In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 months ago • 429 views • 6:33

https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months ago • 552 views • 10:04

China used more concrete in 2 years than US used in last 20th century

posted by bobknight33 10 months ago • 163 views • 2:41

YouTube description: There's an economic reason why everyone is going to Iceland lately. Gear I use https://goo.gl/qxMR2o Iz made a travel vlog from our trip too. It's good: https://youtu.be/01inM9Nc1bM ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 6:40

It's funny how some fight against the very thing that will save a nation.

posted by C-note 1 year 10 months 4 weeks ago • 87 views • 1:55

Clear uptrend

posted by bobknight33 2 years 1 week ago • 38 views • 11:35

China’s economy has indisputably grown enormously over the past thirty years, it has been merged with waste, fraud, and theft of public resources by who is who is the government. Chinese yuan debt has... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 3 weeks ago • 190 views • 11:52

YouTube description: Let's find out how they put 3D images into glass objects. Known as a 'Bubblegram', vitrography or sub-surface laser engraving, this technology has been around for a very long time... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 5 months 1 week ago • 307 views • 6:28

Bill nominates, perhaps only provocatively, James Bosnack's cigarette machine as the invention with the greatest economic impact on the 20th century. Cigarettes, as compared to pipes and cigars, are and... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 84 views • 2:41

YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 444 views • 7:42

YouTube: The real reason we may destroy ourselves isn’t really to do with politics or economics or even warfare. It has to do with our minds.

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,136 views • 5:24

YT: "It's more complex than women earning 79 cents for every dollar a man makes." A good step toward introducing a little more data to the gender wage gap debate.

YouTube description: "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months ago • 481 views • 4:39

YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-behind-irrational-decisions-sara-garofalo Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 1 week ago • 143 views • 4:39

Economics Professor Randy Wray answers the questions: What is Money? Why is at accepted? What is the relationship between money & government? What backs up our money? Can the US government run out of money? ... continue reading

posted by radx 4 years 7 months ago • 150 views • 27:04