Most stunning debate ever?

Most stunning debate ever?

“They are eating dogs!” From He-who-must-not-be-named, debate in Pennsylvania on September 10, 2024 And so, an insane season kicks off. I think it will be insane. Maybe it will quiet down. There were many notable moments in the debate but the one that most news reporters started off with was the one about immigrants eating…

Bad use of software tools
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Bad use of software tools

AI as a replacement tool While a lot of the consulting firms and technology companies urge other companies trying to deploy AI to regard AI as a complement to human intelligence, there are other companies – the more Milton Friedman, capitalist, free market types, the more harsher types – deploying AI as a way of…

Looking into the AI future

Looking into the AI future

“Initially, AI will have a broadly augmentative effect, taking over low-value tasks and empowering humans to focus their efforts on more strategic and creative jobs. But at some stage, likely in five years or so, AI will start to take over entire job roles, starting with the most “procedural” or rules-based jobs. Eventually, it will…

Price gouging, price fixing and price controls
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Price gouging, price fixing and price controls

Something a little different tonight: talking about pricing. I’m not talking about pricing models created to figure out what to charge for a service or product. That topic is a typical FP&A topic. Not tonight though. It’s economic. It’s terminology which I have never really thought about before: price controls versus price fixing versus price…