DT CochraneInequality Just Keeps Getting WorseThe distribution of income is a function of power. It is also an outcome of power. The powerful use their power to maintain that power…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
DT CochranePatents Out of ControlThe United States, we are told, is the most innovative society that has ever existed. A key tool encouraging innovation, we are further…Oct 16, 2018Oct 16, 2018
DT CochraneDividends vs IncomeOne of the facts established in Thomas Piketty’s monumental work Capital in the 21st Century, is that inequality has been worsening for the…Sep 27, 2017Sep 27, 2017
DT CochraneDid United’s PR Nightmare Have Long-term Consequences?Remember when United Airlines (UAL) became the focus of social media disgust after video emerged of a man being violently removed from a…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
DT CochraneHow Much U.S. Public Debt Does China Hold?The bottom areas on the top chart shows the month-over-month annual change U.S. public debt, both the total value and that held by…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
DT CochraneCan a documentary move the markets?Netflix recently added the documentary Betting on Zero, which details complaints about the multi-level-marketing company Herbalife (HLF). A…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
DT CochraneSmall Businesses, Backbone, Part IIThis is a follow up to the previous post on the idea that small businesses are the backbone of the economy. In that post, I pointed out…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
DT CochraneSmall Businesses Are Not the Backbone of the EconomyThere is an economic trope in political rhetoric that “small businesses are the backbone of the economy.” It’s not true.Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
DT CochraneIn 1953, the share of U.S.For all the focus, consternation and celebration over the rise of financial intermediation, it has grown less than the service industry…Aug 28, 2017Aug 28, 2017
DT CochraneIT is just another word for advertisingTwitter makes 89% of its revenue from advertising. Google makes 91% of its revenue from advertising. Facebook makes 97% of its revenue from…Aug 25, 2017Aug 25, 2017
