Tom Watson is holding a supporters reception in the Old Star of all places.
Migrants
Yvette Cooper makes an appeal for decency over the migrant crisis. Hodges in the Telegraph calls it out as too late to impact the contest, but to me, her campaign shows me the truth of my insight that you have to give people a reason to vote for you, bland safety is not enough.
Insights into the “sharing the economy”
Much is spoken of the sharing economy with Uber and AirBnB seen as their poster children. They’re different, Uber is an evolution of 20th century franchise business while AirBnB is an auction/liquidity service.
A note to support my article on Uber.
Cheese
Level 25 on “Sim City Build It”, now I can make cheese. …
Spoiling an e-ballot
I have just been asked by Mrs. L, how can I deface/spoil an e-ballot form. It seems she wants to vote for Ross Kemp for London Mayor. …
Just in time
Tony Blair speaks on Corbyn’s politics appealing for the selectorate to “see sense” and reminds Mrs. L she hasn’t voted yet. She has now! …
Dominance
The micro-economics of the dominant innovation driving technology of 30 years ago and today, i.e. Oil vs. I.T. is also different. The role of physical and human technology are different; the instantiation of human capital as a factor of production makes a difference.
Research & relief
One of the current tax breaks is the ability to consider R&D spend as a corporate tax deduction, some facts around how effective this tax relief is, and whether it’s corporate welfare, or investment in the future would be helpful.
Responsive
The New Statesman now has a responsive look and feel. Hooray.
Daraprim
We must all be aware of the vulture capitalist raid on the HIV treatment #Daraprim. This just raises so many issues, not the least being TTIP, intellectual property law reform, the extra territoriality of US Law and the struggle for affordable health care in the US and their providers drive for super-profits in the rest of the world. There’s a blog article here, but its a bit close to a general theory. Less a blog article, more a book. …