Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Top 5 Reasons NOT to go Local

Written by Ocean on February 12, 2009 — 6 Comments

If you’ve been reading, listening or watching any sort of news outlet in the past 2 years, you’ve no doubt heard of all the supposed benefits of buying locally. If you’ve done so in the past 4 months, you’ve heard it even more. As proponents of free markets these beliefs make us cringe (inwardly). We [...]

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The Next Bubble

Written by Ocean on February 10, 2009 — 2 Comments

While many of the investments in practically every market sector has been dwindling, there is one sector that has maintained (if not increased) its popularity. Many of the world leaders have even taken the time to make strategic investments in this sector while they try to restructure the turbulent economy. This sector is Renewable Energy. [...]

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Testing the Wisdom of Crowds

Written by Ocean on February 5, 2009 — 4 Comments

A website by PBS lets you participate in the Wisdom of Crowds, try out an experiment to test it, read about it in action, as well as some Q&A. There is also a quite poorly made video on the subject, which nonetheless illustrates the original formation of the concept. The Q&A section has some interesting [...]

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