by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via LA Times: As America’s road planners struggle to find the cash to mend a crumbling highway system, many are beginning to see a solution in a little black box that fits neatly by the dashboard of your car. The devices, which track every mile a motorist drives...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Instapundit and Inklings: My decision to leave isn’t really about my department or university in particular, but about a perverse incentive structure that maintains the status quo, rewards mediocrity, and discourages potentially high-impact,...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Instapundit and TED: The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa’s about to boom. He talks through a few of the indicators — from rising education...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: …two 2030 growth scenarios. The first is the “continued growth in the wealth management business” that is “driven by independent advisors, online tools and advice companies, and emerging international markets.” The...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: The first Bitcoin ATM in the world is believed to launch in Canada next week. According to reports from CBC, Mitchell Demeter, co-founder of Vancouver bitcoin trading company Bitcoiniacs and part-owner of Robocoin, has invested in five such...
