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Frazer Skinner

A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The Awl - 0 views

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business studies economics demand supply economies of scale Scale

shared by Frazer Skinner on 09 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Frazer Skinner on 09 Nov 11
     
    The Awl article on McDonalds and the re-introduction of the McRib.
Duncan Innes

World job crisis is a threat to democracy, says IMF head | Business | The Observer - 0 views

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shared by Duncan Innes on 10 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's managing director, warned that "we face the risk of a lost generation", adding: "When you lose your job, your health is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, the education of your children is likely to be worse. When you lose your job, social stability is likely to be worse – which threatens democracy and even peace. So we shouldn't fool ourselves. We are not out of the woods yet. And for the man in the street, a recovery without jobs doesn't mean much."
    • Duncan Innes
      Duncan Innes on 10 Oct 10
       
      USA is losing patience with China
  • Tim Geithner, Obama's treasury secretary, said: "The United States believes that global rebalancing is not progressing as well as needed to avoid threats to the global economic recovery.
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  • "Our initial achievements are at risk of being undermined by the limited extent of progress toward more domestic demand-led growth in countries running external surpluses and by the extent of foreign exchange intervention as countries with undervalued currencies lean against appreciation."
  • "In the G20 framework there are too many people and too many interests to be able to find a currency arrangement," Juncker said. "The ideal forum would be G7 plus China."
Duncan Innes

Electric cars win top awards at Detroit motor show | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views

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shared by Duncan Innes on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Duncan Innes on 12 Jan 11
     
    Please note: A panel on eco-friendly cars accompanying a report from the Detroit car show lost a digit on the cost of Tesla's electric Roadster. The correct price is $105,000, not $10,500 as we had it (Our friends electric, 11 January, page 29)
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