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a television show about the obscene wealth and luxuries of the .01%, such... March 15, 2018Producing a television show about the obscene wealth and luxuries of the .01%, such as “Million Dollar Rooms,” where it was claimed that a suite or house or whatever rented at a rate of $160,000 a week, which is pretty ludicrous (around $8 million / year if filled at that quoted rate), presumably doesn’t think too much about the political consequences of its […]
- "And that’s why, like it or not, we need developments like Chroma— and lots of them. Chroma’s..." March 13, 2018“And that’s why, like it or not, we need developments like Chroma— and lots of them. Chroma’s ugliness is unconscionable, but privileging aesthetics over affordability is exactly what ruined the Village (and San Francisco’s Mission, and Chicago’s Wicker Park, and D.C.’s DuPont Circle, and—).” - Condo-Maximum | Kyle Paoletta
- (via Crushed cans in the style of Ming dynasty ceramics) March 31, 2017(via Crushed cans in the style of Ming dynasty ceramics)
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Producing
a television show about the obscene wealth and luxuries of the .01%, such... March 15, 2018
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Migration and Matching
A NYT story on ‘brain drain’ in the developing world. The story references a World Bank report entitled, International migration, remittances, and the brain drain. The full report is here. The report reminds me of (1) the importance of international … Continue reading
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And all the senators are above average
A small piece from the New Yorker: CAPITOL GAINS by James Surowiecki James Surowiecki on senators in the stock market. Techie aside: Printer friendly pages are excellent. In fact, I use a script through greasemonkey that automatically opens the printer … Continue reading
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Booms
NYT 2005.10.18 – China builds its dreams, and some fear a bubbleNYT 2005.10.15 – Chinese Classes (in US) Grow as the Language Rides a Wave of Popularity
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