Tag: economics

Friday Fun Link – Dollar Street and GapMinder’s Four Income Levels

Dollar Street, from the GapMinder Foundation, uses a well-designed interface to help counter misconceptions about different income levels in the world. Their main point is that people don’t

Throwback Thursday- #tbt – Grasshopper Cafe, Amsterdam (Fall 1995)

Figured this would be a good week to dig deep in the photo albums for a shot from a weekend trip to Amsterdam our host college arranged while

10 Random Thoughts as Pot Becomes Legal Across Canada

I briefly thought of doing a list of “10 of My Fondest Memories of Pot” for this post. But since it feels weird to talk about something I

Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in

The Importance of the US Midterm Elections

Good overview of the history and importance of the US’s midterm elections, coming to a state near you in one month!  

Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not

A Few Radical Changes That Could Fix The US Political System?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDumWOjmQfI When you think it can’t get any crazier in US politics, it gets crazier. Last week, it was the spectacle of the testimony by Supreme Court nominee,

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

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