Economics links
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%.
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%.