on December 3, 2007
... the most efficient approach. In his post, Kevin Koym refers to Paul Hawkin's book Natural Capitalism which looks at business waste. In a purely monetary sense, bootstrapping wastes less inve...
And The Streets Are Paved With Gold
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 21, 2007
...ho have ruled Dubai since the 19th century.
In other words, Dubai is the new world center of raw capitalism - with the vast percentage of the wealth in the hands of the country's ruling powers....
The Dollar, the Yuan, the President, and the Price of Oil... a Rant, I suppose
in China Venture News, on November 8, 2007
...gasoline at the pump costs what it does.
What does any of this have to do with China? With venture capitalism or private equity in the Far East? For decades now the Chinese currency, the yuan renminb...
Stakeholder vs shareholder capitalism
in Sox First, on October 23, 2007
Who does the company exist for? The shareholders or stakeholders such as employees, customers and suppliers? The answers are by no means clear if a new paper co-authored by Wharton finance professor Franklin Allen is anything to go by. Using a mathematical model, the paper finds that stakehol...
Supercapitalism
in Sox First, on October 18, 2007
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Have just finished reading Supercapitalism by Robert Reich, former US president bill clinton 's Secretary of Labor. Reich will always be known as the liberal outsider in what tried pres...
Milton Friedman and the simplicity of macroeconomics
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2007
...t all governments and economic decision makers in the world read Milton Friedman's book 'Capitalism and Freedom' back in 1962? If they would the world would be a much better place and ...
GoodStorm: "Capitalism Done Right"
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 14, 2007
...n Day.
The campaign uses technology from music distributor GoodStorm , which has the slogan "Capitalism Done Right", that enables the songs to be sold on any web site or network, including...
Chengdu's July Investment Briefing
in China Venture News, on July 31, 2007
Hats off to Richard Brubaker for his post on the recently released Chengdu Investment Briefing at his All Roads Lead to China blog.
The briefing focuses on tourism, but it has some interesting tidbits for venture capitalists to consider. But first, some context....
Chengdu is not the first pl...
Sprint's Customer Service Shows Greater Issues in US Telecoms
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 13, 2007
...thought about this topic, but the one I keep coming back to relates to the underlying principles of capitalism, where Sprint are well within their rights to terminate any customer for pretty much any ...
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2007
... So the G-8 is coming up soon, and there's a bit of concern over the lack of pro-capitalism picketers. It's no wonder either, given the U.S. standing on the whole global warming issue.
Bus...
Capitalism and Sustainable Development
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 22, 2007
... The World Bank has a problem - capitalism. So much so, the World Bank is being called a failed model. The trail of travesty is so vast, rumors of Tony Blair taking charge, with his "reverse Mi...
Say on pay debate
in Sox First, on April 30, 2007
...telligent, up-or-down decision on executive compensation?" Just a misguided leftist attack on capitalism, says Townhall.com columnist Tom Borelli : "Like many Left-wing positions, 'ex...
A Resort with a Mission
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 29, 2007
...nd about China is that it has an enormous and inexpensive workforce and an almost Wild West view of capitalism.
It's an unbeatable combination.
China is slated to become the world's largest...
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Erase Racism Carnival - March 2007 Edition
in Latina Viva, on March 21, 2007
...he Coup would want to target, especially since their music talks about liberation, the overthrow of capitalism, and white supremacy, and racism.
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The Future of DRM: Who's in Control
in Digital Music - The Future, on March 16, 2007
.... But digital technology and the Internet have brought an era of media abundance. It's straight capitalism. If the media companies do not provide product that customers value today (as opposed to ...
The Future of DRM: Who's in Control
in P2P File Sharing, on March 16, 2007
.... But digital technology and the Internet have brought an era of media abundance. It's straight capitalism. If the media companies do not provide product that customers value today (as opposed to ...
Indiana Lawyer Turns Phone-Storage Entrepreneur
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 8, 2007
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Ah, capitalism. Looking through Google News, I came across the story of a lawyer in Fort Wayne, Indiana who's found a way to fill a need by creating a service that will store your cell phone...
Sirius + XM = Inevitable
in Digital Music - The Future, on February 28, 2007
The Sirius and XM merger is inevitable. While some call it a failure on the part of XM or both companies, the overriding factor is structural and no different from other industries that featured huge upfront capital and new technology for both the service provider and the mass market customer.
