If architects
worked like programmers… Via
domesticmouse.
A seminar series
on issues in political economy. A pithy post
on the problems of Latin American development (and the rest of the developing world).
If small sums are involved, a study finds that
the poor learn quicker than the wealthier how to maximise it.
Moving a book online
to sell more. Via
p_cat. An amusing website
advertising a book online. Via
drjon.
A proposal
to change the way royalties charged to web radio.
Complaining about
the evils of planned obsolescence: the comments provide some alternative perspectives.
Wal-Mart
is trying to deal with its PR problems.
The ban on mobile phones in airplanes has little to electronics
and a lot to do with crowd control, profits and political evasion: The truth is that the ban is cheaper and easier for airlines, carriers and the government than mustering the political will and leadership to make in-flight cell calls a reality.
Seachangers
and coastal towns. Via
sootysmudge.
About
sex workers in Oz. Via
duskpeterson in
powerfic.
Boom in manual/blue collar jobs in Oz: In the five years to February, Bureau of Statistics figures show, the number of blue-collar jobs around Australia swelled by just over 300,000 - a stunning change from a fall of 4000 in the previous five years.
Yet union membership
is continuing to fall: Australian Bureau of Statistics figures issued earlier this week showed the number of union members fell by 125,900 or 6.6 per cent to 1.78 million in the year to August 2006.
The secretary of Unions NSW, John Robertson, said polling commissioned by the NSW union council earlier this year found 42 per cent of non-unionists said they would rather be in a union.
"That shows that a lot of people don't feel comfortable joining a union because they are concerned about what will happen to them if their employer finds out," Mr Robertson said. Alternatively, it means that they think unions give crap value for money but would prefer it if they didn’t. Besides, the NSW State Government is happy
to do their bit to help.
In the US,
continuing job growth pushes the unemployment rate down to 4.4%. While US wages
are also going up.
In the EU, unemployment in the Eurozone
is down to 7.4%.