The Long Road Home
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
One Step Closer to Socialized Medicine?
Making Mountains Out of Molehills
Don’t ‘Prop’ Up Property Taxes
Playing Geoeconomics in Asia
International trade liberalization has stalled, so the U.S. must press ahead with bilateral and regional arrangements. Ratifying the newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea would benefit both nations. Moreover, a Korean FTA would help match growing Chinese regional influence. The U.S. can best respond by using its enduring economic strength to engage friendly nations throughout Asia.
When Taxpayers Get ‘Malled’
Mountains Out of Molehills: How Believing the Worst Makes Technologists Ineffective, And What They Can Do About It
Technologists, and particularly computer programmers, seem to fixate on unlikely scenarios while giving only lip service to the massive copyright infringement now happening. When they do look at problems, they dismiss technical solutions because they are not perfect. And they ignore how laws can support or work alongside technology, because law is unfamiliar to them. By putting problems in perspective, technologists can be particularly effective in finding approaches to the real problems in today’s digital world.