Friday, March 15, 2013

OK, @18:43

Working right along.








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Opinion

Stop Stealing From Our Kids

By STEVEN RATTNER | Mar 14, 2013
Forget the sequester. Washington’s focus should be a short-term growth strategy, coupled with long-term reform of entitlement programs that threaten the nation’s fiscal solvency.
Federal Budget (US); Gross Domestic Product; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Identity Fraud; Income Inequality; Medicare; Social Security (US); Taxation; United States Economy; United States Politics and Government; 

"Steven Rattner, a long-time Wall Street financier, led the restructuring of the auto industry in 2009 as counselor to the Treasury secretary under the Obama administration. His book “Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry” was published in 2010. He is the chairman of Willett Advisors, the investment arm for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s personal and philanthropic assets, and the economic analyst for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”"

 A "Very Serious Person".  He knows Business and micro.
He has gotten macro wrong.
2
Education

Harvard Explains Why Staff E-Mails Were Searched

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and JESS BIDGOOD | Mar 12, 2013
The university offered a qualified apology for keeping the searches, which refocused attention on Harvard’s largest cheating scandal, secret from most of the employees involved.
Colleges and Universities; E-Mail; Cheating; Privacy; 

"The only way to become "Not Guilty" is to refrain from the act."
Discovery means exposure.  
The students cheating was the act.  
The attempted coverup was another act.
3
Business Day

The Last Video Rental Start-Up?

By GENE MARKS | Mar 12, 2013
In this age of streaming videos and movie downloads, can an energetic entrepreneur breathe life into what most people assume is a dying business?
Entrepreneurship; Movies; Small Business; Start-ups; Video Recordings and Downloads; 

I doubt it is the last.  
The copyright wars will keep the business going.

4
Business Day

Hidden Costs of the Minimum Wage

By CASEY B. MULLIGAN | Mar 13, 2013
The federal minimum wage should be lowered, not raised, so as not to compound the damage it causes, an economist writes.
Economics (Theory and Philosophy); Labor and Jobs; Minimum Wage; United States Economy; Wages and Salaries; 

The faithful do not learn.

You searched for

minimum wage

1-15 of 33 Results

199 Comments

Minimum Wage Economics

Surprisingly good policy

114 Comments

Two Observations on the Politics of the Minimum Wage

Message: They don’t care, and they probably can’t fake it.

226 Comments

The 91 Percent Solution

Postwar realities.

266 Comments

Notes on Class Warfare

Who’s on the attack?

167 Comments

Worse Is Better

Bizarro economics from the GOP.


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U.S.

Seeking Your Questions on Paying for College

By LAURA W. PERNA | Mar 14, 2013
Laura Perna, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a researcher in college finance and affordability, is answering select reader questions about paying for college.
Admissions Standards; Colleges and Universities; Financial Aid (Education); Tuition; 

You are going to have to ask and be answered.
Do the home work first.


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World

Iran Chases U.S. Drone Over Persian Gulf

By THOM SHANKER | Mar 15, 2013
The encounter, the second since November, illustrated the dangers that such pursuits could lead to hostilities between the United States and Iran.
Drones (Pilotless Planes); Military Aircraft; United States Defense and Military Forces; United States International Relations; 

Usually spies are executed if caught.

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U.S.

In Los Angeles, Focusing on Violence Before It Occurs

By ERICA GOODE | Mar 15, 2013
Mental health professionals, law enforcement agencies and schools collaborate in one of the nation’s most intensive efforts to identify potential perpetrators of violent crimes.
Mental Health and Disorders; School Shootings; Crime and Criminals; 

The authorities are doing what they should.  
The child-adult transition is a novelty in our society.
We are learning slowly and should actively study it with a view to making it explicit. 

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World

A Tide of Death, but This Time Dinner Plates Are Safe

By DAVID BARBOZA | Mar 15, 2013
Hard as it may be to believe, the recent discovery of thousands of pig carcasses floating in a Shanghai river may represent a step forward in Chinese public health.
Pigs; Agriculture and Farming; Rivers; Food Contamination and Poisoning; Livestock Diseases; 

Different picture. No further information.

9
N.Y. / Region

Judge Rules Against SUNY in Closing of Long Island College Hospital

By NINA BERNSTEIN | Mar 15, 2013
The ruling vacates decisionby SUNY trustees and requires public deliberations before they vote again on closing the financially ailing hospital in Brooklyn.
Decisions and Verdicts; Shutdowns (Institutional); Hospitals; 

This realestate venture should not happen.  
It had not occurred to me that the SUNY trustees were corrupt.
Medicaid will have to pay its bills.
The realestate interests must find another way to gentrify Brooklyn.
Another subway line would help.



I will get further.




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