Category Archives: Globalization
UAVs, Navy, Satellites, Battle Stars
This post, which I want to keep pretty short, feeds off my post on re-orienting national security priorities. I read a fascinating paper provocatively entitled “How the US Lost the Naval War of 2015″ (PDF), by James Kraska. It takes … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, Globalization, Military, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
State of the Nation After 9/11/09
Oh man, where to begin. I think I’ve been a little frustrated lately because I haven’t written in a while. So let’s get it out there so I can move on. National Tea Party, 9/12 This last Saturday was the … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Security, Stock Market
Labor Costs
One of the topics I want to study more about is what we’re all going to do in the future for work and jobs. Part of the sharp upheaval of the 20th century of rapid economic development was that a … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Computers, Development, Economics, Education, Globalization, Policy, Tech
Surpluses and Shortages
I’m moving out of my Georgetown rowhouse and just started my job, so I’ve been a little busy and haven’t been able to write much. That’s one reason Twitter is so great — I’ve been able to just send some … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Internet, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, Tech
We Want No Taxation, No Representation
Financial time bombs are no longer shocking to discover these days. Collateralized debt obligations, the American auto industry, real estate, credit, struggling state government balance sheets, etc. IRC Stupidity Yesterday Obama gave a speech on how health care needs to … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Business, Development, Economics, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Policy, Politics
Big, Interesting, Mysterious Pragmatic Problems
I’ve just finished a master’s program full of amazing classmates seeking policy solutions to some of the toughest problems the US and international institutions have to currently deal with. For my part, I deeply love to spend a lot of … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Development, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Internet, Openness, Policy, Privacy, Reputation, Web
Recruitment
I was having lunch with a couple buddies of mine, one of whom took Michael Scheuer’s “Al-Qaeda and the Global Jihad” class with me. He reminded me of one of Professor Scheuer’s best points made during the semester. I might … Continue reading
Fear in My 31st Year
The economic numbers are getting bad, worldwide. The IMF predicts almost stagnation for this year in terms of worldwide growth. Unemployment numbers in the US came out at 7.6% this morning, much lower than unofficial estimates at around 14%ish. The … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Globalization, Government
Casualties of Stock Market Warfare
A friend of mine linked to a blog post from Ivan Krstić about a massive short squeeze on Volkswagen stock back in October of 2008. Ivan does a great job of explaining what happened (so read that first), but I … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Globalization, Stock Market
Interesting Economic Datapoints
So I’m done with this semester and I was just watching C-SPAN2, which was covering the Senate vote on the automaker bailout. The vote failed 52-35 or so. Dow futures were down -325 around the time of the vote. I … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economics, Energy, Foreign, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, War
