Creative destruction in digital revenues
14 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, digital media, digital revenues, Facebook, Google, legacy media, Microsoft
Gun control advocates in the USA will have to rethink their messaging
13 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: gun control
Hillary’s presidential run is Directors’ law personified
13 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - USA, Public Choice
The 2008 US presidential campaign was the best soapie on TV. The 2016 season of that show looks even better.
Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton’s campaign rhetoric intrigued me. It was all about the middle-class and helping the middle class. No working part class warriors today in the main strain of the Democratic Party. The 2016 campaign is the same.
The median voter is a middle-class voter. The median voter is the swinging voter or the independent voter in American terminology. All parties go after this voter if they want to win elections.
Director’s Law of public expenditure is that public expenditure is used primary for the benefit of the middle class, and is financed with taxes which are borne in considera class war rhetoric in a campaign announcement is mainly for the benefit of the left of the party to discourage primary runs by Sen Warren, in particular ble part by the poor and the rich because the median voter comes from the middle-class.
Presidential primary and general election debates in 2016 will be about how things were getting harder for the middle-class and the Republican or Democratic candidate pitching for votes will stand up for the middle-class better than their competition in the presidential primary or general election.
Morning radio in New Zealand, the state owned broadcaster, interviewed one of their political contacts about Hillary’s announcement. His suggestions were her were go left, young Hillary, go left. He wanted her to imitate the policies of the left-wing Democratic Party potential candidate Senator Warren and significantly increase the minimum wage.
At no time did our intrepid reporter on 9 to Noon ask whether this go left political strategy would increase the chances of Hillary winning or have any relevance under a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives or help the Democratic Party win back the House.
Republican-control of Congress will be a strong incentive to Hillary to go to the centre if she wants to have any chance of implementing any of her policies. The class war rhetoric in her campaign announcement is mainly to neutralise the chances of Senator Warren contesting the primaries. Oddly enough, the priorities of Senator Warren also focus on the concerns of the middle-class voters such as about student loans rather than paying the rent and buying groceries.
Facebook makes most of its money from mobile ads
12 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: advertising, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Facebook, mobile phones
The Greens are what they eat, but does that include insightful?
11 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation
A UK Greens voter spends more on organic food than do your average UKIP supporter and they are a lot thinner too.
It’s a lot easier to support Nanny State policies when they mostly won’t apply you and are about forcing others to live like you:
Greens “Living the lifestyle; slim and organic-eating, home-delivered, concerned about health issues, the most eclectic shopping basket.”
I almost took this all back when I found out that Greens and Lib Dems are the most likely voters to have cats (30% and 25%) while UKIP supporters prefer dogs (28%).
Low incomes don’t matter much to cell phone and smart phone access for teens
11 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
Gender distribution online
09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, gender Tags: gender gap
Gender distribution online http://t.co/3PlmRTn7D9—
The Prepaid Economy (@prepaid_africa) April 03, 2015
How Music Sales Profits Are Divided
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, Music Tags: rockonomics
Creative destruction in Internet desktop browsers
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation, markets selection, The meaning of competition
This is why @Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand: dadaviz.com/i/3622 #dataviz http://t.co/EikfbZFe2N—
Randy Olson (@randal_olson) March 17, 2015
People don’t like to pay for the news
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: legacy media
There are young people who say they don’t use social network sites!
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: social networking
Anti-GMOs translator
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: GMOs
The alternative names considered for Captain Kirk
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, TV shows Tags: star trek
"The following are the last names we are considering for the Captain in STAR TREK." http://t.co/QiMdgQlE2g—
Lists of Note (@ListsOfNote) February 28, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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