Richard Florida in The Atlantic, How the Crash Will Reshape America: “Every phase or epoch of capitalism has its own distinct geography, or what economic geographers call the “spatial fix” for the era. The physical character of the economy—the way land is used, the location of homes and businesses, the physical infrastructure that ties everything [...]
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How the Crash Will Reshape America.
February 16th, 2009
Tags: creative class · economy · richard florida · urban · usa
America the Banana Republic
October 11th, 2008
Christopher Hitchens in Vanity Fair: America the Banana Republic: “Another feature of a banana republic is the tendency for tribal and cultish elements to flourish at the expense of reason and good order. Did it not seem quite bizarre, as the first vote on the rescue of private greed by public money was being taken, [...]
Tags: christopher hitchens · credit crisis · usa
Tuesdays with Rupert
September 7th, 2008
Rupert Murdoch at News Corporation’s headquarters, in Manhattan, July 18, 2008. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz. Michael Wolff in Vanity Fair, Tuesdays with Rupert: “For nine months, I’ve been interviewing Rupert Murdoch, in an unlikely spirit of openness precipitated by his great satisfaction in having bought The Wall Street Journal, about journalism, his business, politics, his [...]
Tags: media · rupert murdoch · usa · wall street journal
How I Spend my Stimulus
May 6th, 2008
“I short-sold more stock of the companies that brought us the housing and credit crises.” Jeff, 28, Scientist. Seattle, Washington How I Spend my Stimulus: “In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. Just how this money will be [...]
AntiPortfolio – Misadventures in Venture Capitalism
April 22nd, 2008
Bessemer Venture Partners, AntiPortfolio: “Bessemer Venture Partners is perhaps the nation’s oldest venture capital firm, carrying on an unbroken practice of venture capital investing that stretches back to 1911. This long and storied history has afforded our firm an unparalleled number of opportunities to completely screw up. Over the course of our history, we did [...]
Tags: business · economics · usa · venture capital
Kill the Cliché
March 18th, 2008
“Killthecliche.com tracks journalistic clichés found in major newspapers and calls out the worst offenders.” Via FP Passport. Zie ook DMWH’s Media Mammon.
Tags: cliché · journalism · media · usa