Why Boeing is Imploding–Spinney, Sprey, & Reality vs Political Engineering & Government Spec Cost Plus

Below are three separate contributions:  Spinney on Sprey; Sprey on Boeing; and Seattle Times on Boeing. CHUCK SPINNEY SOUNDS OFF President Obama says that restoring America’s competitiveness is one of his top priorities.  Yet under his watch, deindustrialization, financialization, and globalization continue without interruption.  Many advocates of defense spending argue that spinoffs from the Pentagon’s …

Reference: Logistics Oversight as an Information Operations (IO) Mission

David Isenberg Posted: December 21, 2010 11:59 PM Huffington Post Can’t Anyone at DoD Do Oversight? Anyone at All? The perennial issue regarding private military security contractors is the degree to which they are subject to effective oversight. In that regard there is only one item in today’s news worth looking at. That is the …

Journal: The College Education Bubble-Scam-Implosion

The Great Relearning Higher education’s price-earnings ratio looks like Nevada housing circa 2007. Jerry Bowyer, 12.16.10, 03:15 PM EST  Forbes The overwhelming cultural consensus of the post-WWII generation was that if you are middle-class, then you simply must own your own home and your children must go to college. Out of that cultural consensus emerged …