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Items include news articles which discuss economics applications, links to the latest interesting research findings, and discussions on everything and anything economics related.
Members: Please do not post pure financial news or business profit/loss related stories, unless they clearly relate to the field of economics.
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Why won't anyone give me a credit card? - By Kevin O'Donnell - Slate MagazineHow and why it is difficult to get a credit card
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How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - NYTimes.comHow Did Economists Get It So Wrong? I. MISTAKING BEAUTY FOR TRUTH It’s hard to believe now, but not long ago economists were congratulating themselves over the success of their field. Those successes — or so they believed — were both theoretical and practical, leading to a golden era for ...
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eBilling News: Rising postal costs result in increased online usage, which again causes rising postal costs.The United Kingdom (Dec 2008) and the United States (May 2009) both 'suffered' at the hands of their national mail carriers, as costs of first class mail increased.richelectron added 4 months ago
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Do we really need to ban plastic bags? | Environment | The GuardianMassing in their millions, crucified and shredded on barbed wire fences, plastic bags have come to be dubbed "roadside daisies" in South Africa. Some now even mournfully refer to them as the country's national flower. Thousands of miles away in the metaphorical plughole at the heart of the ...
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Avoid retrenchments, cut operating costs insteadThe current volatile economic climate is prompting rumours of retrenchments in almost every industry, but there are ways companies can cut costs without having to reduce their staff complement. Converting from paper to email communication significantly reduces operational costs and affords ...richelectron added 5 months ago
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eBilling News: Rising postal costs result in increased online usage, which again causes rising postal costs.The United Kingdom (Dec 2008) and the United States (May 2009) both 'suffered' at the hands of their national mail carriers, as costs of first class mail increased.richelectron added 4 months ago
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Avoid retrenchments, cut operating costs insteadThe current volatile economic climate is prompting rumours of retrenchments in almost every industry, but there are ways companies can cut costs without having to reduce their staff complement. Converting from paper to email communication significantly reduces operational costs and affords ...richelectron added 5 months ago
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Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller? - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.comAn interesting graphic for an age-old economics inquiry. Thanks for sharing the link.T R added 9 months ago
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Karl Polanyi's Concept of EmbeddednessMore about Karl Polanyi at: Karl Polanyi .Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago
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Prospects for the United States and the World: a Crisis that Conventional Remedies cannot ResolveA brief and excellent analysys, by a very serious research institution. A must read paper.Giorgio Bertini added 9 months ago
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