- Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller? – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com – Nearly every occupation has the gap — the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the size of the paycheck brought home by a woman and the larger one earned by a man doing the same job. Economists cite a few reasons: discrimination as well as personal choices within occupations are two major factors, and part of the gap can be attributed to men having more years of experience and logging more hours.
- Quantifying the Nightmare Scenarios – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com – There’s no shortage of fear about the economy. But just how fearful should we be? Perhaps financial markets can provide some guidance.
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Mar 09
Daily Links for March 2nd through March 3rd
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Jan 09
Daily Links for January 8th
- Salon Wanderlust | Postmark: Philadelphia – The Philadelphia that excites my imagination exists almost entirely off the beaten path — in the diners and the dark corners, in the human oddities preserved at the Mutter and out roaming in the streets, in the exhaustive silent film section of TLA Video, in bars with names like Doobie's and Dirty Frank's. Other cities — your New Yorks, your L.A.s — have significant populations of professional eccentrics. There, being weird is an occupation and an art. It's liberating, but it's also a competitive, full-time job. In Philly, being weird is just a way of life. For that, I love it. David Lynch may have found his best nightmares there. But for my oddball-embracing soul, it's a dream come true.
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Nov 08
Daily Links for November 16th
- Cartype : Carbon Motors – Carbon Motors Corporation is a new American automaker that is developing and will manufacture, distribute, and service the Carbon E7, the world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle.
- Voter turnout didn’t set record: Democrats’ passion wasn’t matched by GOP – Turnout in last week's election increased from four years ago but fell far short of some forecasts largely because many Republican voters either stayed home or left blank the presidential section of their ballots.
In states won by President-elect Barack Obama, turnout was more than five percentage points higher than in states won by Republican John McCain, according to a Globe analysis of data compiled by a pair of researchers who study voting patterns in US elections.
