I recently stumbled across an illuminating anecdote about regulation, politics, and strange bedfellows [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_

The more things change, the more they stay the same [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124649352055183157.html]. Of course, if

You can sleep better at night, because your down pillow might be part of a major energy solution [http://www.

Incremental change can cause a collapse [http://joelelewis.com/2009/06/complexity-and-collapse/] that is difficult to reverse. > What is

> As is so often the case, however, the system became a prisoner of its own complexity. The original system

Apparently our economy has been much slower than reported for years: Growth: Why the Stats Are Misleading — BusinessWeek [http://www.

Auction technology has blossomed around the world, and called into existence a whole new industry, replete with firms, entrepreneurs, consultants,

Collapse dynamics: Phase transitions in complex social systems [http://www.slideshare.net/noahraford/collapse-dynamics-phase-transitions-in-complex-social-systems?type=powerpoint] View more OpenOffice presentations

In these days of bailouts and government intervention, there is much talk about how effectively the Government can run any

It seems investors might overestimate the ability of their peers to make sound decisions, a very convincing explanation for several