“What Terry Sullivan’s Reinstatement at U. Va Really Tells Us about the Future of Higher Ed Does the reappointment of University of Virginia’s president mark a triumph over corporate interests? Or is it more proof that public universities are headed for demise?” By Aaron Bady [...]
Posts Tagged ‘corporatism’
The Washington Post: U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there
The Canary in the Mine: a frightening insight into the US Economic future. Based in part on Washington Post article, “U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there“ Here in Washington state, Ed Lazowska , the Bill and Melinda Gates Professor of Comp Sci at UW, is a very fo[...]
July 8th, 2012 - 7:59 am § in Politics
When The Solar Industry Goes Political
Sunny Business Germans Lobby for Solar Subsidies By Alexander Neubacher and Catalina Schröder Der Spiegel DPA Solar subsidies cost German consumers billions of dollars a year and are widely regarded as inefficient. Even environmentalists are concerned that Berlin’s focus on solar comes at the[...]
June 11th, 2012 - 10:55 am § in Misc.
Elizabeth Warren’s New Ad
If you’re a giant corporation making billions of dollars in profit, Washington is working for you. But if you’re a mom or dad struggling to put a kid through college — or a senior struggling to live on a fixed income — Washington hasn’t been working for you for a long t[...]
APPLESAUCE: Zuckerberg Zucks
Zuckerberg drops off world’s 40 richest billionaires list post Facebook shares freefall Submitted by Jamie Williamsonon Wed, 05/30/2012 – 09:27 Washington, May 30 : Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has dropped off Bloomberg”s list of the richest 40 billionaires in the world after hi[...]
May 22nd, 2012 - 6:57 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Is FACEBOOK Worth More Than a Pet Rock?
UPDATE: Facebook falls another 9%! Published on: May 21, 2012 @ 23:57 “a fair price for Facebook might be between $16-$24.” Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-facebook-worth-2012-5?op=1#ixzz1vZyHcEJz[...]
Breaking News: JP Morgan poofs $2,000,000,000
First we passed laws breaking down the barriers between banking and speculation. Now, JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, announces that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money. Doe[...]
The Dangerous “Research Works Act”
Richard Price, founder and CEO of Academia.edu from TECHCRUNCH Congress is currently considering a bill called “The Research Works Act”, whose purpose is to restrict public access to publicly-funded research. The bill is sponsored by large academic publishers who are keen to keep all research, i[...]
January 16th, 2012 - 7:35 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
BERKELEY BLOG: UC and NSF Teach Scientists How to Launch a Business
The government starts an incubator UC Professor gets a call: “Our country needs you.” … Steve Blank, lecturer, Haas School of Business“Part of the NSF charter is to commercialize the best of the science and engineering research we fund. We want to make a bet that your Lean Launchpad[...]
FACEBOOK stock plummets
Adam Smith taught us that capital, not money, created the wealth of nations. Capital was the stuff people use to build new factories or plow new ground. Today’s stock market has changed all that. Capital now deal with the ephemeral … “Likes” have replaced ears of corn a[...]