The Necessary Recession

Published 01/08/2009

Until our society has the will and boldness to restrain its short-term excesses, we can always expect long-term market failures

Is There Such A Thing as 'Free'?

Published 09/23/2008

If you ask anyone what free means, everyone will respond with the same vague notion that something is free if they didn't have to pay for it. But that just means it was free to them--the costs were covered, somewhere along the line, by someone else. But why mince hairs over terminology? Well, because a broader definition of the word 'free' seems to be in order.

American Programmers and the "Recession"

Published 02/13/2008