Links tagged with “economics”
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Financial crisis timeline | Business | guardian.co.uk
Handy summary of the past month’s descent into madness. Ideal for someone who’s, say, been travelling through central Asia for four weeks…
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Income Gap and Marginal Tax Rate 1917-2006 at Visualizing Economics
Ouch. Difference in income for rich and poor in the US over the past century, compared to the tax rate.
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Economics of POW Camp
Fascinating description of the bartering network in World War II Prisoner of War camps. (via Kottke)
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Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All - New York Times
A paper rebuts the Easterlin paradox (that above a certain level money doesn’t make one happier). (via Kevin Kelly)
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Measuring Worth - Calculators
Tools for calculating things like the current value of historical UK pounds or US dollars.
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The New York Review of Books: The Way to a Fair Deal
Interesting review of Benjamin M. Friedman’s ‘The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth’ (subscribers only).
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Whatever: Being Poor
Reality check.
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Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Review: The Impact of Inequality by Richard G Wilkinson
Sounds interesting - equality matters more in a society than the absolute level of wealth.