small thoughts 2011-07-17 (my week in twitter)

• California „propositions“ (referendums) have become an industry, providing laws for big money http://j.mp/qDXXSd #democracyiscomplicated #
• I usually doubt articles like this, but interesting that supposedly least nutritious veggies are also most tasteless ones http://j.mp/oDOs2y #
• Victory for Pastafarians (& atheists): Austrian driver’s license picture wearing spaghetti strainer for religious reasons http://j.mp/p2gLnc #
• #Krugman Economic policy can achieve short-term growth, while we know little about long-term factors http://j.mp/nwFcSQ http://j.mp/pLz51U #
• #Krugman Money is the most difficult to explain economic topic because it inherently deals with market imperfections http://j.mp/r8EBfF #
• Dîner en Blanc in Paris: An aristocrat flash-mob (since 1988) http://j.mp/pE4l7g And New York tries to copy. We will see… #
• #Krugman debunks helplessness-talk concerning the economy http://j.mp/rauRM7 Which begs the question: Why is nothing done?! #
• Assange’s acts might be legal rape or not, they certainly are rape by any reasonable moral judgement http://j.mp/rtMXjm Bah. #sadbuttrue #
• Development from low to middle income through occupation change, further to high income through qualification change http://j.mp/qwZiDp #
• Median household income gain in US since 1975 (!) explained entirely by working longer http://j.mp/pMWrlf Yay rising standards of living! #
• US Inequality Quiz http://j.mp/on0heh Why is shrinking welfare popular, social mobility, taxes and growth, per capita income per work-hour #
• Informelle Große Koalition zur Steuerpolitik http://j.mp/nIyRsz Die FDP fängt an mir richtig leid zu tun. #
• Democracy succeeds or fails over „small“ technical details http://j.mp/omIzXo What Arab Spring countries should learn from US mistakes. Wow! #
• #Krugman on (contemporary) Great Recession http://j.mp/qqRDwe Unemployment is not a structural problem, it’s a lack of political will #
• The stunning culture of our own past: silent reading was a revolution for our oral ancestors, and writing had no spaces http://j.mp/rouNLF #
• #travelinsight 68: In 80 hours around Lake Victoria. Phew. Involves three border crossings. I’ll have to rant about the Ugandan ones later. #
• Tagebücher eines „kleinen“ Justizbeamten 1939 bis 1945 zeigen deutlich, was man wissen konnte http://j.mp/oBj9w2 Traurige Wahrheit. #ZEIT #
• „Rape Mythology“ creates a strong incentive for legitimate victims to lie about circumstances http://j.mp/qdgqPN #DSK #lifeiscomplicated #
• #ZEIT Fahrrad-Verkehrsregeln-Quiz http://j.mp/pXY3eL Geschwindigkeits– & Promillegrenzen, Musikhören & Einkaufstaschen, und #CriticalMass #

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