On the plus side, #1WTC is not the only large-scale construction project that ran over budget. forbes.com/sites/niallmcc… http://t.co/JYRwnE0M5T—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) December 10, 2014
The 12 biggest megaproject cost overruns
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, megaprojects
In yet another victory for the top 1% and neoliberalism, they pay most of of the income tax in the USA
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics Tags: capital of freedom, entrepreneurial alertness, neoliberalism, top 1%
The robots are coming, the robots are coming, but is it for my current job?
29 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in entrepreneurship, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation, skill biased technical change, technological unemployment
The share market rose 2 points today because of…
23 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: active investing, efficient markets hypothesis, entrepreneurial alertness, passive investing
I didn’t go to any of the 25 biggest box office flops – did you?
23 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, movies, survivor principle Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, Hollywood economics, profit and loss, The meaning of competition
John Carter recently beat Waterworld as the biggest loser in the domestic box office: randalolson.com/2014/12/29/the… #dataviz http://t.co/cYrW0fwzDH—
Randy Olson (@randal_olson) December 30, 2014
The social cost of high company tax rates is just too high
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic growth, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, macroeconomics, Public Choice Tags: company tax rate, entrepreneurial alertness, tax reform
It is not only boxers and their money who are soon parted
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: athletes, Celebrities, entrepreneurial alertness, superstars
The extraordinary rate of bankruptcy in the years following retirement from the NFL. nber.org/papers/w21085 http://t.co/9bekamG9S4—
Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) April 13, 2015
Superstar comedians make serious money nowadays
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, labour economics, occupational choice, TV shows Tags: comedians, entrepreneurial alertness, superstars
#Seinfeld was a huge financial success –> The top 25 richest living comedians: randalolson.com/2015/03/04/top… #dataviz http://t.co/vWSUgO1jIE—
Randy Olson (@randal_olson) March 05, 2015
I read a Steve Jobs biography 15 years ago when you couldn’t find him on this chart
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: Apple, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Steve Jobs
People really forget how awesomely powerful IBM was in the 1980s: @evankirstel http://t.co/TkpuU5sAXg—
Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) April 04, 2015
Still further evidence of the rise and rise of the working rich
21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, income redistribution, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: capitalism and freedom, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, top 1%, working rich
Why is US farmland such a good investment?
19 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, financial economics Tags: agricultural economics, efficient markets hypothesis, entrepreneurial alertness, risk and reward
Why US farmland values keep going up read.bi/19MJ89C http://t.co/zDdo82TwaM—
BI Markets (@themoneygame) March 24, 2015
If You’ve Got A Business, You Didn’t Build That
19 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, market selection, top 1%, working rich
The rich are working rich who earn their incomes through entrepreneurial alertness. They move assets from low value uses to higher value uses and profit through capital gains. Entrepreneurial alertness is not a skill that can be taught.
Where the rich make their income: Capital gains, writes @robtfrank urbn.is/1Gx6Eos (h/t @TaxPolicyCenter) http://t.co/LkErbQ25LW—
Urban Institute (@urbaninstitute) April 10, 2015
Biggest box office bonanzas by net profit
19 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, movies, survivor principle Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, Hollywood economics
The biggest box office "boom" of the last 30 years was made 30 years ago nerdist.com/2015/01/the-bi… feat. @randal_olson http://t.co/KiBrxKcbjO—
Kyle Hill (@Sci_Phile) January 14, 2015
George Steinbrenner was not just a figure of Seinfeld’s imagination
18 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, sports economics, TV shows Tags: entrepreneurial alertness, Seinfeld
The value of the Yankees under the Steinbrenners. Not a bad investment. read.bi/18YaOY0 http://t.co/qIZso7TGS5—
Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) March 26, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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