Saturday, February 27, 2010

Google Inforgraphic--Some interesting detail about them....

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Google amazes me in so many ways...A concise infographic HERE with interesting details about them... Google has perhaps more than any other...

A pop quiz: What’s the largest U.S.-based international relief and development organization?

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Did not see this coming...NYTIMES: Nicolas Kristof: Learning From the Sin of Sodom ...A MUST READ!! It’s not Save the Children, and it’s n...

The Demand for Cigarettes is MORE elastic than we thought! (Yes, it is IMPORTANT!!)

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D.C. Cigarette Tax Hike Fail :  In AP Microeconomics, we learn that if a community wants to eliminate a "Negative Externality" it...

News Flash! China is experiencing wage inflation---MONTHLY minimun wage---$114!!

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NYTimes: Defying Global Slump, China Has Labor Shortag e... "Just a year after laying off millions of factory workers, China is facing...

TV News Reporting Template---Who would have thought???

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If you are a news junky like I am, but are HIGHLY annoyed by local TV newscasts and the "on the scene" reporting, this video takes...
Friday, February 26, 2010

I am objective! No, REALLY I am....

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A VERY short political philosophy quiz to determine your leanings HERE  (only take two minutes and the most)....The graph above is mine...I ...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Moving to China? Keep Fluffy at Home, PLEASE!!

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From The Economist: "Off the menu: The right to eat cats and dogs is under threat" ...I sometimes wonder about the country of Chin...

A Depreciated Dollar is NOT Appreciated by Oil Producing Countries---Should We Care???

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Oil producing countries do not like a depreciating US Dollar.  As with most commodities (oil, wheat, corn, sugar, soybeans, gold, silver, on...

The Hummer Brand is Dead...I say good riddance....

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WSJ: GM to Shut Hummer After Sale Dies General Motors Co.'s beefy Hummers will join its Pontiac and Saturn in the scrap yard of failed...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

YES! We DO need Healtcare Reform AND we can learn something from the Europeans!!

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Yes, we do need Healthcare reform...Perhaps we CAN learn something from European models... THE private provision of health care comes in se...

Has Your House Been Weatherized Yet? I Did Not Think So...$5Billion and Counting...

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Here is a clip from CNN from LAST April talking about the weatherization plan...IMPORTANT to watch to get a frame of reference for what is w...

Did the Internet Kill TV???

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The rumor of Televisions death have been greatly exaggerated...Article in NYTIMES "Water-Cooler Effect: Internet Can Be TV’s Friend...
Monday, February 22, 2010

The Negative Effects of Subsidies in India--How to create a famine in one easy lesson...

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India's "Green Revolution", begun in the 1970's, allowed it to become food self-sufficient and even a net exporter is now ...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Big Mac Index Explained----

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The Big Mac Index is a creation of The Economist magazine...It is a measurement of an important economic concept called Purchasing Power P...

Geography?? Geography?? I don't need no STINKIN' Geography!!!

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Mr. Huston amd Mr Patty are crying right now .... Niger, not Nigeria – Price of crude oil rises at the news of Niger coup.   Confusion ove...
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