”[‘intellectual engineering’] has turned the economics discipline into a public relations exercise for the rentier classes..”
“Going into debt today is as American as the 40-hour work week; or the stampede of Wal-Mart warriors on Black Friday; or the hillocks of gifts under a Christmas tree. An army of loan drones we’ve become, marching from one unpaid-for purchase to the next in quest of a sense of fulfillment that fades long before the bill arrives.”
jesus on healthcare
Some pics I took of the Bildungstreik (student protest) in Heidelberg.
Interesting article on the effects of file-sharing on the music industry (with some insightful graphs). Turns out (as suspected) the only part of the music industry that file-sharing is hurting is the record industry.