Day: September 21, 2005

Notes on Malcom Gladwell’s book.I think that the title would have been better if it had been, “flash point,” or “critical mass,” or “the straw.”  I kept getting a picture of one of those stupid tipping birds (Dunking ducky) in my head.85:0 Happens in meetings all the time98:1 Overwhelmed by people clamoring for our attention163:1…

I was wondering if that stuff we spent so much time learning in economics classes is really true.  Look at gasoline prices for example.  Just because there was a natural disaster along the gulf coast, gasoline prices went up by 20% from $2.50 in a matter of days to $3.00. There was no increase in…