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With many economies heading into a depression, government-organized economic stimulus packages are attracting widespread attention. Stimulation is imperative for encouraging gross national output. But governments alone cannot provide sufficient stimulation. And life is more than just economics. Perceptive observers and highly experienced persons report that stimulus packages come in many shapes, forms, and sizes. Uninformed … Continue reading musical stimulus package
Riding the metro recently, I saw an advertising poster showing a smiling young boy eating broccoli from a dinner dish also containing meat and potatoes. Text on the poster explained: Kids are growing up healthier and living longer lives, thanks to the main ingredients of fertilizer – N (Nitrogen), P (Phosphorus) and K (Potassium). We … Continue reading fertilizer is now life's main ingredient
Corporate barter is a small but apparently thriving activity within the highly developed U.S. market economy. Among a hundred and thirty-nine Fortune-500 firms that responded substantively to a scholarly survey in 1995, about 25% of the firms stated that they engage in barter transactions.[1] The National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE), founded in 1984, provides … Continue reading barter's information economics
In two sentences, cite Aristotle, Nietzsche, Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, and Marxist concern for praxis. … Read the post making scholarly work matter
Don’t pedal when you’re going fast around a sharp turn. If you do, your pedal might hit the ground and cause you to crash. Then you might get a bloody gash on your hip. That will heal quickly, but internal bleeding and a bump from an inflamed bursa will last a long time.