6/10. (2005-12-21) (VHS). I’m not a big Rogers/Astaire fan but their movies are always pleasant. This one sports the usual forgettable plot and mediocre songs but does have one extraordinary dance sequence by Astaire done up in blackface.
6/10. (2005-12-19). Not half bad but too much unnecessary sex and a weak central female character mar this art-house flashback-fest.
The BSA (Business Software Alliance) has released a study (prepared by IDC) along with a heavy PR blitz claiming all kinds of absolutely astronomical benefits from reducing software piracy.
There are immediate reasons to be suspicious. While the study is touted as an ‘economic’ analysis of the benefits of combatting piracy no self-respecting economist [...]
Data and information taken from 666 ff. of Morck, Wolfenzon, and Yeung Corporate Governance, Journal of Economic Literature vol. 43, no. 3 (which, itself, summarizes a multitude of other papers).
Here are the value of corporate assets controlled by the ten largest families as percentage of total market capitalization (in brackets is the amount controlled [...]
6/10. (2005-12-08). Interesting but slightly unfocused account of the last weeks in the life of Rolling Stones founder, Brian Jones’. The inclusion of extensive flashbacks lend the picture a more biopic feel.
7/10. (2005-10) Touching troubled adolescent/rites of passage movie set in Iceland that is far above average and has plenty of understated wit.
7.5/10. (2004-?). Beginning with the central character attempting suicide by driving at full speed into a wall this film continues to assault and grip the audience in equal measure. Centred on the story of the marriage of convenience between two Germans from immigrant turkish families the film is a powerful tale of love, redemption and [...]
Economists have always known that traditional measures of output such as GDP have major lacunae – primarily in failing to account for activities and value not contracted through the market such as leisure, domestic work and ecosystem services_[1]. Unfortunately simply measuring GDP is difficult enough (proper national accounts in most countries only date from the [...]
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Dr. Rufus Pollock is co-Founder and Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge.
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