Tag Archives: economics

ThinkProgress – Bristol Palin’s Nonprofit Paid Her Seven Times What It Spent On Actual Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Appar­ently it’s totally jus­ti­fi­able to spend most of your money on adver­tis­ing and salary (a salary which only 1.50% of all Amer­i­cans make that or bet­ter) for a non-profit and basi­cally noth­ing on your non-profits actual mission.

April 6, 2011 – 1:01 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – White House Issues Report on Women in America

And you won­der if fem­i­nism is still needed or if women are treated equally?

March 6, 2011 – 9:11 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Texas, Budget Cuts and Children

Who cares about ensur­ing the health and edu­ca­tion of chil­dren, not Texas.

February 27, 2011 – 10:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – South Korea Seeks Internet Speed of 1 Gigabit a Second

Hey US, you want to develop new tech­nolo­gies and com­pa­nies, let’s do this.

February 22, 2011 – 12:47 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids

Do you really need a bet­ter expla­na­tion for why the revolts happened?

February 20, 2011 – 2:53 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Simon Johnson: The Ruinous Fiscal Impact of Big Banks

Another arti­cle about how banks are want­ing their cake and eat it.

February 3, 2011 – 11:52 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Why So Many Rich People Don’t Feel Very Rich

I love these sorts of arti­cle, putting a real­ity behind a feel­ing or attitude.

January 12, 2011 – 10:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , | Comments Off