Gongol.com Archives: November 2019
November 25, 2019
The market economy should blossom in many ways -- entrepreneurship, proprietor capitalism, publicly-traded firms, S-Corps, partnerships, ESOPs, and co-ops all among the many forms that firms should take. But one size simply does not fit all.
Schwab to acquire TD Ameritrade, and now Omaha wonders
This is why every conscientious municipality keeps a close eye on how well it's creating an environment that cultivates new business formation and growth. You never know when one of your major employers (even the homegrown ones) may go away.
China's autocrats really thought Hong Kong was going to vote their way
In politics, as well as in markets, it's not so much the quality of the first round of information going out that matters. It's the feedback that really counts.
One humorist on Twitter says it looks like "When you try to learn AutoCAD the night before your project is due." This thing is styled as if the designers were being held hostage inside a Dire Straits music video.
Washington state tries taking lead on electric aircraft
The big selling point for electric aircraft really isn't environmental friendliness -- at least not to the end buyers. It's the potential to dramatically reduce maintenance costs. Motors have fewer moving parts than engines.
Mall of the Bluffs kicking out its tenants
A question: How much could the owners have done better to have softened rents to keep occupancy high?
Harvest 2019 is a wreck in North Dakota
Major crops like corn are incredibly far behind schedule
Social media doesn't have to be a terrible experience
Anyone who complains about how "awful" their experience is on Twitter, for example, could make their experience vastly better by using lists and scrolling through them on Tweetdeck instead. That's how you concentrate goodness.
Tucker Carlson can't even side with freedom
In saying he's siding with the Russians over their invasion of Ukraine, he ought to feel welcome to self-deport. The flippant nihilism of it all should disgust everyone who isn't already a stark raving loon. He really should wear a scarlet letter for this kind of stupidity, now and for the rest of his days.
