Anthony J. Pennings, PhD

WRITINGS ON DIGITAL ECONOMICS, ENERGY STRATEGIES, AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lincoln and the Telegraphic Civil War

The Union proved more successful with the telegraph than the Confederate South. The telegraph served to coordinate troop movements and critical logistical supply in conjunction with railroads. General Herman Haupt designed the responsibilities of the North’s Department of Military Railroads: inventory the railroads and their distances, assess their condition, and determine the availability and prices of materials and labor for building and maintaining the lines.

Markets Fail

Markets fail That is why we have Government Governments fail That is why we have Democracy Democracy fails That is why we have Journalism Journalism fails That is why we have Education Education fails That is why we have Intellectuals Intellectuals fail That is why we have Research Research fails That is why we have […]

Google, You Can Drive My Car

Sure, the driverless car sounds like a fanciful scenario, but there are technological and personal signals that suggest such a change might be coming.

Barry Obama and the Hawaii’s Multi-Ethnic Economic Transformation

I use President Barack Obama’s high school name, “Barry,” to mark the specific time period I want to refer to in this post. He returned from Indonesia in 1971 and lived in Honolulu until he graduated from Punahou High School in 1979. During that time, he would have been exposed to an extraordinary political transformation in the 50th state, the election of the first Asian-American to the position of a US Governor, and the socio-economic elevation of several ethnic groups from migrant workers to middle class.

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  • About Me

    Professor at State University of New York (SUNY) Korea since 2016. Moved to Austin, Texas in August 2012 to join the Digital Media Management program at St. Edwards University. Spent the previous decade on the faculty at New York University teaching and researching information systems, digital economics, and strategic communications.

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