Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007Some of the stories are startling. For example ( Read more... )

Economists and politicians routinely argue in favor of basing social assistance programs upon relative poverty lines. Such programs have the effect of favoring equalization of income in a country, rather than emphasizing the idea of a safety net for that country's residents.

Paul Graham has an interesting paragraph in his Mind the Gap article:
If ( Read more... )

Instead of using statistics of people who registered as job seekers and/or getting unemployment benefits to measure the real unemployment rate, I suggest that supermarkets and grocery shops honor coupons for giving discounts on foods and other basic needs.

According to Eric.Weblog() and Joel on Software, coupons are an effective way to segment the ( Read more... )

In response to the news about the anticipated $1BN tax windfall from the Iscar Metalworking Co. 80% interest sale to Buffett deal, today's Yediot Aharonot publicized an article listing 12 ideas what to do with the $1BN ( Read more... )

It has been noticed again and again that small enterprises have agility advantages, which big and established corporations lost as they grew to their present size. Everyone realizes the advantages of small size, but seems to be unable to bring those advantages into a big corporation ( Read more... )

This article in the Right To Create blog likens broken patent systems (and I'll add that by extension - also broken copyright legislation) to broken windows (the fallacy of economic benefit caused by a small boy who throws a stone through the shopkeeper's window, causing money to be spent by the keeper to pay a glazier to replace the window).