This internal Boeing technical report from 2001 on the benefits & costs of outsourcing looks ever more prescient: “OUT-SOURCED PROFITS – THE CORNERSTONE OF SUCCESSFUL SUBCONTRACTING by Dr. L. J. … (View Post)

As someone who flew out of LCY regularly at one point to visit clients on the continent I certainly didn’t see myself as “monied elite” at the time! I was just another working stiff, turning the whee… (View Post)

So far PO executives have suffered little to no actual consequences for putting 100s of people through the courts on false charges, probably bankrupting the PO in the process. Oh wait: Paula Vennels … (View Post)

Rent control is one of the few policies unites the field of economics because it’s so counter-productive. Worse, the effects are insidious & take years to play out, so the naysayers are easy to p… (View Post)

The story I’ve seen elsewhere is that the current version was in development before Musk bought the company. He just happened to be in charge when it was finished up & pushed to production. Alway… (View Post)