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Siri Anderson

It's the Inequality, Stupid | Mother Jones - 0 views

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    What do you think?
Siri Anderson

Arab Leaders, Facing Calls for Reform, Consider Next Move - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In Gaza, the Palestinian militant group Hamas went further, calling on the new Egyptian leadership to open the borders with Gaza and reconsider its ties with Israel.
Siri Anderson

The Experience Economy - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In other words, as Cowen makes clear, many of this era’s technological breakthroughs produce enormous happiness gains, but surprisingly little additional economic activity.
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    Conservative economist David Brooks postulates a rationale for the slow growing economy.
Siri Anderson

Make Everybody Hurt - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The foundation of this unwritten constitution has to be this principle: make everybody hurt. The cuts have to be spread more or less equitably among as many groups as possible.
  • I’d invite Governor Walker and the debt fighters everywhere to think of themselves as founding fathers of austerity. They are not only balancing budgets, they are setting precedent for a process that will last decades. By their example, they have to create habits that diverse majorities can respect and embrace.
Siri Anderson

Conventional Meaninglessness « The Baseline Scenario - 0 views

  • A lot of the pain over restructuring retirement benefits for unionized manufacturing workers was because their unions had specifically negotiated for those benefits instead of wage increases decades before — and management went along because it wanted to push those costs far into the future
Siri Anderson

ABC News - Japan Earthquake: before and after - 0 views

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    Incredible before/after pictures of Japan related to earthquake.
Siri Anderson

YouTube - Japan Earthquake Pictures, Video. Disaster in the Pacific 3/11/2011 - 0 views

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    Helpful overview.
Siri Anderson

Poor Jane's Almanac - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    An interesting reflection on Benjamin Franklin's sister.
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