by Sean | Sep 15, 2012 | Economics
Graduates of the Class of 2012 began their baccalaureate studies at the worst time during our nation’s economic history since the Great Depression. Today marks the 4th anniversary of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in American history...
by Sean | Sep 14, 2012 | Economics, Law, Tech
Can you patent round corners? Google was unaware that you could, according to David Lawee, vice president for corporate development at Google. In an interview with Bloomberg David made it clear that Google was not aggressive enough with their patent strategy....
by Sean | Sep 13, 2012 | Economics, Fulbright, Travel
Packing to leave your home for nine months can be a bit daunting. I’ve been gathering items from clothes to deodorant in order to get ready for Sri Lanka. I just purchased a pair of linen trousers, to help deal with the heat. I ordered them from...
by Sean | Aug 20, 2012 | Economics, Education
I just read a phenomenal blog post by Renee DiResta about an interesting (albeit qualitative) study powered by Google’s auto-complete feature. She went State by state and saw what the Google search results indicated people thought of a particular state. She then...
by Sean | Aug 7, 2012 | Economics, Tech
“Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may indeed be the “what,” but it certainly is not the ‘why.'” -Ben Bernanke On Monday Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave a...