Top Items About Economics
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Jokes | Economist sees $20 on the ground | “You know, there’s this old joke about the economist who’s taking his mannerly granddaughter for a walk. She says,... | Tuner | 159 | |
| Trivia | 19th Century whale oil industry & the economics of oil | Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Amory Lovins: "In 1850, the fifth-biggest industry in our country was whaling, and most... | root | 159 | |
| Jokes | Wife Wanted.. Funny Classified Ads | Fisherman:... | root | 91 | |
| Anecdotes | ITT CEO Harold Geneen vs Congressman Emanuel Celler | And another elephant story: a Congressional subcommittee under Emanuel Celler in 1969 investigated the dangers conglomerates... | root | 83 | |
| Anecdotes | The Zeitgeist movie on the Stock Market Crash of 1929 | From 1921 to 1929 the Fed [Federal Reserve] increased the money supply, resulting once again in extensive loans to the... | root | 75 | |
| Anecdotes | The Zeitgeist movie on the creation of the Federal Reserve | "By the early 20th Century, the United States had already implemented and removed a few central banking systems, which... | root | 75 | |
| Trivia | Studies link beauty and success | One of the leading students of beauty and success is Daniel Hamermesh of the University of | root | 72 | |
| Trivia | Effect of cell phones on per capita GDP growth | The idea that mobile phones bring economic benefits is now widely accepted. In places with bad roads, few trains and... | root | 71 | |
| Trivia | Dull droughts? | "Compared with hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes and sleet storms, droughts are boring... Yet drought is a serious,... | root | 55 | |
| Anecdotes | Billion Dollar Question | In order to circumvent laws barring businesses from owning property out of state, John D. Rockefeller incorporated his... | Anonymous | 51 |
