Economists traditionally dominate policy making in Washington, but they don’t have all the answers. Sociologists have a lot to teach us.
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Month: October 2018
AmazonSmile has raised $100 million for charity
A little good press goes a long way for a company like Amazon. The company routinely gets knocked for things like warehouse conditions, tax breaks and impact on smaller retail outlets. AmazonSmile’s helped to counteract that a bit, raising money for legitimately good causes.
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How Bhutan Avoids Being Overrun by Tourists
The Himalayan kingdom has managed to avoid the crowded, tourist-infested fate that befell many other picturesque destinations.
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Steve Mnuchin stole Cesar Sayoc’s house
Before Steve Mnuchin was in charge of the nation's economy, he was a foreclosure kingpin who left Goldman Sachs to found OneWest Bank (with money from George Soros!) in 2008; after the crisis, OneWest Bank acquired busted mortgage lender IndyMac, and became a notorious foreclosure mill, using robo-signed, back-dated, fraudulent documents to steal peoples' houses.
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Your Kid’s Apps Are Crammed With Ads
In a new study of the most downloaded apps for children ages 5 and younger, researchers found advertising in almost all of them.
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The meat industry is hiding a dark secret, as workers at ‘America’s worst job’ wade through seas of blood, guts, and grease
A recent report from Bloomberg highlights the awful working conditions that sanitation workers experience in the meat industry.
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The Surprising Power of The Long Game
In everything we do, we play the long or the short game. The short game is easy, pleasurable, and offers visible and immediate benefits. But it almost never leads to success. Here's how to play the long game.
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Copyright Office Adds DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games – TorrentFreak
The US Copyright Office has published a list of new exemptions to the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules. Several new freedoms were granted this year, including the right for preservation institutions to break DRM to play abandoned online games. It's a small change that only applies if the server code is legally obtained, but for game preservationists, it's a step in the right direction.
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Coke and Kellogg’s among major firms to pledge to cut all plastic waste
Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s and Nestle are among 250 major brands pledging to cut all plastic waste from their operations – a move described by the UN as the most ambitious effort yet to fight plastic pollution.
The commitment comes as public pressure mounts on manufacturers and retailers to reduce the avalanche of plastic packaging clogging landfills and choking the oceans.
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We Need to Completely Change Agriculture to Adapt to Climate Change
We’re not managing our crops to support global nutritional needs: In fact, we use a disproportionate amount of land used to grow grains, fats, oils, and sugar, and not enough land to grow the fruits and vegetables that we need to survive, a new research paper asserts.
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