From Weakonomi¢s
February 8, 2012 at 11:13 am
A new study says that a significant majority of people would be fine to have their employers temporarily increase the amount the employee contributes to retirement plans up to ... (
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February 4, 2012 at 1:20 pm
There’s perhaps nothing grosser than watching a cat work on a hairball. Their entire body is working on the pile that is just about to land on your floor. Then you get ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
February 3, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Cars are a huge part of our economy, and automakers spare little expense in terms of advertising. They notoriously go all out for the Super Bowl too and I enjoy the commercials. ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
February 2, 2012 at 11:13 am
Joanne Muller over at Forbes did some interesting digging on the car buying habits of Americans. Less than 40% of rich people (defined in this case as those making $250k+) actually ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
February 1, 2012 at 11:26 am
Last week Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a press conference. In the conference he was asked about a number of things, including the Fed’s target inflation rate eroding away ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 31, 2012 at 11:54 am
Welcome to a world where Storage Wars and Hoarding are well watched. A world where candles serve as decoration, where there are 4 TVs in a house, and we can’t fit cars ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 30, 2012 at 11:45 am
Not much bandwidth is wasted on this blog cheer-leading companies. Especially companies that already have a track record of creating incredible products and generating enormous ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 27, 2012 at 10:43 am
Does this statement disturb you?
In 1950, finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8% of GDP, according to US Department of Commerce estimates. By 1960, that ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 25, 2012 at 11:23 am
Yesterday Mitt Romney released his tax returns to the public and the world. He made more than $20 million in each of the last two years. His effective tax rate was less than ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 24, 2012 at 10:59 am
The Super Bowl is now just a couple of weeks away. Tom Brady and Eli Manning, two of the most well-paid athletes in the game, will go at for all the glory of football. And then ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 23, 2012 at 11:14 am
Books don’t get reviewed here very often but when something that crosses the insight of Freakonomics with the subject of sports, you’ve got a potential winner on your ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 22, 2012 at 6:50 pm
I’ve been on Weight Watchers three months. I have to lose two pounds a week. I’m at 38 pounds now. They come and weigh me every two weeks. I ain’t never missed a weigh-in. ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 21, 2012 at 11:54 am
More videos from BBC Earthflight
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 20, 2012 at 10:56 am
You can find a poll to support just about anything. And recent polls support that idea. Another recent poll is showing people are very interested in changing the income tax ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 19, 2012 at 11:01 am
Obamacare hasn’t gotten much attention recently. And with Mitt Romney the likely frontrunner as GOP opposition, I doubt his strategists will be attacking the president ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 17, 2012 at 10:30 am
I’d almost forgotten about how much I loathe the personal finance magazine and site Kiplingers (see here and here). Should you not be familiar with the publication, Kiplingers ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 14, 2012 at 11:46 am
Been there. In the audience, and unfortunately, facing it…
Via: Curiosity Counts
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 13, 2012 at 11:02 am
Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second and acknowledge that for all intents and purposes, Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. As a passive observer of campaigns ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 12, 2012 at 10:49 am
Times are rough in a number of European countries. Much like in 2008 here in the US, credit markets are tightening across the pond. But, whereas things froze overnight here, ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 11, 2012 at 10:49 am
Every year, you and I consume 45 gallons of soda. That works out to a little bit more than a can per day. I certainly consume more coffee than that, but my soda habit is considerably ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 10, 2012 at 10:55 am
Less than 100 years ago, an American woman might not have had the right to vote depending on where she lived. Various states had granted some rights but it wasn’t consistent ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 9, 2012 at 11:00 am
What does it look like when you can no longer sell a product based on any actual qualities?
This is what happens when a company stops innovating. The Nissan Frontier was once ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 6, 2012 at 11:04 am
Yesterday we humbly reviewed how awesome I am at predicting things. Normally, in today’s post I’d make a number of predictions for 2012, mostly for fun. But instead ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 4, 2012 at 11:07 am
Here’s a prediction for 2012, this year we’re going to start complaining about our jobs again. What has it been like when you go to parties or see family and someone ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
January 2, 2012 at 10:55 am
This blog lacks the editorial patience to determine what the best posts of the year were. However, we do have enough time to pull together a big list of other publisher’s ... (
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