After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

August 19, 2011

Spend Your Foreign Currency and Help the World Economy

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After the American Century Times are bad, so it is time to use all the resources that consumers have at their fingertips. According to a Da...
August 11, 2011

Should Greece Exit the Euro?

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After the American Century Some time ago in this space I suggested that giving money to the Greeks would not solve their problems, and t...
August 06, 2011

Declining US Power: Standard and Poor Downgrades US Government Debt

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After the American Century The decision is a milestone on the road to decline. Standard and Poor has decided that US government debt is...
August 04, 2011

Summer Reading While Traveling: Henry James, Agatha Christie, and Thoreau

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After the American Century I did not plan it, but my short summer vacation was made even more pleasant by the reading I happened to do ...
July 20, 2011

Moon Landing Anniversary and the Decline of Wonder

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After the American Century I vividly recall where I was and who I was with on this day, July 20, in 1969 when Niel Armstrong became ...
July 15, 2011

The insecurity of computer systems

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After the American Century The insecurity of computer systems, discussed previously in this space, is once again in the news. The American ...
July 14, 2011

Wake Up Republicans: Government is not a Business

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After the American Century The idea that the US government could choose to default is a fundamental misconception. Government is not a ...
July 12, 2011

On the Line: Reading Harvey Swados

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After the American Century As part of my research on the history of the assembly line in the United States, I have been reading Harvey ...
July 11, 2011

Different Default Situations: US vs. EU

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After the American Century Both the EU and the US are struggling with massive public indebtedness, and in each case the problems emerge...
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David E. Nye
Odense, Denmark
Author or editor of more than 25 books, including 12 with The MIT Press, and more than 225 publications in all. Honors include the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005. Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota. By-Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. Professor Emeritus SDU, Denmark. Knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2014. A bibliography and index to publications is available for free download at https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/219592
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