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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
My article on Guard Labor is in the new issue of Dollars and Sense. It is extracted from my forthcoming book, The Invisible Handcuffs.
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2010/0110toc.html
The article begins:
Guards are everywhere in a capitalist economy. A few are dressed up in uniforms, so they are easy to spot. But most do […]
The Hypocrisy of Corporate Personhood
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
“Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like.” — often misquoted as “Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?”
Edward Thurlow, 1st […]
Intrade Odds: Bernanke Bounces Back to 93%
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Intrade (last trade = 93%).
Wal-Mart vs. Target vs. Mom-and-Pop Stores
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Wal-Mart: Almost 75% of the Walmart store management team started as hourly associates.
From the article “Life at Wal-Mart“: Everyone [co-workers at Wal-Mart] agreed that Wal-Mart was preferable to the local Target, where the hourly pay was lower and workers were said to be treated with less respect (an […]
Good Question: Why Can’t IRS Fill in the Blanks?
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
NY Times: “It’s a stunningly reasonable idea. When you prepare your return, why can’t you first download whatever data the Internal Revenue Service has received about you and, if your return is simple, learn what the I.R.S.’s calculation of your taxes would be? You’d have the chance to […]
The Ubiquity of Competition
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
“Sure, there are playoffs in football, but competition is everywhere, we just forget to notice it.
There are eighty million blogs to choose from. Thanks for picking mine to read today.
You don’t have to like competition in order to understand that it exists. Your fair share isn’t going […]
National Enquirer Vindicated - Pulitzer Prize Next?
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
WSJ — “How the Enquirer Exposed the John Edwards Affair“: The former senator might be your attorney general today if our reporters hadn’t stuck with the story.
Washington Post — John Edwards’s paternity admission vindicates National Enquirer
Does the National Enquirer Deserve a Pulitzer for Breaking the John Edwards Scandal?
More on the California Real Estate Recovery
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
From the California Association of Realtors report for December:
· Existing, single-family home sales increased 4% in the month of December to a seasonally adjusted rate of 558,320 units on an annualized basis, from 536,846 in November. Statewide home resale activity increased 1.7% from the revised 549,190 sales pace […]
Does Discrimination Explain Gender Wage Gap for Chicago MBAs? No, It’s Motherhood and Marriage
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
From Superfreakonomics via Freakonomics blog:
The economists Marianne Bertrand (Chicago), Claudia Goldin (Harvard), and Lawrence Katz (Harvard) analyzed the gender wage-gap by analyzing the career outcomes of more than 2,000 male and female MBAs from the University of Chicago.
Their conclusion: while gender discrimination may be a minor contributor to […]
Real Estate Recovery Continues in California
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DQNews — “An estimated 41,837 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was up 16.7% from 35,860 in November, and up 10.6% from 37,836 for December 2008 (see chart above). An increase in sales from November to December is normal for the season. […]
Huge Disparity in Income Gains for Unmarried Women vs. Unmarried Men: The “Single Gap”
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
USA TODAY — “If you think women still reap more economic benefit than men do from marriage, you may be living in the past. Today, men are better off economically because their wives are, too, suggests a new study on the economics of marriage by the Pew Research […]
Bobsledding: Rock & Roll Dictionary
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Bobsledding: lunatics jumping into a vehicle that’s going to the finish line with or without them.
Thinking: Rock & Roll Dictionary
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Thinking: a process that should be related to speaking in the same way that chewing is related to eating.
NEW Music Festival at Summerfest
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
The good folks at Milwaukee World Festival, Inc just announced plans for a new Alternative & Modern Rock festival June 4-5 on the Summerfest grounds to kick off the summer festival season here in Milwaukee.
“The first weekend in June will provide music fans with nationally […]
Tootsie Roll: Rock & Roll Dictionary
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Tootsie Roll: the Cheez Whiz of chocolate.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Fun: The Essence of My Rock and Roll Philosophy
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
My Rock and Roll Philosophy revolves largely around the concept of fun.
Here’s my mantra and the essence of my business plan.
Enjoy the video and have fun!
Unfamiliar: Rock & Roll Dictionary
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Unfamiliar: the territory your boss is in when he gets lost in thought.
Phish Food: Rock and Roll History
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Ben and Jerry’s introduced ‘Phish Food’ as an ice cream flavor 13 years ago today.
I’m my deeply demented mind, that qualifies as Rock and Roll History…sort of.
It also makes me hungry. Wonder if we’ve got any Cherry Garcia?
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[?]Submitted by RockPhiles Blog
Brian Eno’s recent comment on the changing times in popular music.
“I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records […]
Edgehill Avenue - Rambler (2009)
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[?]Submitted by Bloggerhythms Blog
Southern rock is still alive and kicking and the vessel supplying its nourishment is a five piece unit from Louisville, Kentucky, Edgehill Avenue. They just released their first full length CD, Rambler, and it’s a dandy. To these ears the group sounds more like The Marshall Tucker Band […]
Overwhelmed? You’re Not Alone!
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[?]Submitted by Fit and Female Blog
As women all too often we try to do a million things at once — and then we suddenly wake up to the unpleasant reality that this just isn’t possible. You’re only human — and capable as you may be, you can only take on so […]
EIA Sees Better Margins for Ethanol Producers This Year
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[?]Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
U.S. ethanol producers may fare better this year than they did in the first half of 2009 as demand for ethanol blend fuel grows, according to a new government report.
Ethanol Profits Rebound - 1
Ethanol New Profits Expected To Rise
Water Use Falls at Poet Minn. Plant
Nebraska Corn Board […]
Flashback: Jan 17 — 23 2009
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
These posts are still relevant, so please comment!
BEST: Ethics and Water and the lack of ethics of water managers. Speaking of that, Pat Mulroy’s idea of Something Outrageous does NOT include charging more when water is scarce
BEST: The End of the Western Population Boom? aka, the […]
Be careful what you ask for
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
California is being pummeled by heavy rains and snow fall that are flooding land and blocking roads.
This is ironic as a change of pace from three years of drought, but it’s also consistent with higher variation in climatic patterns (due to global warming) and heavier impacts due to […]
Speed blogging
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
“From the Florida Everglades to the bluffs overlooking the Deschutes River in Oregon, conservationists are snapping up prime property for preservation, often at a fraction of what the asking price was at the real estate market’s height.” Supply and demand work!
100 Best Blogs for Socially-Minded MBAs
The straight dope […]
