Google’s strategy of search engine user lock-in

22 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - USA Tags:

The Financial Times reported earlier this month (paywalled):A US federal judge has ruled that Google spent billions of dollars on exclusive deals to maintain an illegal monopoly on search, in a landmark win for the Department of Justice as it seeks to rein in Big Tech’s market power…The ruling follows a weeks-long trial in which…

Google’s strategy of search engine user lock-in

When Did We Start Getting Cavities?

22 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics

Rabbit and horse too if there were a zombie apocalypse

20 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture

The Anti-Science left

15 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: , , , , , ,

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sciencehumor/permalink/8456581277738187/?ref=share&mibextid=NOb6eG

Why I have resigned from the Research Association of New Zealand

10 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of media and culture, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: , ,

I (and Curia) have just resigned as members of the Research Association of New Zealand. It is something I never thought I would do, and do with great sadness. I have been an enthusiastic member of the industry body.  I joined in 2004 when I formed Curia Market Research. It was an honour to be […]

Why I have resigned from the Research Association of New Zealand

Roots of Climate Change Distortions

08 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags:

Roger Pielke Jr. explains at his blog Why Climate Misinformation Persists.  Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. H/T John Ray Noble Lies, Conventional Wisdom, and Luxury Beliefs In 2001, I participated in a roundtable discussion hosted at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with a group of U.S. Senators, […]

Roots of Climate Change Distortions

Hardcore Thai Massage Satisfyingly CRACKS My Broken Back

06 Aug 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture

29 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, economics of media and culture

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/yE3brBqwASjk3DgY/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Hollywood evidence on McCarthyism

21 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, movies, politics - USA Tags: , ,

There is a new NBER working paper on this topic by Hui Ren Tan and Tianyi Wang, here is the abstract: We study a far-reaching episode of demagoguery in American history. From the late 1940s to 1950s, anti-communist hysteria led by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others gripped the nation. Hundreds of professionals in Hollywood were […]

Hollywood evidence on McCarthyism

Did The Guardian Just Blow Up the Exxon Knew Narrative?

20 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags:

So much for the big secret big oil conspiracy. Marathon Oil published an article in 1977 in a company periodical suggesting CO2 might cause mass starvation.

Did The Guardian Just Blow Up the Exxon Knew Narrative?

Reporters Blame “Right-Wing Media” for Their Failure to Disclose Biden’s Infirmity

05 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: , , , ,

The media is sorry . . . sort of. After the shocking appearance of President Joe Biden in the presidential debate, the public has turned its attention to the press which has, again, buried a major scandal for years. According to CNN, the reporters at the White House are really, really sorry but explained that […]

Reporters Blame “Right-Wing Media” for Their Failure to Disclose Biden’s Infirmity

French North America

01 Jul 2024 Leave a comment

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/4uUTchFVpfa3W97g/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Hardcore Thai Massage Satisfyingly CRACKS My Broken Back

21 Jun 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, health economics

Why Does SpaceX Use 33 Engines While NASA Used Just 5?

20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment

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Alien pronouns

12 Jun 2024 Leave a comment

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