Category Archives: Market decisionmakring

What a Pandemic Teaches Us About Neoliberalism

Economics, Inequality, Market decisionmakring, Market Failure, Markets, Neoliberalism, Pandemic, Public Policy, Regulation, Trump
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Social distancing is giving us a lot of time to think.  And except for keeping each other safe from this disease, what could be more useful than trying to learn from the pandemic for the future. This is not a commentary on the abject failure of the Federal government to deal with the pandemic in […]

Call Me a Luddite

benefit cost analysis, Economics, Happiness, Information Technology, Joseph Stiglitz, Luddite, Market decisionmakring, Markets, Opinion, Regulation, Technology, Technology Assessment, Values
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Back in January I wondered out loud, Was the Internet a Good Idea?  To my way of thinking the information technology (IT) revolution of the past 25 years has been a mixed blessing.  It both created amazing tools for doing everyday tasks and introduced whole new means of mindless addiction and criminal opportunities. This IT […]