Regressive Politics Seem Bad For Economic Growth. Can We Prove It?
The Supreme Court’s recent announcement that it will hear a case about draconian abortion restrictions in Mississippi led me to
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Bitcoin and the Energy Illogic of Cryptocurrency
The price collapse of Bitcoin today raises some valuable questions about the value– and environmental impact- of continuing to use it and mine it.
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New Grand River Streetscaping: Safer, Slower, Greener
New streetscaping improvements have turned portions of Grand River Avenue, on Detroit’s West Side, from a street-level freeway into something more closely resembling a real city street that people might be able to safely hang out and shop on.
Read MoreMichigan Population Numbers: How Long Before We Just Admit That This Strategy Isn’t Working?
The census numbers are in, and we’re unsurprised to learn that population growth is stagnant in parts of the great,
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AliExpress: The New Amazon? Or, Close, But No Cigar?
An exhaustive review of AliExpress, the Chinese Amazon and the “foreign office” of global giant AliBaba.
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Losing Your Shirt: Amazon’s Anticompetitive Edge in Pricing
Amazon is playing a strange game involving pricing of some of its products, selling them at a hefty loss. It’s not really clear why.
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Port Angeles CRTC: Giving New Flight to Aircraft Scrap
In Port Angeles, Washington, Vishva Nalamalapu hangs out at the Composite Recycling Technology Center, or CRTC, with Michigan transplant Nicole Wright, to learn about all of the cool stuff they are manufacturing from aerospace industry scrap.
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Black Ocean Strategy? Private Firms Are Looking To Cut Themselves A Slice Of The Infrastructure Pie.
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are looking for access to infrastructure as they seek out new markets and sources of reliable revenue streams and growth potential. It’s good work … if you can get it.
Read MoreDebt or Asset? How Utility Shutoffs Are About To Be A Big Problem.
Springtime and mounting debt related to COVID19 means utility shutoffs are coming. At least probably. Here are some ideas for how we can fix our broken systems for utility billing– and how we subsidize utilities through programs like LIHEAP without actually moving the needle on energy poverty.
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100 Corporations Produce 71% of Carbon Emissions. But Who Buys Their Products?
LIVING IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, A STONE’S THROW FROM THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, I AM ACCUSTOMED to having to wipe off the
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