new economy

Looking at the news, everyone in London seems to be very excited about the CARGO HUB PLAN: Ottawa and the city will unveil big bucks to help London become an international air cargo gateway Whether or not this plan makes solid business sense in the near term is not my concern [clarification: I should say, [...]

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An Economy for Living

by LDNbeta on 09-10-2009

in civics,economics,london

This is a more positive followup to yesterday’s post, trying to work out what the key idea or shared ethic might be for London’s economy. I’ve already expressed doubts about the “transporation hub” idea here and here. It isn’t a bad idea to beef up London’s transportation capacity as one specific part of a broader plan, but [...]

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"Dear Old People Who Run the World"

by OpenConceptual on 07-09-2009

in commentary

Umair Haque at Harvard Business Blogs has written a Generation M Manifesto, which begins: Dear Old People Who Run the World, My generation would like to break up with you. Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. I think we have irreconcilable differences. [...]

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Boston’s case illustrates the difficulty you’d have establishing a new startup hub this late in the game. If you wanted to create a startup hub by reproducing the way existing ones happened, the way to do it would be to establish a first-rate research university in a place so nice that rich people wanted to live there. [...]

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