How can we not mark George Orwell's death this day in 1950 by recalling Knopf's priceless rejection of Animal Farm? pic.twitter.com/NdOHN5pWEW
— Jonny Geller (@JonnyGeller) January 21, 2015
We mark George Orwell’s passing today in 1950 by recalling Knopf’s priceless rejection of Animal Farm
23 Jan 2015 2 Comments
Movie 3-D technology review: Peter Jackson’s Battle of the Five Armies versus the rest
22 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, movies, politics - New Zealand, technological progress Tags: 3-D movies, creative destruction, innovation
We saw Peter Jackson’s latest Hobbit movie the other day. The other films previewed before the Battle of the Five Armies were also 3-D films.
The first of these was a cartoon where the 3-D technology seemed to be based on using crayons to try and trick you as to what was going on.
The next trailer was the next Star Wars movie in 3-D. Again, it was vastly inferior to the 3-D technology of Sir Peter Jackson and his team.
I noticed the same with all the 3-D films of Sir Peter Jackson: they are much better than the competition.
More than a few times in the 3-D films of his competition, you doubt as to whether the film is in 3-D or not and can’t really tell the difference sometimes as to the 3-D effect over normal films in terms of cinematic experience. Example of this was the last Star Trek movie we saw. The 3-D effect failed in a number of occasions.
Clearly there are trade secrets in 3-D films. The 3-D effect works pretty well in Peter Jackson’s films, except for the occasional close-up transition, and sometimes is quite dazzling.
R&D tax incentives: New evidence on trends and effectiveness | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal
21 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, entrepreneurship, survivor principle Tags: corporate welfare, Euroland, Eurosclerosis, R&D, R&D tax credits
Figure 1: No relation between a country’s innovativeness and R&D tax credits
Figure 2. Proliferation of R&D tax credits in Europe
via R&D tax incentives: New evidence on trends and effectiveness | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal.
Who needs a cameraman to do local news anymore?
21 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, labour economics, labour supply, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation
Time to be completely shallow: stars without make up
10 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, human capital
The two rules of success
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in economics of information, entrepreneurship
Two rules for success http://t.co/qeRC8iKuyX—
Learning (@FactsGuide) December 27, 2014
Science Doesn’t Need Public Funding
09 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, rentseeking Tags: economics of science, innovation, R&D
For home appliances, the ‘good old days’ are now: they’re cheaper, better and more energy efficient than ever before » AEI
07 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship Tags: directed technical change
Michelle Malkin | My trip to the pot shop
04 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, liberalism Tags: decriminalisation of marijuana, drug decriminalisation, medical marijuana
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