Tag: economics
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Price differences for the USA and Canada: Alcohol
Having lived in the US for over a decade there are quite a few cost of living differences I notice when I return to visit Canada. One of the more obvious differences between the two counties is the tr…
Unrest in Turkey
It has been interesting to watch the ongoing strife and turmoil that has been shaking Turkey. We were there for two weeks in March & April and had a chance to speak with a number of people in differen…
Content providers still haven't figured out physical vs digital pricing
iTunes and Amazon MP3 have been dominating music sales for years now, but there is plenty of evidence that providers have wildly different strategies when it comes to pricing. This is made all the mor…
The shocking increase in federal disability payments
This American Life in coordination with Planet Money created a show which dives deep into structural issues related to employment which have been dogging the US (and frankly other wealthy western nati…
The trickle-down comeback
I think some people have amnesia. I've heard several times over the last few months that several politicians (namely Ryan & crew) are espousing a return - or more accurately an acceleration - of suppl…
UK debt is shocking
This is a bit mind blowing. The US debt is a bad situation. Japan after fighting its slump for decades is even worse. Both of them are not critical yet, but very well could be if China and others deci…
A call for action on our great depression
I've seen many others attempt to link our current situation with the 30's but I think this article does one of the better jobs at making that argument: The Book of Jobs by Joseph E. Stiglitz in Vanity…
Professional Chinese WoW Gold Farmer interview
This video is six months old, which is ages World of Warcraft's RMT (Real Money Transactions) economy, but it still contains a lot of great information on the game market economics. For those of you n…
Economics reading
I've been catching up on a lot of reading with instapaper and our kindle. Here are some of the more interesting economics reads I've had in the last few months: Business Is Booming - America's leading…
The beast is starved, now what?
We had a conversation with a neighbor today about the republican party punishing members that reminded me of this article by Krugman: The Bankruptcy Boys Voters may say that they oppose big government…