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Sirius + XM = Inevitable
in P2P File Sharing, on February 28, 2007
The Sirius and XM merger is inevitable. While some call it a failure on the part of XM or both companies, the overriding factor is structural and no different from other industries that featured huge upfront capital and new technology for both the service provider and the mass market customer.
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So, How's Prosper Doing?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 31, 2007
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It's the coolest thing in the world. It's addicting. It's a great little microcosm of capitalism. The lenders are the stupidest people I've ever seen!!!
Why?
Default rates are alre...
YouTube Fans Reject Pre-Roll Ads
in The Digital TV Weblog, on January 30, 2007
...tly ignore those ads, pretending that we saw them.
It is all part of the delicate balance we call capitalism. But we do get one thing out of the bargain: creative people will make lots of things for...
Wipro Roars - Steven Hamm
in The CIO Weblog, on October 29, 2006
...made me determined to prove him wrong,'' says Premji.
It was time for a crash course in capitalism. Premji had never taken a business class, nor had his father taught him anything a...
Risk now the top priority
in Sox First, on September 25, 2006
Another sign of what it means to live in interesting times. risk , and not people, is now the top priority for executives, according to a survey from the consulting firm Accenture. According to the survey, managing risk is now ranked as more important than achieving growth without sacr...
More on China & India
in The CIO Weblog, on September 1, 2006
...ory might have been!). They believed that growth comes from government plans, not profits, and that capitalism was the cause of poverty.
India adopted this outlook, added a dash of autarky, and creat...
Targeting the big issues
in Sox First, on August 31, 2006
...dia; education; Japan, Europe and the US; energy; asymmetric capital markets; the end of managerial capitalism; biotechnology; nanotechnology; governance; the over-supply of materials and products; ag...
Making study abroad more meaningful?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 30, 2006
... here .
*Is Eco-Tourism all it claims to be? See Karen Walrond's thoughts at BlogHer .
*Is capitalism growing more socially conscious? See what's up at Things Are Good .
*Business soci...
In Women We Trust
in Bizinformer, on August 22, 2006
...ultural shift to the "softer side of business?"
Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism by Patricia Aburdene, talks about the Conscious Consumer, a person who makes their buyin...
The skills shortage and footloose accountants
in Sox First, on August 8, 2006
...land of the missing accountants", something going back to the Cultural Revolution's war on capitalism when accountants were among the hundreds of thousands of professionals who were denounced...
Carnival of the Capitalists is Now Available
in Bizinformer, on July 24, 2006
... other bloggers.
Readers get aggregated access to a focus topical set of blog posts. In this case Capitalism and the host gets lots of traffic and links in, like this one.
It is hosted at NamesAtW...
Nanotechbuzz interviews Nano 50 award winner Authentix
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 20, 2006
...ce of the ink.
GE: David Moxam, Authentix President and CEO, calls your work a form of 'social capitalism'. What does he mean by that?
CW: Social capitalism is a term that means applying bus...
Audeamus Great Reads #5
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2006
...y.
*The Charlottsville Podcast Network points us toward Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism by Patricia Aburdene.
*At the Brookings Bookstore is Security by Other Means: Foreig...
FeedBurner's Dick Costolo chooses blogs over business plans
in BootStrapMe, on July 3, 2006
... doing in the blog is a much faster way to build an audience and generate interest.
Though venture capitalism is beyond the focus of this blog, which focuses more on going it alone, it seems Costolo&...
Short lived stalker site shows bootstrap possibilities
in BootStrapMe, on June 20, 2006
...r the possibilities of real seat-of-the-pants bootstrap entrepreneurship, the fickleness of venture capitalism or both.
Thanks to Creative Weblogging editor Anita Campbell for e-mailing the initial...
Cultural Revolution and China's numbers trouble
in Sox First, on June 9, 2006
...of the accountancy profession in China is the Legacy of the Cultural Revolution's war on capitalism, reports the Financial Times . During the Cultural Revolution, accountants were among t...
In Focus: PowerSource
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 25, 2006
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*The Neoliberal 'Rebirth' of Development Economics, at the Monthly Review .
*Is Global Capitalism Morally Defensible? Check in at St. Maximos Hut.
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Indiana University Hosts China & Capitalism Program
in China Venture News, on May 16, 2006
...tle intrigued that Indiana University is hosting from May 19-20 a global program on "China and Capitalism." From small towns to major cities, the Chinese economic juggernaut engine has prese...





