Feb 7, 2010Snowmageddon Like everyone else in the DC area, my consciousness this week has been massively diverted to snow. I love snow, always have. I was...
Dec 14, 2003A Political Party on a LaptopBack in 1937, an economist named Ronald Coase realized something that helped explain the rise of modern corporations -- and which just...
Apr 30, 2002Who Remembers Memory Chips? Last December, the world economy enjoyed an overlooked milestone: the Toshiba Corporation announced it would end its production of...
Jan 1, 1997Rules of the Road for the Unwitting CEO in the Information AgeOver two centuries ago, James Watt invented the steam engine, unleashing the Industrial Revolution by cutting the price of mechanical...
Jan 1, 1997Notes on a Borderless WorldThese remarks are taken from a speech given to an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conference on the...
Apr 25, 1995Where Will Technology Take the Economy? The 'Firm of the Future' and the Digital SuitePrepared Remarks of Everett M. Ehrlich Under Secretary for Economic Affairs U.S. Department of Commerce Before the University College...
Jan 1, 1995How Economies Grow: A New Look at the EvidenceIn 1674, Antoine van Leeuwenhoek looked at a drop of water under a microscope for the first time and discovered a range of microorganisms...
Sep 13, 1994The Economics of Signal: What's Ahead for the Information Superhighway?Remarks of Everett M. Ehrlich Under Secretary for Economic Affairs U.S. Department of Commerce Before the Computer and Communications...