John G. Geer, author of In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns, argues that negative ads are positive. They focus on important political issues and give voters critical information about differences between candidates. Attack ads do not degrade, but rather enrich the democratic process. When political candidates attack each other, they raise doubts about each other’s views and qualifications. Voters—and the democratic process—benefit from this clash of opinions.
In Defence of Negativity in Politics – John G. Geer
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Attack Ads, expressive voting, John G. Geer, political psychology, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
An honest question for the Anti-science Left
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health economics, law and economics Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, eco-terrorism, philosophy of science
Was the spread of the internet really fast?
23 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, Internet, technology diffusion
Third World poverty isn’t what it used to be given mobile phone penetration
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: cell phones, global poverty, mobile phones, The Great Fact
Map: How global access to the internet varies by country pewrsr.ch/1BSAHm6 http://t.co/N1bxCyMzvq—
Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) March 19, 2015
Creative destruction in cell phone battery gripes
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Joseph Schumpeter
A few months ago, my complaint about my cell phone battery was it ran out after a couple of hours use.
Now my complaint about my new HTC 510 is the battery lasts so long that it takes quite some time to recharge it. My current and previous phones were HTC. The new phone costs the same $299 as I paid for the previous HTC, but is about three times as good as the old one which I bought about 18 months ago.
When researching the purchase of my new phone, I read a few reviews where I discovered they are written by complete snobs who own the latest iPhone and looked down on anything cheaper.
Did easyJet flight from Manchester get the best view of the solar eclipse? | Daily Mail Online
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture Tags: Solar eclipse, space
Landlines are certainly on the way out
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: cell phones, creative destruction, mobile phones, network industries
Radiation in Perspective
21 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Filipinos love social networking more than any other country
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, Philippines, technology diffusion
Digital devices are taking over the day
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, network industries, The Great Enrichment
100 years of female beauty in one video in Iran
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of religion, liberalism Tags: Iran, women's liberation
The Green Left versus world hunger
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, GMOs, Green Left, Leftover Left, world poverty
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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