William has a job. He makes $15 an hour and works 40 hours a week. Sometimes he gets 5 hours overtime in a week. That is a gross income of $600 a week, before overtime. He makes time and a half for overtime. In a week he works overtime,...
New Releases in Music
- Vacation - Single - Shlohmo
- Black Sands Remixed (Bonus Track Version) - Bonobo
- Visions - Grimes
- Everlasting (Selected and Mixed By Gaudi) - Various Artists & Gaudi
- Blondes - Blondes
- Planet High School - Mux Mool
- The Machine - EP - Ry Legit
- Virtual Boy - Virtual Boy
- Apparitions - EP - Labyrinth Ear
- Work (The Remixes 2) - Single - The 2 Bears
Economics
Issues involving economic concerns, such as taxation, economic policy, or general financial interests.
A Call To Arms
We begin today with a short journey in Chinese literature and history. In 1922, a book was published by Lǔ Xùn (鲁迅) entitled 呐喊 (Nahan), or A Call To Arms. In the preface, Xun discusses a story of an event that happened to him while studying medicine in Japan. He was presented with a...
Drowning You To Save You
I went on a long tirade last night about my problem with this debt ceiling debate. I was reading a few articles on the debate today and then reading the comments. This is still bullshit. The arguments of the Right are so invalid today, I cannot even believe we give them...
American Ingenuity vs. German Engineering?
I saw this commercial the other day. Actually, I saw the 30 second version, but this is the full version. It opens up a lot of questions and thoughts about current debates going on around the world right now. If you are lazy, I'll summarize: Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google,...
Reducing the Deficit?
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. ~Samuel Johnson I realized I have about 12 entries that I have not finished. Yet, I'm starting a new one. I was reading today about the push to "reduce the deficit." I still...
