Category Archives: Web and Government 2.0

Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links

Posted on February 21, 2021 by David Walker

News Corp is telling us what Google should really pay for linking to its sites. It’s telling us in code. And the answer is … $0.00. What is an Internet link worth? For most of the Internet’s life, this question … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit, Business, Economics and public policy, Information, Intellectual Property, IT and Internet, Media, Politics - national, regulation, Web and Government 2.0 | 16 Comments

Info-philanthropy: a small cost for a big benefit

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

As part of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 I coined the term ‘info-philanthropy’ though someone may have coined it before me and the Taskforce proposed that it qualify as a head of philanthropy. I don’t think any changes have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Economics and public policy, Information, Web and Government 2.0 | 5 Comments

Crowdsourcing the crisis: crossing the is/ought barrier

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

I recently reposted my old column on blogging the 2008 crisis and there’s been some great blogging of this crisis. What about crowdsourcing the crisis? To some extent, we’re doing that with people out here in television land suggesting stuff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, History, Politics - national, Web and Government 2.0 | 1 Comment

Wanted: an executive email service with stamps.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Paul Frijters

Are you dismayed at getting 100 emails a day you need to wade through, disturbing your concentration? Does your administration bother you constantly with things you just ‘have to be aware of’? Are you tired of the ‘executive reports’, ‘award … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Firms, Innovation, IT and Internet, Society, Uncategorized, Web and Government 2.0 | 6 Comments

Blogging another inquiry: Valuing the Australian Census

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Nicholas Gruen

Lateral Economics has been commissioned by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to estimate the value of the Australian Census to the Australian community. As part of that exercise we’ve got the go-ahead from ABS to do something that, it seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, IT and Internet, Metablogging, Public and Private Goods, Web and Government 2.0 | 25 Comments

Could sortition help against corruption, part II

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Paul Frijters

In part 1, I looked at whether it made sense to have random individuals inserted into parliament, or to let policies be decided by juries full of randomly chosen individuals. Both were argued to be unworkable and likely to lead … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Economics and public policy, Education, Ethics, History, Information, IT and Internet, Journalism, Law, Libertarian Musings, Life, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Political theory, Politics - national, Print media, regulation, Social Policy, Society, Web and Government 2.0 | 14 Comments

In praise of blogging: Hoist from 2009 archives

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

I’m pleased to see Jason Potts tweeting “Blogs are still a thing. This one I just came across is the thingest. It’s like @slatestarcodex, but for econ & tech artir.wordpress.com”. As a result of tweeting back my 2009 post on Blogging … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Innovation, Web and Government 2.0 | 4 Comments