Category Archives: Economy

Standard Books of Knowledge

Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print edition after 244 years Chicago Tribune – ROBERT CHANNICK – Mar 14, 2012 In the days before the Internet, before television, before radio, before the United States was even a country, there was the Encyclopaedia … more

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Responsible Parenting

China to soften its one-child policy slogans, but not the law itself Yahoo! News – ERIC PFEIFFER, The Sideshow – Mar 1, 2012 The Chinese government isn’t getting rid of its one-child policy currently in place. It’s just making it … more

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Accounting for tax dollars

Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt. NPR – JACOB GOLDSTEIN – Sep 30, 2010 Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper.

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Let them eat nuts and bolts

Forbes reveals that farmers are at the top of the list of careers headed for the dustbin in the US: food production increasingly outsourced. Jobs Outlook 2012: Careers Headed For The Dustbin Forbes – JENNA GOUDREAU – Feb 7, 2012 … more

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