Agnitio

Author's details

Name: William Taylor
Date registered: November 29, 2008
URL: http://www.tvhe.co.nz

Biography

Agnitio loves economics,technology and football. He runs the technical side of the blog and very occasional rants about the economics, technology and football....

Latest posts

  1. Banning relegation from the Premier League: More Investment certainty, less excitement? — October 19, 2011
  2. Off Topic: Tricking athletes into performing — September 22, 2011
  3. Referendum Tool: MPP vs FPP etc.. — September 5, 2011
  4. Ban transfer fees in professional soccer (football)? — August 23, 2011
  5. Google buys Motorola: Vertical integration or Android IP play? — August 16, 2011

Author's posts listings

Oct
19
2011

Banning relegation from the Premier League: More Investment certainty, less excitement?

There has been a bit of talk recently about abolishing the promotion and relegation system in the English Premier League, mainly coming from the Foreign owners of Premier League clubs. A couple of quotes from this article sum up the argument, which is really about investor certainty: a growing cartel of owners believe the Premier …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/10/19/banning-relegation-from-the-premier-league-more-investment-certainty-less-excitement/

Sep
22
2011

Off Topic: Tricking athletes into performing

Fascinating article on the New York Times about using deception to make cyclists push themselves past what they thought their limits were in training. It’s a shame I don’t have  coach for my road cycling….I’m not really sure if I will be able to “trick myself”, haha.

Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/09/22/off-topic-tricking-atheletes-into-performing/

Sep
05
2011

Referendum Tool: MPP vs FPP etc..

If you are looking for a way to kill 5 mins at the end of the day, this tool/quiz to help you decide whether you like MMP or FPP is interesting… I must say I felt weird after doing the quiz as I wasn’t sure it accurately represented my feelings. Preconceptions are there to be …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/09/05/referendum-tool-mpp-vs-fpp-etc/

Aug
23
2011

Ban transfer fees in professional soccer (football)?

A very interesting piece in the telegraph today where Rory Smith argues that it is time to abolish the transfer fee. This passage of the article had particular resonance, mainly because it smelled like there was some economics present: In what other sphere do companies have to pay other companies to recruit their staff? There …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/08/23/ban-transfer-fees-in-profession-soccer-football/

Aug
16
2011

Google buys Motorola: Vertical integration or Android IP play?

So Google has just bought Mobile handset maker Motorolo Mobility (see announcement on the Google blog), a move that sees Google  vertically integrating into phone hardware. My initial reaction to this was a worry that by vertically integrating to compete against Apple, this might discourage non-integrated phone makers (such as Sony, Samsung and HTC) from …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/08/16/google-buys-motorola-vertical-integration-or-android-ip-play/

Aug
12
2011

Blog Update

Those who trawl our site regularly may have noticed the blog has had a visual refresh over the last couple of days. For those who care, the main changes are: Less ugly: Fairly self explanatory… Social media integration:  this should make it much easier for you tell all your friends how much you disagree with …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/08/12/blog-update/

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