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Election results. It wasn't a good night for the democrats who lost control of their senate majority.
New Republic says the electorate is being shaped by irrational fears.
A tale of two voting precincts. Bel-Air vs the rest of America.
The political bias of workers in various professions.
A Reddit thread on corporate darwin awards. I liked this one:
Eddie Lampert, the CEO of Sears is one of the best contenders for the Corporate Darwin Award. He’s an Ayn Rand-loving, free-market ideologist who attempted to take his non-reality-based style of life out of the lobbyist/Congress rigged world of hedge funds and into retail. He laid off, cut, and trimmed back everything he could and forced departments, managers, and employees to fight against each other for resources and pay under the delusion that the company would benefit from a survival of the fittest atmosphere. Since that time, Sears has lost half its value in five years and has closed more than half of its stores, not to mention just about destroyed one of the oldest and most trusted brands in the history of the United States.Income inequality across cities.
Our findings {s}hows that negative labor market conditions, concentration of skilled workersPaul Krugman wants to know why we don't see more economic populism.
and racial segregation are positively associated with the level of income inequality. The level
of inequality in these cites also tends to rise grow at a faster pace. While differences in the minimum
wage level do not seem to have any association with income inequality across cities, we find some evidence that differences in unemployment insurance benefits and greater unionization lowered increases in the income inequality.
Good map:
Secular Humanism is ruled a religion by federal district court judge. Is this really a good thing for atheists? Can I be an atheist and not a secular humanist?
There are big cities in the US where a third or more of the households don't have internet access. Nationwide the gap is about 20% without internet access. Just think of how much our society expects it's productive members to use online services!
Understanding those pesky terms of service.
Ridley Scott is going to make 3001: The Final Odyssey.
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