Industries ripe for disruption
I have been on a plane and airports the whole day yesterday, but caught up on my sleep. I probably …
Economic Policy
Island of Recovery
There is a front page article on the Wall Street Journal with the title “In European Crisis, Iceland Emerges as …
Internet Piracy and Business Models
Peter Singer makes a case for finding a business model that would make it fair for content creators in …
Iceland the First Internet Enterprise Zone
Iceland has a unique opportunity to lead the world by defining a Internet Enterprise Zone, Brad Burnham of Union Square …
Judging the Next Startup Chile Batch
I have accepted to be a judge in the selection process of the next batch of early stage companies that …
Senate Approves the CrowdFunding Bill
It is not law yet, but yesterday the Senate voted 73-26 in favor a bill that loosens SEC regulations in order …
Why Some Countries Succeed
I read this post in New York Times with the title “Why Some Countries Go Bust” and I just finished …
Unemployment in Iceland
Unemployment in Iceland stands at 7.2% as reported by mbl.is. I wrote about the challenges related to company bankruptcies. What …
Revolution against Finance
I saw the interview of Steve Keen on Silfur Egils and I am sure if not all many of the Icelandersdid too. …
3 Great Global Challenges
I have been a fan of Thomas L. Friedman since I started reading the New York Times and then his …
Is a bubble forming in Iceland?
This is from the publication of Statistics Iceland on Household Expenditure Survey 2008-2011 – “Average household expenditure is 442 thousand ISK …
Is Icelandic economy really growing?
I have been hearing a lot about how the Icelandic economy is showing signs of GDP growth and the new …
Financial Crisis 2012 – Worse than 2008
Tyler Durden’s Guest post of Zero Hedge is an excellent analysis of all the head winds that is against us …
Increase in taxes = investment or social security benefit?
It is not the most popular thing to say but there it is I have said it. Taxes are not …
Iceland Debt Position – Are we out of the water?
I find it very strange that everyone seems to think that Iceland is out of the water in terms of …
Euro Zone Debt Crisis
I think this picture says a lot about what is being discussed in the main stream media about the Euro …
Structural change of an economy – Iceland
I have been on a road trip in India positioning Iceland as a possible destination for Indian companies to locate …
Tax cuts better than Deficit Financing better than Tax increase!
Well, I have been shouting in Iceland if anyone would listen: Tax Cut is better than Deficit Financing is better …
Eliminate Tax Incentive for Leverage
Image by Renegade98 via Flickr Steve Randy Waldman makes a case for eliminating the tax incentive for corporate and individuals …
Policy implications if we use Power Law distribution
I have been working on my first paper with the title “Can Power Law help us avoid highly improbable tail …