I’ve just finished reading Tom’s excellent The Primark Question over on the Business Studies blog and it has inspired me to write an entry on the so-called “sweatshop economics”.

9 days ago · Economics · tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics by tutor2u.net 1 reference

Reading this morning these opening words in a report at Yahoo Sports -- " Wimbledon came under fire from animal activists on Tuesday for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons" -- reminds me yet again that our society is extraordinarily wealthy. That ordinary people are sufficiently and s ...

10 days ago · Cafe Hayek · cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek by Don Boudreaux 144 references

Reading this headline this morning -- " Wimbledon came under fire from animal activists on Tuesday for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons" -- reminds me yet again that our society is extraordinarily wealthy. That some ordinary people are sufficiently and securely fed, clothed, shod, a ...

10 days ago · Cafe Hayek · cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek by Don Boudreaux 403 references

Yesterday on Bondiplus, Joseph Farrugia of the Malta Employers Association said you cannot expect wages to rise just because the prices of food and oil are rising at rates never seen before; employees have to be paid solely according to their productivity. He's absolutely right of course. However, e ...

10 days ago · The Defiant One · keithchircop.blogspot.com by (KEITH CHIRCOP) 2 references

To help me in my search for inspiration, Stacy recommended I write something on this story that talks about improved portable shelters for the homeless. It is hard to be against something that raises the standard of living of anyone, especially those at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. ...

10 days ago · automaticable · automaticable.com by Kyle Wegner 3 references

The Helsingin Sanomat has written about some British & Irish paving labourers who apparently have not had “trouble finding work without speaking any Finnish”. So that proves false the assumption Finns are discriminating xenophobes and racists. Doing a paving job for 3500, sans receipt, when the Finn ...

15 days ago · Finland for Thought · finlandforthought.net by Hank W. 62 references

Lawrence of Malta confirms that an increase in the power sur charge is inevitable. This news comes 2 days after we were told Malta's inflation in May was at a high 4.1 per cent and 2 weeks after we found out food prices in April rose by 9.7 per cent when compared to a year earlier. Housing still cos ...

15 days ago · The Defiant One · keithchircop.blogspot.com by (KEITH CHIRCOP) 2 references

According to today's Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama alleges that "Globalization and technology and automation all weaken the position of workers." If this presidential wannabe is correct, then some of the world's most prosperous workers must be the people in that tribe newly discovered in Brazil ...

17 days ago · Cafe Hayek · cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek by Don Boudreaux 403 references

According to today's Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama alleges that "Globalization and technology and automation all weaken the position of workers." If this presidential wannabe is correct, then some of the world's most prosperous workers must be the people in that newly discovered tribe in Brazil ...

17 days ago · Cafe Hayek · cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek by Don Boudreaux 144 references

Dear Graduate, By now you should have obtained a degree. While this shows you have no particular useful skills, except for a few notable professions, it will make you employable in the corporate world. You now have a choice to make. You can join the majority, have a career, and work for the next 30 ...

17 days ago · Early Retirement Extreme · earlyretirementextreme.com by Jacob 73 references