Urbanomics
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Apple as a commoditised luxury brand?
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The Times has an article on the enduring iPhone phenomenon, as its 17th iteration is released. There’s a general rule about consumer electr...
Monday, September 11, 2023
The retreat of orthodoxy and return of prudence
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Consider the following emerging trends. Manufacturing activities are critical for economic growth and should therefore be reshored. Industri...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Weekend reading links
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1. Chris Giles has three important graphics about trends in the world economy. The first is the rising importance of India so much so that ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Elite capture and woke liberalism
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Michael Anton has an essay in Compact magazine where he makes a pessimistic case for the future based on the trends prevailing in the prese...
Monday, September 4, 2023
Weekend reading links
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1. Times has a very good article that highlights the Faustian bargain Indonesia has struck with Chinese Nickel mining companies - invest, e...
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Some thoughts on how transformations happen
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I have blogged here and here about pathways to system transformation in development to address what Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber describ...
Monday, August 28, 2023
The debate on driverless cars
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I have blogged earlier here and here about the role of agenda-setting in shaping the trajectory of ideas and technologies. A disturbing tr...
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