click here for an illustration.
Ten years ago, when I had maybe twenty readers, I wrote a similar essay. My guess is that this blog post alone will generate 100 times the number of readers for that essay than the number who read it at the time. Yes, it’s worth a click, also. It even talks about the Internet as a non-state (apropos the discussion yesterday.)
Feb 26 2010
Eric S. Raymond writes, We've spent the last seventy years increasing the hidden overhead and downside risks associated with hiring a worker -- which meant the minimum revenue-per-employee threshold below which hiring doesn't make sense has crept up and up and up, gradually. This effect was partly masked by credit and...
Feb 26 2010
The New Yorker carries a long puff piece on Paul Krugman that gives you some insight into the man and his work, especially his New York Times column. One thing I hadn't known was to what extent his wife ratchets up the attacks when she edits his work. I'm glad my wife, a professional editor, doesn't do that with my w...
Feb 25 2010
click here for an illustration. Ten years ago, when I had maybe twenty readers, I wrote a similar essay. My guess is that this blog post alone will generate 100 times the number of readers for that essay than the number who read it at the time. Yes, it's worth a click, also. It even talks about the Internet as a no...
READER COMMENTS
Mandy Lloyd
Mar 5 2010 at 1:18pm
I saw the book review of “From Poverty to Prosperity” on CSPAN last week. Someone raised the question, “Why are some countries/cultures so poor while others are so rich?”. You gave several explanations and evidences. I’m curious if religion or the lack of religion has any influence on these poor countries or even on the wealthy nations?
Perhaps there is discussion on this in the book and I do have it reserved from our local library.
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