In developing countries there are serious challenges to providing cheap and environmentally-friendly sources of electricity and clean drinking water. But Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, wants to try to overcome them. Recently he unveiled two o... Read More >>
Oil runs the world, fueling industrial processes that make everything from computers to plastic containers. Without it, vehicles, airplanes, trucks that bring food to grocer’s shelves, and ships that bring steel from China wouldn't run. The modern ... Read More >>
The Feast was a day-long social innovation conference that took place on Thursday, October 16th at Scandinavia House in New York City. There were 12 presentations and summarizing each one would make for a very long article, so I'm simply going to tou... Read More >>
It's easy and counterproductive to politicize the stock market: Democrats would say the it's plunging due to eight years of Republican leadership. Republicans would counter that the free-falling stock market is pricing in a Democrat in the White... Read More >>
Bush’s Final Legacy: Stealth Tort Reform Reports out of Washington indicate that the Bush administration is about to give the American people a parting, one-finger salute by rewriting a wide range of f... Read More >>
When Adam Smith wrote about the "invisible hand" in 1776, he referred to the natural forces that allow the market to correct for seemingly disastrous situation... Read More >>
