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Wireless networks have a reception problem that better antennas can’t fix. While decades of research haven’t established harm from radiofrequency (RF) exposure below federal limits, fears about those emissions can still stop an antenna from going up. America’s wireless networks grow one tower, rooftop antenna, and small-cell antenna at a time. Each needs a permit … No Signal in My Backyard: How Radiation Fears Block Wireless Networks
In “Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,” Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz ask when joint production works better inside a firm than across markets, and what form that firm takes. Their answers turn on a measurement problem: When people produce together, total output doesn’t reveal what each person contributed. Measuring individual contributions is costly, and … ‘Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization,’ by Armen Alchian & Harold Demsetz
In November 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev addressed the Central Committee plenum to vent his frustration over the glaring distortions created by the state’s central economic planning. His chief complaint concerned a metric known as val—gross industrial output measured by weight or volume. Lighting factories faced production quotas based on sheer tonnage, rather than quality … Deregulation by the Ton: The FRA’s Heavy Paperwork and Lightweight Relief
