PSFK » economics http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ How Recessions Can Shape Future Behavior http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/how-recessions-can-shape-future-behavior.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/how-recessions-can-shape-future-behavior.html#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:03:36 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=55322 How Recessions Can Shape Future Behavior Newsweek has published an intriguing article that examines how recessions affect future lifestyle choices.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/how-recessions-can-shape-future-behavior.html/feed 1 The Long Tail of Coffee Adds To Starbucks’ Identity Crisis http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:24 +0000 Caleb Kramer http://www.psfk.com/?p=47522 The Long Tail of Coffee Adds To Starbucks' Identity Crisis Over the past year we’ve noticed experimentation in Starbucks’ marketing, a reflection of an identity crisis in the industry as “mass-market powerhouses” McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts use the recession to rise from below. On the opposite front gourmet coffee startups are beginning to present the premium quality Starbucks once used as its primary selling point. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html/feed 1 Brooklyn Typology Project: Art Intersects With Urban Planning http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/brooklyn-typology-project-art-intersects-with-urban-planning.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/brooklyn-typology-project-art-intersects-with-urban-planning.html#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:36:03 +0000 Jim Moscater http://www.psfk.com/?p=42524 Brooklyn Typology Project: Art Intersects With Urban Planning The Brooklyn Typology Project is an unbelievably informative … [visit site to read more] © Jim Moscater for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: aesthetics, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Typology Project, demographics, economics, fake is the new real, history, Neil Freeman, Typology, urban planning Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/brooklyn-typology-project-art-intersects-with-urban-planning.html/feed 0 10 Ways To Protect the Economy From Black Swans http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/10-ways-to-protect-the-economy-from-black-swans.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/10-ways-to-protect-the-economy-from-black-swans.html#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:15:06 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=30443 10 Ways To Protect the Economy From Black Swans Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the hit book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, has shared ten principles with the Financial Times that he believes can help make our world more resistant to unexpected events. … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Black Swan, Ecology, economics, Permaculture Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/10-ways-to-protect-the-economy-from-black-swans.html/feed 0 Visualizing the $780 Billion Economic Stimulus http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/visualizing-the-780-billion-economic-stimulus.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/visualizing-the-780-billion-economic-stimulus.html#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:47:31 +0000 Christine Huang http://www.psfk.com/?p=26789 Visualizing the $780 Billion Economic Stimulus HOK pointed us to this eye-opening way of looking at the $780 billion stimulus package. The … [visit site to read more] © Christine Huang for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 10 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: economics, finance, Stimulus Package, United States, US, Visualization Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/visualizing-the-780-billion-economic-stimulus.html/feed 10 Business in the 21st Century http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/business-in-the-21st-century.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/business-in-the-21st-century.html#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:05:22 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=21347 Business in the 21st Century Umair Haque, the director of the Havas Media Lab shares five questions (and possible answers) he believes can generate valuable insights on how to thrive as a business in the sometimes dizzying world of the 21st century. Haque says that to mitigate the effects of the gloomy economic future, people need to radically change assumed operating procedures and re-wire the fundamental ways they do business. He discusses how to manage a world … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: economics, Future of Business, Havas Media Lab, macropocalypse, Threadless, Umair Haque Feed [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/business-in-the-21st-century.html/feed 1