Millionaires Go Missing – WSJ.com
One-third of the millionaires have disappeared from Maryland tax rolls.
Category > money
The High Cost of Poverty: Why the Poor Pay More – washingtonpost.com
Having Little Money Often Means No Car, No Washing Machine, No Checking Account And No Break From Fees and High Prices
The High Cost of Poverty: Why the Poor Pay More – washingtonpost.com
Tall men earn $1000 more than short ones | Health & Lifestyle | News.com.au
Australian researchers have found that tall workers earn more than their shorter colleagues, especially among men.
Tall men earn $1000 more than short ones | Health & Lifestyle | News.com.au
Study says beautiful people earn more – UPI.com
Good-looking men and women have a greater confidence that gives them an edge in the job market
People With Higher IQs Make Wiser Economic Choices, Study Finds
People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions [isn't this what the authors of "The Bell Curve" were saying and were punished for saying?]
People With Higher IQs Make Wiser Economic Choices, Study Finds
If you pay people to be poor, you'll never run out of poor people :: Daniel Hannan
Poverty is not simply an absence of money. Rather, it is bound up with a whole set of other circumstances: lack of qualifications, demoralisation, family break-up, substance abuse, fatherlessness. [No comment]
If you pay people to be poor, you’ll never run out of poor people :: Daniel Hannan
Kyoto Treaty Is ‘Failing The World’s Poor’, Say Scientists
payments from rich countries to fund development schemes in poor nations are unequally distributed because investors choose stronger, more stable states like China, India and Brazil instead of much poorer nations such as Chad, Nigeria and Sudan.
MPs' expenses, by amount, on a map: does distance matter? | News | guardian.co.uk
A Google Maps mashup shows that distance usually determines size of expense – but there are some odd anomalies
MPs’ expenses, by amount, on a map: does distance matter? | News | guardian.co.uk
Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own – Ars Technica
“I never give up free bugs. I have a new campaign. It’s called NO MORE FREE BUGS. Vulnerabilities have a market value so it makes no sense to work hard to find a bug, write an exploit and then give it away.” [Black hat hacking just grew up.]
Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own – Ars Technica
BBC NEWS | Business | Youngest billionaires lose money
The average net worth of billionaires 40 and under is $2.9bn (£2.1bn), down 30% from last year.
Soros sees no bottom for world financial collapse | Reuters
Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.
Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide In Midst Of Economic Recession
Shark attacks worldwide in 2008 dipped to their lowest level in five years, a sign that Americans may be forgoing vacation trips to the beach
Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide In Midst Of Economic Recession
Cascadia Hour Exchange
Local currency is the KEY to urban sustainability and global accountability.
eightmaps
A mash-up of Google Maps and Prop 8 Donors. Proposition 8 changed the California state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. These are the people who donated in order to pass it.
Trevor Blake: OVO Contributors in Other Publications
Chris Cilla contributed “Sperm Trek” to OVO 15 SPERM (February 2005) and “Apple / Pineapple” to OVO 7 INFORMATION (October 1989). Chris’ work appears in Kramers Ergot #7 (November 2008). This issue also features Rick Altergott, Ivan Brunetti, Dan Clowes, Kim Deitch, Matt Groening, Jaime Hernandez, Jerry Moriarty, Johnny Ryan, Richard Sala, Seth, Chris Ware and many others.
Klint Finley contributed “The New Currency Wars” [revision] to OVO 18 MONEY (April 2008). This essay is reprinted in Digital Gold Currency Magazine (January 2009).
Anatomy of a Breakdown
Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown—and will almost certainly extend it. – Reason Magazine
Men, Women Give To Charity Differently, Says New Research
if you’re a man, you’re more likely to give to the person closest to you that is, the one in your neighborhood if you give at all. If you’re a woman, you’re more likely to give and to give equal amounts to both groups.
Mad Money – Cramer's Sound Board – CNBC.com
Fun for any Mad Money fan and a great page to bookmark. Now you can enjoy all the great sounds on Cramer’s board. Boo-Yah!
