March 2 2022 Random but Connected Thoughts Severance, the new series on Apple TV where people live completely disconnected lives at work, as if in a Skinner Box. (more…)

March 2 2022 Random but Connected Thoughts Severance, the new series on Apple TV where people live completely disconnected lives at work, as if in a Skinner Box. (more…)
Corporate Governance Gaming: The Power of Retail Investors is delicious snacking, not just for Robinhood and Reddit GenZ’ers, but also for some Boomers who have tried to democratize corporate governance for decades. How many times have we rolled our eyes reading about GameStop and the frenzy of meme stocks? Crazy? Yes, but also exuding potential, explored […]
The Ascendancy of Finance (link) by Joseph Vogl, explains the dramatic transfer of power to the financial sector that occurred over centuries but accelerated during the recent financial crisis. Traditionally, markets limited state power and were, in turn, restrained by the nation states. As Vogel notes, “In this theoretical myth, spaces of freedom are weighed against concerns […]