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Feeding the next economy – Give us a stimulus that stimulates, not placates

Last December – as the debates over the stimulus packages were just beginning, I wrote a piece on why the wrong stimulus today could fail us tomorrow. Well, today has become tomorrow, and we are failing.
A stimulus package should be an investment. It should create new industries and markets, it should find help create efficiencies [...]

Posted 22 June 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § public policy ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Old modes of production die with the depression…

A few weeks ago I blogged about how I thought land line phones and cable TV would be among the first items to go as people cut budgets. In contrast Cell phones and internet would be among the last (can you imagine trying to find a job without an internet connection?)
Well I forgot to mention [...]

Posted 14 January 2009 | David Eaves § free culture § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

The Next Economy – Why the wrong Stimulus today could fail us tomorrow

After reading The Great Crash it is hard to not feel that we are the cusp of another economic depression – the parallels between today and 1929 or almost eeire. Much like the last crash, a whole slew of business models, technologies and ways of thinking are simply going to become obsolete (or at least, [...]

Posted 18 December 2008 | David Eaves § canadian politics § public policy § technology ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Las Vegas and the end of US

Just returned from Vegas for work. While the place seemed normal (as normal as Vegas can get) it was doubly surreal to be there at the beginning of a depression (yes, I’ve decided that we are now in a depression, over-reaction perhaps, but who knows).
The mood was captured by a skype chat between myself and [...]

Posted 17 December 2008 | David Eaves § united states ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , ,

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