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09/06/2016

US Presidential candidates have been campaigning over recent months about bringing manufacturing back to the US.

An interesting article in the MIT Technology Review examines if an iPhone could be manufactured competitively in the US.

Worth a look at: http://bit.ly/1Oe4ShA

Political candidates opposed to free trade say Apple should make phones in the United States. Let’s see what that would look like.

18/02/2016

CEDA has released its Economic and Political Overview 2016, worth a look as one view of the issues impacting Australians over the next year. http://bit.ly/adapt20ZZy6V

14/08/2015

A recent article on mathematician Terry Tao had some interesting asides on research collaboration, tackling difficult problems, and having fun. His blog is interesting as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/the-singular-mind-of-terry-tao.html?_r=0

A prodigy grows up to become one of the greatest mathematicians in the world.

22/07/2015

The WEF has released its global competitiveness report comparing 144 economies against 12 key pillars and "heaps" of sub categories.

Its interactive so you can compare countries, or you can download the report pdf.

Lots of interesting stuff on health, legal systems, innovation etc.

bit.ly/1ROxajy

The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. The Report series remains the most comprehensive assessment of national competitiveness worldwide.

10/02/2015

An interesting article on the importance of open networks to individual career success, but also with implications for business innovation, transformation and culture. Worth a look.

http://read.bi/1DyJmvG

Being in an open network instead of a closed one is the best predictor of career success.

14/01/2015

A wide ranging list of economics books, with a focus on international economics and the 2008 financial crash, worth a look.
http://bit.ly/1C5mXTE

The 100 Best Economics Books of All Time list includes works by many of the great economists along with many leading books on major issues in the field.

08/01/2015

A weirdly addictive webpage showing a sample of live attacks across 40 countries in real time, worth a look.

http://bit.ly/1AHmUzc

Every second, Norse collects and analyzes live threat intelligence from darknets in hundreds of locations in over 40 countries. The attacks shown are based on a small subset of live flows against the Norse honeypot infrastructure, representing actual worldwide cyber attacks by bad actors. At a glanc…

03/04/2014

The difficulty of searching for MH370 in a giant rubbish patch http://t.co/ZOWQb7Nwwx

03/04/2014

The search for MH370 is so difficult because the area being scoured is a giant rubbish tip, http://t.co/ZOWQb7Nwwx

21/03/2014

Origami microscopes, a great innovation to improve healthcare in the third world. TED talk at: http://t.co/kTqMTgk7Jh

10/02/2014

Ricardo Hausmann warns that to focus on an economies' comparative advantage is both wrong and dangerous. - http://t.co/4a5Uv9Nndn

12/01/2014

Dog days for Australia after the boom | East Asia Forum http://t.co/iPX6AXF1HY