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Be Wary Of Economists Wielding Short Samples

Correlation by xkcd, a webcomic Oh, the age-old correlation-implies-causation argument. Please reference the blog titled “How to Spot Advocacy Science: John Taylor Edition” posted yesterday by Freakonomics.  It depicts charts prepared by Stanford professor John Taylor and acknowledged by Harvard…

Curation Edition: Shorts, Strategy, Economics And Cities

Map of Seattle by Lonely Planet Below is a mini-curation of a few interesting articles addressing Barriers to Entry, Shorting Restaurant Chains, Keynesians, and our Emerald City – Seattle: Durden, Tyler. “Lights Out Netflix? Facebook (And Its 600 Million Users)…

Remember The Off-Balance Sheet Shenanigans Of Enron?

As the Economy Picks-up Speed If investment managers such as David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital begin questioning practices of management or, even worse, are short a company’s securities, then it’s often a harbinger of things to come.  Please reference Greenlight’s…