economy
6 posts
Gateway Country
Thinking about the globalization of the computer industry through a tech company so American it prominently promoted its birth on an Iowa farm on its packaging.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Oct 13, 2024
Trimmed For Space
As the newspaper industry contracted, so too did the furniture and the newsprint. Let's check out the first victims of the digital revolution.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Dec 7, 2017
Let's Teach Textbooks A Lesson
The prices of college textbooks are absurd—to the point where authors have to defend their $300 books. But we could, thankfully, be turning a corner.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Aug 25, 2016
Charmeleon Chaos Theory
Laugh all you want, but Pokémon Go offers a really good example of a key libertarian economic theory in action. Spontaneous order was never so much fun.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jul 21, 2016
I Want to Live Like Common People
Why rich people really love to pretend to be poor every once in a while, just like in Pulp's \"Common People.\"
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jul 28, 2015