Feb 1‘… the financial system is due for a serious reckoning.’What awaits the U.S. Economy in 2023 and beyond? — Below is from an interesting article in the WSJ, published today, which details a unique stock investment strategy. What caught my eye: the prediction of a massive black swan event that will cause market doom greater than the 1920s or the other prior, devastating setbacks in U.S. economic history. …Stock Market4 min readStock Market4 min read
Jan 19The 2023 Compass for Supply Chain Researchcapacitated models, econometrics, macroeconomics (including constraints and productivity), government data, political economy, data infrastructure, and the metaverse. — Fed Chair Powell, as part of Congressional testimony[1] on January 11, 2022 (his reconfirmation hearing), expressed the viewpoint that shortages in the U.S. economy would abate in 2022 thus reducing inflationary pressure. …Supply Chain8 min readSupply Chain8 min read
Aug 23, 2022The Upcoming Battle for American Agricultural LandA total of twenty-six million acres needed for solar farms and infrastructure. — The definition below from the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy puts forth the essential issue for solar power panels. “The conversion efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) cell, or solar cell, is the percentage of the solar energy shining on a PV device that is converted into usable…Agriculture3 min readAgriculture3 min read
Jul 19, 2022Barron’s, University Learning, Industry, and Math ModelingThe non-technical details including assumptions are along the path to attainment for those in data science. The best financial journalism is top in support. — I began reading Barron’s when I was student at The Ohio State University in Columbus though as a nine-year-old child, I recall seeing a copy at the local drug store news stand in my small Northern Ohio hometown, Avon Lake. For four decades, I have advocated that reading Barron’s is…Barrons4 min readBarrons4 min read
Jun 13, 2022The Summer of ’22 and Electrical ShortagesDetails about alternative energy and capacity for the grids that make up the North American power system — a major new report worth reading. — This Medium article is an introduction to the complex area of supply and demand for electricity and the prospects for forced outages, an unprecedented event for America. A recent, comprehensive, independent report on the North American grid is the factual basis. All need to look at this report.Energy5 min readEnergy5 min read
Apr 5, 2021The Anti Upheaval in the Tech IndustryMacroeconomics and the tangled association between computing and inflation (2000–2020). — From the advent of Western political thought during the 18th century that led to the formation of market economies, various government and private interests sought to understand the aggregate forces underpinning individual behavior and pecuniary value. Quantifying the cause and effect of policies at the national level became the systematic…Economics7 min readEconomics7 min read
Aug 31, 2020An Evanescent History of American Food SafetyThe migration to cities forced innovation to protect lives, upgrade health, and improve productivity. Now is the time to take the next step. — In his seminal book on American productivity, Robert J. Gordon[1] noted that between 1870 and 1940 the problem of food safety and adulteration sprung forth as a major public health concern. The cause was an intense economic shift to industrialization and the lack of scientific understanding of sanitation. In 1870…Food Safety4 min readFood Safety4 min read
Aug 1, 2020The Uses of Government Data in SocietyWhat is the best way to release value to the public? — The age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is set to cause profound changes in the field of public administration. The intense focus on machine to machine communication along with new data laws opens fresh directions. I feel the frictionless release of government data into society results in many benefits. If…Public Administration4 min readPublic Administration4 min read
Jul 11, 2020Member-onlyBit-plane Slicing for DiscoveryAn overview with ideas, citations, and examples. — This previously unpublished review is from 2015. While the topic has technological potential, much more research needs to happen to find robust applications — E. W. Schuster. Images of any type make up vast amounts of unstructured data. Visual analysis of this data, often termed the photo-interpretive approach, requires human…Data Science11 min readData Science11 min read
Jun 21, 2020The United States Economy and Technical EfficiencyA focus on basic technology will get results. — The rock core of economic theory is set from the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. With the Forth Industrial Revolution, which began in the last stages of the 2009–2020 expansion, many from industry and academics claim a new set of dynamics apply. The common causative agent is the exponential…Economics5 min readEconomics5 min read
