http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklasticnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1276 Maybe I'm just a grumpy old economist, but I was struck just how misleading a recent commercial from the Esurance auto insurance company is. It suggests that there are real savings, economically and ecologically, associated with the fact that... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1276 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:19:59 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1215 Some critics of the 700 MHz Band Auction (Auction 73) attribute the failure of C Block — which consisted of large Regional Economic Grouping (REAG) licenses — to clear at the kinds of premium over the licenses in the AWS-1 auction that... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1215 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:54:20 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1146 It's amusing to see Hilary Clinton and John McCain blasting Barack Obama for his remarks explaining why despair and bitterness over the way economic elites have marginalised them economically and politically have motivated large portions of the wo... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1146 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:00:33 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1145 I apologise for the hiatus between this and my last 700 MHz Auction update, but with 36,419 bids over 261 rounds, analysing the data set is taking a bit of time. Among the several controversies arising the from now-completed auction has been AT... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1145 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:18:09 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1095 For the first time since the Federal Reserve began tracking home equity data in 1945 the amount of equity homeowners hold in their homes fell below 50% in the fourth quarter of 2007 according to the Federal Reserve. More interesting still is the ... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1095 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:06:37 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1082 It's apparent to anyone who has been following the 700 MHz auction that the plan to allocate spectrum for a nationwide public safety network which would allow a private company to deploy the infrastructure and sell access to the network to private... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1082 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:57:30 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1081 John Sundman wants sexy details on John McCain, Vicky Iseman, and Paxson Communications. I'll tell all I know. Cornerstone TeleVision had sought to obtain the noncommercial license for WQEX, owned by Pittsburgh public broadcaster WQED, and the... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1081 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:56:16 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1077 Commenting on a piece by The Financial Times columnist Clive Crook on Barak Obama's likely economy policies if elected, The Economist manages to interject a point desperately depressing, but spot on: “His voting record suggests that, if elec... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1077 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:27 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1054 E Block reached its reserve price in round 44 on Thursday and the FCC announced that it was going to six bidding rounds per day beginning on Friday, Feb. 8. However, while D Block is probably permanently stalled below its reserve price for Au... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1054 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 02:25:41 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1047 The last round of the day for Auction 73, Round 31, was postponed until tomorrow by the FCC late today. The announcement on the Integrated Spectrum Auction System read: “2/4/2008 04:11:42 PM Round 31 Postponed Due to a delay in the ava... General http://www.wetmachine.com/econoklastic/item/1047 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:42:04 -0500