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The top of today’s reading list comes from Syria Deeply describing what some Syrians think about the coiuntry …….. and the last article shows why obesity has been increasing: Caloric intake has risen almost 25% per person since 1980.
- The Articles Syrians Think You Should Read About Syria (Rasha Othman, Syria Deeply) Hat tip to Will Koblensky, Newsana.
- It’s official: Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space (David Szondy, gizmag) After a journey of 36 years the Voyager 1 space probe officially left the Solar System on August 25, 2012. It is now in the first man-made object to travel into interstellar space, 12 billion miles (19 billion km) from the Sun. The probe’s radio transmitters are still working. It now takes 17 hours for the transmissions to reach earth.
- Living Off a ‘201(k)’ (Elliot M. Kass, Financial Planning, 13 September 2013) Retirees need to be careful with with savings withdrawal rates in retirement.
- Lies, damned lies and the US unemployment Statistics (Gavyn Davies, Financial Times) Econintersect thinks the legend on this graph is logically misplaced. Any reader comments?
- Hawks, hippos and the real measure of economic success (Rodger Malcolm Mitchell, Monetary Sovereignty) Roger Malcolm Mitchell contributes to Global Economic Intersection.
“…as productivity rises, employment becomes less economically meaningful.”
- How Technology Is Destroying Jobs (David Rotman, MIT Technology Review) Hat tip to Rob Carter
- The Supersizing of American Colleges (priceonomic) Hat tip to The Big Picture.
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- Costa Concordia: Has master mariner in charge of salvage met his match? (Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN World)
- The pilgrimage of Martin Luther King: an antidote to our amnesia about America’s history (The late Michael Rogin, Fabius Maximus) Fabius Maximus contributes to Global Economic Intersection. An essay by a great political scientist which presents an integrated review of two books.
- CHART OF THE DAY: The Moment When American Caloric Consumption Went Ballistic (Matthew Boesler, Business Insider)