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Original Technorati articles tagged “illiteracy”

• in Technorati Women
  Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
  A tribute to the man who left our children with the legacy of a lifelong love of reading
  by melissbrand / on Mar 2, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Aliteracy: The Dangerous Step Above Literacy
  Aliteracy is the act of knowing how to read, but simply choosing not to. Not only is this behavior similar to illiteracy, it has fostered a growing ignorance amongst the populace.
  by majeure / on Feb 9, 2011
• in Travel
  Americans Lack Geographic Literacy: Can’t Find Iraq or New York on a Map
  Americans do worse than any other country's adults in knowing geography and culture. Most can't even find New York or Iraq on a map
  by kaleeltvp / on Jan 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “illiteracy”

 

• The Dangers of Financial Illiteracy

  
  Rich Credit Debt Loan — Authority: 491
  Financial illiteracy is a growing problem throughout the world, and as the recent housing crisis has brought to light, it can have dangerous consequences. There are a few basic financial tips that everyone can use to increase their financial literacy the easy way, and many of these tips can help you save thousands of ...
  4 days ago

• Taking Stock in Capital: Human and Natural

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 115
  I was recently pointed toward the following report on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB). In the report I found that the authors claim that the amount of Natural Capital on the entire planet is somewhere between $2 trillion and $4 trillion. For a good description of natural capital from a good ...
  5 days ago

• Fighting Hispanic Illiteracy

  
  Toonari Post - A News Mash Up! — Authority: 440
  “Dona un Libro,” or “Donate a Book.” This simple statement is carrying the weight of an internationally impactful campaign against illiteracy. In celebration of International World Book Day, April 23, 2012, Grupo Nelson, the Spanish-language division of Thomas Nelson, has begun its fight with illiteracy rates ...
  1 week ago

• The Rhetoric of Redistribution

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 115
  About twice a year I end up writing a post screaming at people for not understanding what the term adverse selection means as it pertains to the health insurance market. I can almost understand if the popular press gets it wrong (not really, it is the job of real reporters to understand what they are writing), but I ...
  1 week ago

• The Story of Broke

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 115
  An old acquaintance of mine responds to Annie Leonard (creator of the very bad Story of Stuff). I’m not chiming in on the particulars. It is pretty clear to me that responding second to videos like this, like the Story of Stuff, like Capitalism a Love Story and the dozens and dozens of other hack jobs is not ...
  1 week ago

• Fear Factor–Jon Stewart on Bringing Jobs Back to the US–How Would Healthcare Deal With This - Methodologies of Algorithms For Profit Only Create Such “Less than Humane” Environments (Scary Video)

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 119
  Jon goes back to Foxconn-revisited…in his usual style and he says we need to make our factories look more like those in China.  Workers live in dormitories and don’t know each other, cuts down on commuting and friendship.  Workers are finding ways of improving their conditions, hotlines with trying to ...
  1 week ago

• Why Financial Illiteracy Hurts Everyone

  
  Personal Finance Buzz - Published news — Authority: 132
  A look at how the widespread epidemic of financial illiteracy hurts everyone. Every capitalistic society relies on efficient distribution of resources.
  1 week ago

• From the CNN Archives: People You Should Know

  
  John Hope Bryant — Authority: 423
   
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• The Funny Pages – Happy Birthday Martin?

  
  Lance Scurvin — Authority: 111
  What might Dr. Martin Luther King say if he could return to life and see the condition of Black people today?
  2 weeks ago

• Goldfishes Attracting Attention…

  
  The Camel's Hump — Authority: 112
  As part of a new series, one of our writers will take a turn at reviewing a selection of  singles in under 100 words each.  If you would like us to have a listen to your music, email one MP3, an image and a link to your website to music@camelshump.co.uk, with “singles roundup” in the subject line.   This ...
  2 weeks ago

• The economic illiteracy of economists | Mark Weisbrot

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk The economic illiteracy of economists | Mark Weisbrot The American Economic Association’s annual meeting is red-letter day for ‘the dismal science’. And dismal it provedThe American Economic Association’s annual meetings are a scary sight, with thousands of economists ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Benefits of a Liberal Intellectual Property Regime

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 115
  In one short post Bryan Caplan lays out in 5 minutes what usually takes me an hour to describe to people when they ask, “what do I need to know about the US Health Care system in order to be an informed critic?” It is his obliteration, rightly, of Jonathan Gruber’s missal on government health care (ObamaCare). ...
  3 weeks ago

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