Comments on: Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations

By: The Darkside of Entrepreneurship and Innovation « Campus Entrepreneurship

The Darkside of Entrepreneurship and Innovation « Campus Entrepreneurship — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:59:37 +0000

[...] 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment Peter Klein at Organizations and Markets points out a fun slide show of Obsolete Occupations from NPR. [...]

By: Jobs of Yesteryear | Pasívne investovanie

Jobs of Yesteryear | Pasívne investovanie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:31 +0000

[...] Via Organizations and Markets. [...]

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:30:53 +0000

Some of these technologies may return as niche players:

http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2009/09/21/niche-markets-for-obsolete-technologies/

By: Michael E. Marotta

Michael E. Marotta — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:42:37 +0000

Here in Ann Arbor, every year at the Book Fair, craft printers sell leather-bound books, classes in paper making and bookbinding, and related goods and services.

In THE ECONOMY OF CITIES Jane Jacobs pointed out that little (if any) market activity actually disappears, despite Joseph Schumpeter’s claims about destructive creation. Things change. Old ways are incorprated into new or they find new expressions.

I am 60. Fifty years ago, television was supposed to be the death of movie theaters. Then, it was video rentals that were supposed to be the demise of movie theaters.

Newspapers may be the dinosaurs of mass media… or maybe they are the birds and alligators… We won’t know until we can look back on the whole history and say “there.”

By: Rafe Champion

Rafe Champion — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0000

Bring back the lector!