chilling effects: research, markets, and insider trading – in which over zealous prosecution of insider trading introduces a chilling effect on research and the markets

at a loss for ideas – timothy ferris, the two cultures, and a failure of analysis

des lachman, nailed it – the EFSF, china and the greek solution, on review

markets – red in tooth and claw – two moments in financial media

machine readable news, redux

chavs – the moral externalities to a meritocracy – the perverse outcomes of a market-based meritocracy

obama, innovation, and the race against mistaken conclusions – the unnerving tendency toward distortion in public debate

who is this so called former gerson lehrman group executive?

expert networks, cheekily supposed – reviewing and revising the economist’s take on expert networks, their role and the discussion

another robert winthrop chanler – refused an artistic reputation, he earned quite another reputation

consequences, outcomes, and expert networks – where are all the expert networks going?

rethinking expert networks – compliance, systems and research

john james audubon – Birds of America and the American idea

decimalization, make-or-take, and the markets today – the road toward high frequency trading

this time is different – that old saw

expert networks, controls, and the SEC – are expert networks the adults in the room?

a spanner in the patent works – the chilling effect of business method and information process patents

expert networks, not a condemnation – validation – how the abbreviations of the press led to an alarming mistake about expert networks

getting started with earned media – bloomberg, by example

bloomberg and the drive to commodify the news – it’s good for business, if you’re bloomberg

crossing trades and odd lots – BlackRock, odd lots, May Day, and the market’s shift to the edge

jump the shark – don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story

search markets – neither unique or efficient, messy – understanding the implications of Monday’s Nobel Prize award in economics

permissible wealth – bmi and market power – large acts, small acts and the redistribution of wealth

newspapers and paper news – the legacy of the hot news doctrine and AP v INS

market failure in the marketplace for ideas – the economics of citizens united, political speech and the first amendment

a great and simple idea – the surprising lack of fact checking in political journalism and the corresponding potential value thereof

information wants to be free, expensive – the often forgotten second half of Stewart Brand’s dictum, the Statute of Anne, and the difference between the information age and the age of the author

Obtruded upon the Public – the Spectator, Speculations, and the Shift to Digital – the strange pairing between new media and early 18th century newspapers

doubt is our product, truth is our message – the bewildering honesty of the tobacco industry’s communication strategy

The Demosthenes Strategy: Picking Eubulus – the technocrat and the blowhard, an ancient parallel to modern politics and the Obama administration

Pew, There’s Cable in My Internet – the role of market power and bundling in an ISP’s ability to set prices for internet access and for access to content

The Public, Publicized – control and the gathering importance of publicity in social networks

Blame it on the Weather, or Not – a criticism of the National Association of Realtors discussion of the real estate market and market weakness

Hot News, Hot Analyst – a discussion of the Judge Cotes’ reliance on the “hot news doctrine” for her opinion on Barclays, et al v. Flyonthewall

The Eureka Defense – the case that Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures is in pursuit of a Intellectual Property Cartel

Privacy, Ambiguity & Zuckerberg – a hermeneutical analysis of a WSJ profile of Mark Zuckerberg

Copyright, Fair Use, and the Perils of Legislation –

Net Neutrality: Risking it all with Hatch & Demint –

The George Will Art Conspiracy – response to George Will’s dangerous ideas around art, government, and the world

Does Christie = Christine – a portfolio of quotes and observations that frame the genesis of NJ’s current fiscal situation

Going Retail – Banking, Glass Boxes, and our Changing Relationship to Money – a discussion of how changing regulation changed how we thought about banking and money

VRM & CRM – There’s No Argument There – a response on behalf of Doc Searls to criticisms of Vendor Relationship Management by a CRM consultant