Tag Archives: public failure
An admonition to those who created/sold financial derivatives
Actually, this admonition applies to all who say they can deliver a future full of wealth: See, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and who tell them, and who lead my people astray by their … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Internet Privacy – FTC worried self regulation not working
Lots of tangents from the story on new FTC study on industry policing and advertising their privacy policies: FTC has two votes for regulation or legislation (doubts cast upon self regulation as a tool – public failure) Study thinks companies … Continue reading
Filed under cybersecurity, policy tools
Unintended Consequences of COPPA
Parry Aftab notes that when COPPA first became effective, a lot of children’s websites simply went away — assumingly because the owners could not manage or understand the COPPA requirements. And, for those that remain: While the sites want to … Continue reading
Filed under cybersecurity
The word is “Data”
Stephen Baker of Newsweek, starts this week’s essay with the following line: About three minutes into his speech on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama spoke a word never before uttered in a Presidential inauguration speech: “data.”. The Obama campaign managed … Continue reading
Filed under Policy, public failure
The word for this decade “information”
Yeah, plastic is definitely, definitely out. Information is in. Got any? Want some? Just as plastic raises concerns regarding negative environmental consequences, information raises, metaphorically speaking, similar environmental concerns as individuals and corporations stress over who controls access to information. … Continue reading
Filed under Health, public values
Failure – Market, Public, and Ethics
Friedman thinks we hit the trifecta of failures with regards to the financial crisis. This financial meltdown involved a broad national breakdown in personal responsibility, government regulation and financial ethics. No time to do it now – -but need to … Continue reading
Filed under Market Failure, public failure
