Money and Computing
I'm Going to Get Organized One of These Days
My friend Jane could teach PhD classes in minimalism. You can actually walk into Jane’s closets — and they’re not walk-in closets. Once she asked if I had an extra postage stamp. I tried to give her two. "No" she said, "I need only one right now."I suggested she might have something else to mail in a couple of days. "Then I’ll go to the post office, I don’t want the clutter" more »
A Valentine's Day Budget: A Scarlet Tie Laced Through With FY 2012
Dressed conservatively (though this isn't a political reference) in a dark grey suit relieved by a scarlet tie laced through with white dots, White House Office of Management and Budget Director, Jack Lew, introduced an explanatory preview of the 2012 Administration Budget. more »
EPI Economic Snapshot: Income Inequality; It wasn't always this way
In recent decades, the bulk of income growth in America has gone to the top 10% of families, but that was not always the case. Throughout most of the 20th Century, the bottom 90% claimed a much larger share of income growth than they have in recent years. more »
MIT's Age Lab: The Future is Gray, Small and Female
A vivid portrait of the near future when great numbers of people, mainly women, will not only live longer, but alone. In the US, many of these seniors expect to continue working and playing, sometimes battling chronic illness, but above all, maintaining independence and freedom more »
