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  • The Dangers of Financial Illiteracy


    Rich Credit Debt Loan — Authority Authority: 492
    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 ...
    2 days ago

  • Taking Stock in Capital: Human and Natural


    The Unbroken Window — Authority 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 ...
    3 days ago

  • Fighting Hispanic Illiteracy


    Toonari Post - A News Mash Up! — Authority 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 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 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 Authority: 118
    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 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


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  • The Funny Pages – Happy Birthday Martin?


    Lance Scurvin — Authority 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…


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    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 Benefits of a Liberal Intellectual Property Regime


    The Unbroken Window — Authority 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

  • Some Perspective for the Keystone Crowd


    The Unbroken Window — Authority Authority: 115
    In the year 2000 there were 8,354 oil and petroleum based product spills in US navigable waters. 5 years later? 4,073.  In 2008? 3,633. In 2009? 3,492. How much oil has been spilled? 2000: 1.43 million gallons 2005: 2.36 million gallons 2008: 777,000 gallons 2009: 196,000 gallons While 10x less oil spilled in ...
    4 weeks ago

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