Economics

Is it just me or does the topic of aging, longevity, anti-aging and even immortality seem to be popping up everywhere? It could be me because I think this is right up there in the top four or five world-shaking forces shaping the future, and I’m researching the aforementioned subjects. But in the Sunday supplement to my local paper an ...

They’re coming from both oceans! In an earlier post I mentioned Austrailian and New Zeland companies that want to do medical trials cheaper than the US cost. Bang, here’s an article from BW about a Hungarian company that’s going right after the clinical trial market. The venture capitalists like what they see: a chance to make a good profit by ...

Frankly, an iron-clad grasp of money matters has not been my forte. I’ll probably live to regret it. But, here’s the first article I’ve seen that explains in a way I can understand how things like fluctuations of the value of the dollar and the federal budget deficit affect the economy macroscopically and, to a certain extent, microscopically. The article’s ...

While everyone is focused on the IT jobs that have gone offshore, it’s important to realize that it will happen in other economic areas such as biotech and drug development. This article mentions companies in Australia and New Zeland that are eager to do clinical trials in those countries. It’s cheaper there. Shipping jobs overseas, especially to places where there ...