I was just looking at The Story of Stuff website again. If you haven't seen the film, you should! Check out the website, watch the 20min film, and read the blog. While Annie Leonard doesn't really provide any new theories, she does put the film together in a very concise and informative way. It is h ...

55 days ago · writer's block · deadxmeat.livejournal.com by chrissy

Investor Dark Pools1 hour ago Trades done between anonymous institutions concealed from the public, with Muriel Siebert, Siebert Financial Corp founder and CNBC's Trish Regan Watch Video. MEDIA: VIDEO. Permalink. All News, Video and Posts related to COMPANY:… - http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837548/cid/99 ...

57 days ago · Lasts information · trends.mrsqzone.com by admin 2 references

It's scary how many people could draw exactly the wrong conclusion from this: When the Soviet empire began to unravel in 1989, Cuba was hit with serious food and fuel shortages. From 1991 to 1995, people were getting only about 1800 calories a day and had to walk or cycle wherever they needed to go. ...

73 days ago · Agoraphilia · agoraphilia.blogspot.com by Glen Whitman 85 references

UN chief warns world must urgently increase food production - Yahoo! News So you don’t say things that make you sound stupid to people who have studied economics, i.e. AP Econ students. Here’s UN chief Ban Ki Moon speaking at a UN conference in Ghana this week: “One thing is certain, the world has c ...

74 days ago · Welker's Wikinomics Blog · welkerswikinomics.com/blog by Jason Welker 13 references

Whilst I have written on occasion for the Red Team on TalkClimateChange, I am predominantly a Green Team writer – generally believing that environmental concerns should be at the forefront of our agenda. With increasing population and consumption I believe that we are driving down a cul-de-sac, blin ...

74 days ago · TalkClimateChange · talkclimatechange.com by Green Team - Mark 16 references

I recently finished reading -- and enjoying -- And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. It's just what it sounds like. Each chapter is named after a rum drink, from kill-devil through the mojito, each drink representing an era of our history. Lots of fun for fans of history, ...

113 days ago · Agoraphilia · agoraphilia.blogspot.com by Glen Whitman 85 references

I really liked this post by Jonah Goldberg (linked by Arnold Kling): ... I don't know that you should be against building community and helping the community. I'm not against either of those things. What I generally (though not absolutely) oppose are efforts to build the state while invoking the lan ...

120 days ago · Agoraphilia · agoraphilia.blogspot.com by Glen Whitman 85 references

Jessica Ng asks, Hi Mr. Welker, I was just wondering whether the business cycle pertains to ALL economies, including both market and command economies? Great question, Jessica. I thought I’d put this one out there for everyone to discuss. What do you think, readers? Based on what we’ve learned about ...

144 days ago · Welker's Wikinomics Blog · welkerswikinomics.com/blog by Jason Welker 13 references

My failure to align my life with the plants that sustain life has been one of the worst decisions I have ever made. It wasn’t a conscious decision in the early years when my parents decided what I should eat, but since I moved out, 34 years ago, I have been the one deciding what [...]

160 days ago · Blog @ UR Part Of It · urpartofit.net/blog by bobguyer

Michael Munger, Bosses Don’t Wear Bunny Slippers, If Markets Are So Great, Why Are There Firms: Library of Economics and Liberty The other day when we introduced our unit on market failure, we began by revisiting the concept of free markets as mechanisms for allocating scarce resources efficiently. ...

172 days ago · Welker's Wikinomics Blog · welkerswikinomics.com/blog by Jason Welker 13 references