by Henry Oliner | Dec 29, 2017 | Consumer, Ethics
Apple has taken some heat for the story that they intentionally throttled performance on their older phones. In the rush for those who always seek sinister motives from large companies, this is the rest of the story. Upgrades tend to use more power as new features are...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 18, 2017 | Economics
by Henry Oliner ‘Trickle down’ is the preferred pejorative of the left towards any tax cut that benefits those who actually pay taxes. The people who use it sound like idiots to anyone with a basic knowledge of economics. It is a tool for those who prefer a demon to...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 5, 2017 | Economics
From The Disturbing New Facts About American Capitalism by Jason Zweig in The WSJ Modern capitalism is built on the idea that as companies get big, they become fat and happy, opening themselves up to lean and hungry competitors that can underprice and overtake them....
by Henry Oliner | Oct 5, 2016 | Business, Economics
From Holman Jenkins at The WSJ, Harmonize this Eurocrats, What about the undoubted problem of companies like Apple shielding their globally earned profits behind a small country’s friendly tax regime? There’s a remarkably sanitary solution: Get rid of the corporate...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 9, 2016 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
From Joel Kotkin at newgeography.com AMERICA’S NEW OLIGARCHS—FWD.US AND SILICON VALLEY’S SHADY 1 PERCENTERS excerpts: Perversely, the small number of jobs—mostly clustered in Silicon Valley—created by tech companies has helped its moguls avoid public scrutiny. Google...
